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Insurer Group Says Kan. Workers' Comp Bill in Senate for Possible Veto Override

Midwest News • March 23, 2006
The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America expressed disappointment with Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius' decision to veto comprehensive workers' compensation reform legislation. "SB 461 ...

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Subject: Horrible bill for the Worker

Posted On: March 24, 2006, 2:24 pm CST
Posted By: Swede
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I've read the bill thoroughly, and it has a dramatic effect on the working public. It allows an employer to knowingly give an employee with a preexisting condition duties which further injures the preexisting condition, however, not be forced to pay for it.

For example, if a person with a spinal injury history is performing a delivery (not a normal duty of the job) and gets into a car accident, breaks their leg, and further injures their back, then the employer only has to pay for the leg injury, because the back injury was a "preexisting condition." Is that fair?
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Horrible bill for the Worker Swede
Mar 24, 2006, 2:24 pm
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