{"id":2368,"date":"2007-04-11T20:18:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-12T01:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinbryant.com\/2007\/04\/11\/sc-chamber-labels-wcomp-reform-business-negative-2\/"},"modified":"2007-04-11T20:18:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-12T01:18:00","slug":"sc-chamber-labels-wcomp-reform-business-negative-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/sc-chamber-labels-wcomp-reform-business-negative-2\/","title":{"rendered":"SC Chamber Labels w\/comp &#8220;reform&#8221; business negative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_8IreV7QyEO8\/Rh2QMn6fi6I\/AAAAAAAAAHk\/O41DvmsjaJM\/s1600-h\/dog.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_8IreV7QyEO8\/Rh2QMn6fi6I\/AAAAAAAAAHk\/O41DvmsjaJM\/s200\/dog.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5052352903526714274\" \/><\/a><br \/>I have to ask this question.  Haven&#8217;t we been down this path before?  The Senate passes a bill that is supposed to be &#8220;reform&#8221;.  On face value the legislation has good intentions with changes that will make a difference.  But when you delve into the details, you find loopholes and side steps that offer minimum reform.  The worker&#8217;s comp bill was one of those squishy bills that have some good things in it, but does not rise to the ideals of what I call reform.  Again, I had to vote my conscience and voted &#8220;no&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>As a small businessman as well as a healthcare provider, I have experience with these issues. A delicate balance exists between rights and health of employees and restraints on businesses. If the balance is not just right, we&#8217;ll see huge economic development implications.<\/p>\n<p>SC&#8217;s worker&#8217;s comp rates are among the highest in the nation, yet our benefits are below average. We must find reforms that help reduce our escalating rates, encourage insurance carrier competition, &#038; keep adequate coverage for our employees.  I doubt if this bill will meet these goals.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got many colleagues that voted in favor of this bill for the reason of getting a vehicle out that may be improved in the House.  Also, the bill does eliminate the 2nd injury fund &#038; defines circumstances of fraud which are good things.<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scchamber.net\/docs\/publications\/CU_2007_04_06Web.pdf\"><br \/>SC Chamber of Commerce Report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have to ask this question. Haven&#8217;t we been down this path before? The Senate passes a bill that is supposed to be &#8220;reform&#8221;. On face value the legislation has good intentions with changes that will make a difference. But when you delve into the details, you find loopholes and side steps that offer minimum [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2368","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2gEQ0-Cc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinbryant.com\/kbarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}