Injured Workers of ND Advocates

Posted By admin on February 4, 2010

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It is turning out to be an interesting few years of studying WSI, laws passed in favor of WSI, and lawmakers whom supported the Bills that became laws. At the same time it was interesting to see some of these same people/lawmakers profit off the same agency that they favored.

Safety Gifts Grants have been handed out over the past years courtesy of WSI. Board members had been receiving re-imbursements for such things as twenty two board meetings, cell phone bills, and even fuel that was paid for by WSI and a county. (For the same fuel.) Trips had been paid for by WSI without explanation as to the purpose of the trip, or proof of any educational expansion the trip supplied. (I could actually probably call some of these actions “double dipping”. Well they could be called this in probably 49 other states; however North Dakota and WSI have their own standards, and laws. Which they have proven over, and over by holding illegal meetings with no punishment handed down for such illegal acts. (Thank God they have the AG in their back pocket too!)

Which brings me to another question…By any chance has anyone figured out what Mr. AG learned by a state paid vacation to Italy to study “Organized Crime”? Might it be to understand how to get around being labeled as an “Organization” that does “Crimes” only legal in North Dakota?

Well all these actions have attracted attention, and while being spread out over time these actions have been combined and questioned at different websites such as this one, and http://www.northdecoder.com/. These actions have also attracted the attention of others that are above the state of North Dakota, as at this time I can not mention who, but there is an eye on WSI, and North Dakota. It might be tomorrow, it might be a week, a month, a year, or even more, but the illegal acts perpetrated by people in this state could have to answer for their actions.

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Posted By admin on January 31, 2010

Yeah I want him talking like this in DC!!! Ha…Ha….Ha..

I will have to find a recording I have of him making fun of Doug Riley showing up at his door to sell something, and Ricks reaction to the situation.

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Tags: North Dakota, Rick Berg

Posted By admin on January 27, 2010

Recently the Editor of the Northdecoder.com had received a notice from Google.com about a subpoena that a private law firm had filed to snoop into Chad’s personal life, and personal business. By contacting a third party the state of North Dakota has shown their attack strategy.

However the state has not only been watching his website, they have also been watching this one. The state logs onto this website almost daily, however today they tied into this website via the Northdecoder.com. Here is the proof below. I have blocked out parts of the other IP Addresses other then the states.

Gee makes you wonder what the state of North Dakota is up to half the time, and your tax dollars hard at work worrying about blog websites.

The 165.234.90.1 number is ND state  (Click on images to view larger image)

 The state IP goes directly from the Northdecoder.com via link to this site. I wonder who really is paranoid if they feel the need to spend tax dollars to surf blogs!

you can research IP’s at www.ip-adress.com

FYI: The state IP is also included on emails so this number is no secret.

Category: WSI | 3 Comments »
Tags: Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, North Dakota, northdecoder.com, WSI

Posted By admin on January 20, 2010

When this website started I kept telling people that I really did not want to be in the middle of politics. I did not want to side with either a Democrat or a Republican, or for that matter an Independent.

I wanted this site to focus on injured workers, their plights, and the laws that needed to be changed to help them. Also I wanted to be able to question actions that WSI employees have taken, along with those of the subcontractors WSI hired.

After meeting different state lawmakers, Democrat and Republican I can honestly say that neither Party has very much to brag about, or done a thing to honestly help reverse the harsh treatment of injured workers. All I have seen by either Party is pointing the finger at each other as to why laws are not changed. Even handing the control back to the Governor did nothing more then give another place for injured workers to have to play phone tag with.

I sat and listened to Rick Berg give a “12 Point Wish List” he drew up that had about as much weight to is as a chicken feather. Shortly after he left I heard a Democrat stand up and call Berg’s list Bullshit, then take no action to submit his own ideas to improve WSI. However after Berg got done with his speech I did get a recording of him verbally “shitting his pants” when asked if a Mr. Riley called upon him to buy something…that Berg would have bought it out of fear! Tells me how easy he can “Flip Flop” on an issue.

Lets face it Politics and WSI are as much of each other as is Gambling and Organized Crime! So for now politics, WSI, and injured workers will be tied together in this website.

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Tags: Apolitical, Gov. John Hoeven, North Dakota, politics, Rick Berg, WSI

Posted By admin on January 13, 2010

Hoeven has decided to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Dorgan. Lucky for Hoeven Senator Dorgan has decided to not run for office which gives Hoeven enough excuse to come out from under the Governors desk long enough to announce his intentions. I wonder did Hoeven hide under the desk long enough to hope that Dorgan would not run again, or was the timing just a peer coincidence?

 <–Suggested Poster For Hoeven!!

Well we should expect more of the same out of Hoeven IF he is elected to Dorgan’s seat, which is more of nothing! Then again there might be bigger ribbons to cut for grand openings in the Washington D.C. area! Anyone have a pair of two foot scissors to loan Hoeven in the slim chance he is elected.

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Tags: Hoeven, North Dakota Senate Race, US Senate seat, WSI

Posted By admin on January 12, 2010

For those of you who do not know, or might have forgotten about Mr. Courtney he was a pharmacist in Kansas City Missouri that had diluted tens of thousands of prescriptions for one reason…GREED! There were thousands of patients that were taking chemotherapy drugs that he had diluted possibly sentencing these patients to an early death.

WSI has been on the same lines as Mr. Courtney in the fact that this agency has worked to dilute treatment, deny proper and timely medical treatment, and worked to deny future treatment of injured workers. By denying, delaying, and ignoring injured workers requests for treatment by their doctors WSI may be signing each of these injured workers a death sentence. Although this is data that WSI says they do not keep track of, nor do they intend to do so as it could be an admission of guilt.

As in the case of pharmacist Robert Courtney the same issues apply to WSI in the fact that by denying the rightful treatment in a timely fashion not only would, or could have the injured workers possible had a more productive life, but also had fewer medical issues associated with the original injury. In the case of WSI they only treat the original injury any developments caused by the injury such as high blood pressure, or organ failure due to medical treatment is not WSI’s responsibility. This burden goes to the injured worker, and must be paid for out of their meager benefits, or Social Security Disability.

The fact is WSI, and Mr. Courtney did not, and will not have a conscience about how they might affect a person in need of medical treatment. They do not have a conscience as to who else this might affect in the life of a person in need of medical treatment such as a spouse, children, parents, or grandchildren, and friends.

The one difference is that Mr. Courtney is in prison for his abuses of patience, WSI on the other hand has no fear of criminal responsibility as they have made sure the laws in North Dakota protect them, and not the injured workers!

It is time for responsibility to be changed, it is time for the laws to be changed, and it is time for those whom have abused injured workers to be brought to justice! Lawmakers, a Governor, WSI Director, and the list should go all the way down to even sub-contractors of WSI to be charged with abuse of a disabled person, and if investigated right possible negligent homicide! These people might be protected by state laws; however there are FEDERAL laws that supersede state laws!

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Tags: Governor Hoeven, Injured workers, North Dakota, North Dakota Laws, Robert Courtney, WSI

Posted By admin on January 9, 2010

 US House: Berg adds name to Republican list

Several current or former Republican officeholders are considering a run against the incumbent congressman, including Rick Berg, a Fargo state legislator who officially added his name on Thursday to the list of possible challengers.

“Washington needs some fresh leadership,” said Berg, who has served as the Republican majority leader in the state House. “They need a fresh perspective.”

Are you kidding me? Rick Berg? The same Rick Berg that was sued by his own family? The same Rick Berg that has voted for every Bill to deny benefits to those he expects to vote him into office? The same Rick Berg whom has defended an agency in exchange for “Safety Gifts Grants”? That is the Rick Berg that is considering asking North Dakota to allow him to go to Washington D.C. to represent the people of this state? Maybe next we can see if we can get Rick Berg a guest spot on the “Simpsons”! Why not dumber things have happened in North Dakota!

Then again there might be a bright side to Rick Berg going to Washington D.C., and that might be if he screws up there like taking a bribe the FBI is just down the hall! So go ahead North Dakota vote away! Maybe we will get lucky enough to see Rick Berg in Cell Block C someday.

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Tags: Add new tag, lawsuit, North Dakota, Rick Berg, US House, WSI

Posted By admin on January 1, 2010

I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year, however if you’re an injured worker dealing with WSI, it is not a very Happy New Year! All I can wish those dealing with WSI is the best year they can possible have at this time.

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Posted By admin on December 29, 2009

WSI has over the past years paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for outside audits to be done on their system. They have paid out possible Millions upon Millions of dollars in Safety Gifts Grants. WSI keeps track of how much they pay out in claims, how much they pay out in investigating injured workers, how much they pay out subcontractors such as CorVel. WSI even keeps track of how much money they invest into the markets, and how much they have lost in poor investments of their shareholders monies. They can figure down to the penny how much they should pay on a claim, and how much they actually will scam an injured worker out of on a claim.

So with all this “intellectual intelligence” in WSI, how is it WSI can not keep track of how many seriously injured workers they have forced off their system by claiming the injured workers are “telemarketer material” have successfully returned to work? Let alone succeeded at the job the injured worker had been reassigned to do. How many really found gainful employment? How many were able to actually do the job? How many companies actually hired these injured workers? And how many actual phone solicitation companies are there in North Dakota hiring?

The actual answers would shock the public…WSI has never kept records on these numbers, nor would they ever intend to do so. Why is that? Well WSI does not want the public to know that this program is an utter failure, that these jobs do not exist, and that this is just a front for WSI to use the Bill No. 1171 in WSI’s favor to remove seriously injured workers from the system. If the truth were to be let out, and WSI were to actually show the numbers this system of destruction would be questioned not only by lawmakers (except those lawmakers who own businesses recieving “Safety Gifts”), but also by those in higher up offices outside of North Dakota. So just like the information on Safety Gifts Grants, this information will never be public as long as the “Mad Dogs” are still in charge of WSI.

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Tags: Injured workers, North Dakota Workers Comp, Poor records keeping, WSI

Posted By admin on December 19, 2009

I want to offer this as an open thread posting for those who would like to post on what ever subject they would like to talk about. Feel free and have a great holiday.

Additional Note 12/23/09: I have to thank those who have been voting on the posts as I see the ratings are going down, this means that we are making those who are a part of WSI nervous!!! Thank you WSI employees for your negative votes!!!

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