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14. ORomneyGrichCare will have a positive effect
Mon Jan 28, 2013, 10:40 PM
Jan 2013

In 2014 as there will be opportunities to purchase affordable health insurance through the ND exchange.

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and guess what! Obamacare will do nothing to fix this or stop it Demeter Jan 2013 #1
The ACA is irrelevant to this. These are workplace injuries and they are covered by Workers' Comp. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #3
What?? Did they outlaw Worker's Comp in North Dakota?? kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #2
And if that employer is run from Canada? 2naSalit Jan 2013 #4
Oh, come on. If you get hurt on the job, you go to the doctor and say you got hurt on the job, kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #6
I suspect that 2naSalit Jan 2013 #8
If you have an employer. progressoid Jan 2013 #24
It's usually state law. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #10
Doesn't mean there's actual oversight or enforcement 2naSalit Jan 2013 #11
If you know someone who is going to work in those conditions in South Dakota, JDPriestly Jan 2013 #17
And much like the gold rush over a century ago 2naSalit Jan 2013 #23
I think the courts have recently ruled on what makes a worker "contracted".......... mrmpa Jan 2013 #19
As we all know . . . OldRedneck Jan 2013 #5
The little guys, not so much. But huge companies doing billions of dollars of kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #7
Workman's comp is not medical insurance. Grins Jan 2013 #12
ORomneyGrichCare will have a positive effect CranialRectaLoopback Jan 2013 #14
"Yeah, we built this all on our own, without any help from anyone..." kxs Jan 2013 #9
That's some harsh sarcasm right there. Well done! Systematic Chaos Jan 2013 #13
OSHA should be involved adieu Jan 2013 #15
Indeed! /nt Festivito Jan 2013 #20
thanks for the welcome... kxs Jan 2013 #16
Welcome to DU. Festivito Jan 2013 #21
I think I get it now... kxs Jan 2013 #22
Hey and they get to have a ravaged and polluted landscape too! glinda Jan 2013 #18
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