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Originally Posted by Locke
My point has been that if its all about the WCB then all we're talking about is subsidizing health care costs through one form of insurance or another.
Ie. If someone gets hurt who pays? If its the Province through health care and theres no kick-in from the farmers themselves via WCB or Insurance then yeah, that makes sense. Its a high-risk profession and they should be insured so as not be a burden on the system.
But its a dangerous profession and they're all insured, so that doesnt seem to be the problem. So what is the problem?
Is it just about moving the farmer' money from a private insurance program to a public one?
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The way it's supposed to work is if someone gets hurt on the job the health care costs are paid by WCB. That's why you're supposed to report every workplace injury regardless of whether there was any missed time. I didn't know that before, I assumed WCB was intended to pay lost wages.
A farmer's private insurance doesn't pay healthcare costs if there's universal health care, the tab gets picked up by the government, i.e. all taxpayers. If a high risk industry doesn't pay WCB premiums the cost goes into general health care costs.