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Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:09a.m.

The Government intends opening part of ACC to private competition if it wins the election

The Government intends opening part of ACC to private competition if it wins the election

A Labour government would strengthen the Accident Compensation Corporation and roll back the Government's cuts to entitlements, the party says.

It says the no-fault scheme is envied around the world, and Labour would never privatise any of it.

The Government intends opening part of ACC to private competition if it wins the election, and Labour's ACC spokesman Chris Hipkins says there's no evidence to suggest that will benefit anyone.

Labour believes the government's ultimate intention is to privatise it entirely.

"ACC is a public utility, it belongs to New Zealanders and Labour won't see it sold off to the highest bidder," Mr Hipkins said when he launched the party's ACC policy on Friday.

"It doesn't take rocket science to work out we'll all end up paying more in the long run as a result of National's short-term thinking."

Mr Hipkins says the Government has been steadily undermining the scheme and Labour would put an end to that, without raising levies.

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12 Nov 2011 12:09a.m.

Rick wrote:

ACC is corrupt tp the core!, whenever a national govt gets involved it gets worse, many people got caught up in the drastic changes the nats made during the 1990`s and lost their homes etc,,,Yes this dirty bunch of nats will repeat it all over.

11 Nov 2011 02:09p.m.

jan wrote:

I don't like ACC. If you do skateboarding (for example) and break your wrist you get free hospital treatment and if its bad enough get a % of your wages paid while you recover. Same if you are stupid while DIYing and break something, everyone else has to pay. Sports injury, overseas vistors all free. Yet at one stage the govt was trying to stop foreign women from having their babies here for free (not sure if that was a citizenship scam). ACC is costing this country billions of dollars. I am not for medical insurance either but maybe the stupid people who injured themselves would have to pay at least half of the costs, visitors the full wack as they should have travel insurance anyway, and no wage %subsidy. Think of it this way if you earn $700 a week and your job was going to be axed, then injure yourself, because a % of your wages will be more than the benefit. And yes there are people out there who would do this.

08 Nov 2011 07:37a.m.

Grant wrote:

If the ACC is so great why am I having to take them to court for the third time for refusing to take responsibility for injuries. The ACC is the greatest example of a state sponsored "mafia". I am sick of paying a large proportion of my income as protection money to them and when I have a major claim, I'm then treated like an animal. Currently, they appear to be auditing me- just after I lodged paperwork to the court with evidence of their corruption.

04 Nov 2011 12:19p.m.

len wrote:

National intend to have private insurance companies feast on the best bits of ACC and taxpayers will be required to prop up the difficult bits - of course insurance companies have been talking to National for some time over the profitable bits they are interested in - remember this is the corporation that was a shipwreck when National came to power but is now a luxury cruise ship - the bits of the ship that will be left for accident victims and taxpayers will equate to the Rena - but hey the insurance companies are still wanting to recoup the $20m they spent last time ACC privatisation was attempted by National.

04 Nov 2011 10:44a.m.

anne wrote:

ACC was targeted for sale in 'secret tapes' before the last election,they stated it then they will sell it off ACC along with kiwibank,
They have also taken 6 scf companies from the arms of the reciever and put them under govt control,how can key and english get away with so much and what are their personal and govt intentions with scf companies,more investigations into this please.