Healthcare Campaign: Injured workers deserve actual healthcare
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has shifted the way it funds healthcare to the 200,000 people injured at work every year in Ontario.
Instead of properly funding healthcare to help injured workers get back to work and deal with physical and psychological injuries, the WSIB spends millions to hire assessors that predict recovery dates so they can end claims.
The result is devastating to injured workers and their families.
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has shifted the way it funds healthcare to the 200,000 people injured at work every year in Ontario.
Instead of properly funding healthcare to help injured workers get back to work and deal with physical and psychological injuries, the WSIB spends millions to hire assessors that predict recovery dates so they can end claims. The result is devastating to injured workers and their families.
The Ministry of Labour must step in to ensure the WSIB:
- Respects the advice of treating doctors and stops using predicted recovery dates
to end claims
- Pays for all injury-related healthcare expenses
- Presumes that mental health problems stem from workplace disabilities
- Collects needed medical information and reports, and
- Gives injured migrant workers the choice and the means to stay in Ontario for
healthcare
The WSIB needs to stop spending millions to ignore workplace injuries. Injured workers deserve actual healthcare.
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