Ok remember I posted that we had to cancel our health Insurance because we could not afford the premiums. Well Today we went to Social Services to see about getting heating assistance. We have Heap here in NY state that helps. So we qualified and were told a Ballpark figure would be $450.00 would be put in our National Fuel account. I was glad because of course that's 4 or 5 months I won't have to pay that bill and can focus on other bills. I still have $500.00 in medical bills from last year to pay. While there I also got an application for assistance with other stuff like Medical and food stamps. I figure It won't hurt to see if we qualify.


So I get home and check the mail and My Husbands Workers comp. check is there BUT they sent $210.00 LESS then normal. That's $410.00 less a month we will be getting. I feel like We were slapped in the face,pushed in the mud and thrown over a cliff!

We called DH's compensation lawyer and she said that Workers compensation can give whatever they want up until he goes to court. We have no Court date. She also said they should set a court date within 6 weeks of him seeing the workers comp doctor. He sees the doctor that they are sending him to on the 5th of February.

Now another dilema I have is what to put on the forms that I have for applying for other benefits. I don't have a clue what they will send next check now.

It seems totally Bogus that they took the money away and not an explanation at all.DH is going to call tomorrow though and find out why from workers comp but Who knows if they will even tell him.

This just sucks!!!

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You could go to Washington DC and see if you can get a bailout.

I agree, that really sucks. I don't know what state you're in, but that just doesn't sound right to me, and I wonder if your attorney understood what you were saying. I was a paralegal for 12 years (in NC and SC), and WC is mandated to allocate an injured worker 66 1/3% of his/her salary. I know different states have different laws, though.

There's a message board that gives information on workers' compensation and other legal issues that I really like. I hope I can give it out here, since it's not competitive with MyCoupons. It's Community Message Boards. You can click on worker's compensation, then your state.

Good luck to you.

that issue w/ work comp benefits doesn't sound correct. Most states take an average weekly wage and pay a percentage of the average weekly wage, up to a maximum allowed.
Here for example we take the four pay periods prior to the date of injury, add the wages divide by the total number of weeks coverend in the pay period (typically 8) which gives an average weekly wage. We then pay 66 2/3% of the average weekly wage. We can't alter that, we can't decide to pay less or more---all of those number are mandated by state law.
While you may have an attorney, I would seriously consider consulting your state agency that oversee's work comp.

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We received a letter today from Workers comp stating whats going on. It appears taht One of his doctors(pain management doctor) sent in a report that said he was partially disabled and that is why they reduced payments.WC also said they over paid and now my husband is getting $10 per week deducted as well as the $200 less per two weeks. So My husband called the lawyer and she says that we can only hope at court that the Judge takes the decision of the surgeon over the pain management doctor. Sure hope so!

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