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Warren Forster: ACC lawyer and researcher on ACC's plan to improve costs and reduce its deficit
Published 3 months, 2 weeks ago
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An ACC lawyer believes the crown entities new plan to improve costs completely misses what the Accident Compensation Act is about.
Its new plan's been released after a critical report that found its deficit would balloon to $26 billion by 2030.
It focuses on getting people back to work quicker and increasing the number of clients who have their own case manager as a single point of contact.
ACC lawyer and researcher Warren Forster told Andrew Dickens the act required all parties involved in an injury to get together to make a plan, which isn't happening.
He says ACC's plan has failed to address its statutory obligations that led to the cost blowout.
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