7/31 Sacramento Press Conference/Picket To Demand Removal Of FAC Chair William Zachary

7/31/2006 Monday 11:00 AM
Press Conference
12:00 Noon Picket
California Department of Insurance offices
300 Capitol Mall
Sacramento, CA



Press Conference and Picket To Remove
State Insurance Commission Fraud Assessment Commission Chair William Zachry

Initiated by
California Coalition For Workers Memorial Day http://www.workersmemorialday.com
Californians Injured At Work http://www.ciaw.org
Voices CA Chapter, B.E.S.T
http://www.barbclark.com Nurse Practitioner Barb Clark
http://www.myscifstory.com Larry Nign



Injured workers and California candidates for office will be calling for the
removal of California Fraud Assessment Commission chair William Zachry.
Zachry who is responsible for helping to regulate the insurance industry and
dispensing over $22 million dollars to California District Attorney's
offices for prosecution of insurance fraud is also an executive vice
president for the self insured Safeway Inc.
He was challenged at a recent FAC hearing by injured Safeway workers who
charged that he and Safeway Inc. had refused to provide need medical and
drug costs even though these workers had been injured on the job at Safeway
Inc.

the growing crisis in Workers Comp has reached emergency proportions. On
June 29, 2006 at the Commission of Health And Safety and Workers
Compensation, Diane Przepiorski, Executive Director testified that some
California groups of Surgeons were considering pulling out entirely in
treating injured workers as a result of the implementation of the ACOEM
guidelines that were implemented by SB 899. William Zachry was one of the
authors and insurance executives directly responsible for SB 899 and
received an award from the insurance industry for helping to institute the so
called "insurance reforms".

The press conference will provide direct information about the conflict of
interest between William Zachry in his position as chair of FAC and also State Criminal Investigators under William Zachry who have publicly told injured workers that they will not
prosecute fraud by insurance companies despite the legal requirement that
they enforce all laws.

Green Insurance commissioner candidate Mike Cafiero and Peace and Freedom Candidate
Tom Codit who is also running for California Insurance Commissioner
will also be attending and urging that all candidates for California State Insurance
Commissioner to support the removal of William Zachry as chair of the FAC.

Additional links include:
http://www.zoominfo.com/directory/Zachry_William_382583358.htm
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2005/04/18/53877.htm
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/03/29/MNGK75SR7H1.DTL

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