A school district’s move to pay for at-home sleep apnea studies for at-risk bus drivers seemed like a victory for everyone, reports the Ocala StarBanner, but the International Union of Allied Painters and Trades has promised a fight.
Jane Roach, IUPAT’s local business agent, said the union will file a grievance against the district because too many drivers are being unnecessarily sent for sleep apnea studies. Roach claims the district is paying $150 for a one-night, at-home sleep study that is unreliable. Instead, she said, the district should fork out about $3,000 or more for an overnight sleep study at a clinic for each at-risk driver.
What I think needs to happen, is that we all get together and file a class action law suit, for discrimination against people over weight or that has other issues. We have had at least 5 people to go and have major surgery for a quick fix of their weight problems. Healthcare found to get even richer! Active Health Care, not even doctors just people selling these machines diagnosing drivers as having this condition, just to make sells.I was told I had a severe case, my doctor sent me to 2 different specialists and both times declared not what Active Health Care came up with. It is just a money racket. I have been on this CPAP for going on 8 years, I have not heard of any fixes or any changes and NO LONG TERM AFFECTS that maybe occurring from the use of these machines and what they ARE NOT DOING! I say CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT!!!! Give me back my monies, for payment on sleep study, payment on buying the machine, loss time from work, monies spent on buying supplies and use of my sick time from work, NOW MY COMPANY’S SAYING YOU CAN’T USE YOUR SICK TIME, BUT USE VACATION TIME! AND PAYING FOR YOUR DOWNLOADS! This is crazy if folks don’t see that this is nothing but stealing monies from the working people!!!