Workers’
comp changes may be
put on the ballot
Time is running out for state lawmakers
to fix the most expensive workers’ compensation in the nation,
which means voters may be asked to take the issue into their
own hands.
Runaway
costs spawn workers' comp crisis While
the world focuses its attention on the spectacle of California’s
recall election, six top state lawmakers this week begin tackling
what may be the biggest crisis of them all: the potential collapse
of the state workers’ compensation system. [Full
Story]
A
look inside a broken system James Franklin sur vived civil wars and riots as
a freelance photographer in Central and South America, only
to meet his match with a $10-an-hour job at a Palm Desert lock
smith’s shop. [Full
Story]
Doctors
stuck in workers' comp quagmire General
practitioners such as Dr. Erwin Demiany of Palm Springs are washing
their hands of California’s workers’ compensation
system because they can’t stand the red tape and petty battles
with insurers. [Full
Story]
Even
insurers struggle with workers' comp Since
the year 2000, the industry has been slammed by three body blows:
rising costs per claim, cut-throat price competition and a stock
market decline that has sapped capital at the worst possible time.
[Full
Story]
Fixing
workers' comp
The path out of California’s workers’ compensation
mess lies buried in the details: Each fine point can add or subtract
millions of dollars from the cost of doing business in the state.
[Full
Story]
Reforms
have helped other states While California struggles with an expensive, complicated
workers’ compensation system, at least a few other states
point to progress in streamlining care for injured workers and
controlling costs. [Full
Story]
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While
the world focuses its attention on the spectacle of California’s
recall election, six top state lawmakers this week begin tackling
what may be the biggest crisis of them all: the potential collapse
of the state workers’ compensation system.
Graphic: 
Many
valley employers consider leaving California to escape inefficient,
wasteful system. [
General
practitioners such as Dr. Erwin Demiany of Palm Springs are washing
their hands of California’s workers’ compensation
system because they can’t stand the red tape and petty battles
with insurers. [
Since
the year 2000, the industry has been slammed by three body blows:
rising costs per claim, cut-throat price competition and a stock
market decline that has sapped capital at the worst possible time.
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