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Robert Bicego Nov 3, 2016 a 2:58 pm PDT
Here's how this is going to play out. With the "savings" achieved through the introduction of IMR (at the cost of injured workers, oops, did I just say that? Aren't anonymous IMR doctors infinitely more qualified than AME/QME doctors?), this request is sailing through unchallenged. Then, when the pendulum of medical care swings towards the injured worker, we will hear "job killer" from the chamber of commerce when the premium rate is proposed at a 10.2% increase in the future. Just saying....