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Guidelines and NYCIRB Top New York Priorities
09/28/2007
NEW YORK CITY -- State officials charged with fine-tuning Gov. Eliot Spitzer's workers' compensation reform in New York told insurance officials Thursday that their top priorities are developing new medical guidelines for both treatment and impairment rating and redefining the role of the New York
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Reform Group Protests L&I Claim Handling
03/01/2016
harmful to Latino workers because they can't afford to file an appeal in court.
The reform group filed a civil rights complaint with the state Attorney General in September alleging Hispanics and other disenfranchised workers have unequal access to the state's workers' compensation system.
L&I has
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Failure of Delaware WC Reforms Decried
07/24/2006
The Property Casualty Insurers Association PCI issued an analysis of the Delaware General Assembly which concluded its 143rd legislative session June 30 "without addressing comprehensive reform of the workers' compensation system."
"This issue was not only a top priority for ...PCI member
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Postal Officials Cite Cash Crisis in Push for Reform
08/15/2013
By Michael Whiteley Eastern Bureau Chief
Top officials of the U.S. Postal Service said this week the agency will face a cash crisis after it makes its annual payment for workers' compensation in mid-October and once again asked Congress to pass pending reform packages that include significant
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AASCIF Outlines Potential ACA Impacts on Workers ' Comp
05/15/2014
The impact of the Affordable Care Act on workers compensation is still an open question. But the American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds is looking for answers in a study of the aftermath of Massachusetts health care reform and using it to make predictions.
The Massachusetts
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Stakeholders: Comp Impact Inevitable in Health Care Reform
10/26/2009
reform bills pending in Congress. None have strayed far into the workers' compensation arena.
Opinions differ widely on what the major impact to state workers' compensation systems will be but stakeholders are watching.
The Self-Insurance Institute of America SIIA warned the Senate Finance Committee
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Did Workers ' Comp Reform Go Too Far?
10/10/2007
By Alan J. Wax
California employees have borne the entire brunt of the Governor's 2004 Workers' Compensation Reform SB899. Studies by state agencies confirm that the benefits have been reduced by 50 to 70 percent.
Even the U.S. Chambers of Commerce reports that
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Workers ' Comp Judges Confirmation Issue Will Go to Voters
04/23/2009
Oklahoma voters will be asked to decide if the state Senate should confirm judges appointed by the governor to the Workers Compensation Court.
On Tuesday Gov. Brad Henry D vetoed Senate Bill 609 by Sen. Todd Lamb R-Edmond on grounds it would have patterned Oklahomas selection process for
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OK Reform Eliminates Exemption ID System
06/09/2005
the cardholder as an independent contractor exempt from the Workers' Compensation Act.
Ending the program which was unique to Oklahoma was among several recommendations made in January by a workers' compensation reform task force. Despite legislative intentions when it established the CNC program
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AIA Weighs-In On IL Reform Plan
02/04/2005
' workers' compensation system on par with other lower-cost states."
In his State-of-the-State address today Gov. Rod Blagojevich D made workers' compensation reform one of his priority goals this year. The governor is seeking to eliminate "balance billing" under which injured workers are unfairly
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