Reforming Workers' Compensation

Introduction

Workers' compensation, the system that provides cash and medical benefits to workers for job-related injuries and illnesses, is under attack from all sides. Workers complain of administrative red tape and inordinate delays in processing their claims; employers say that spiraling costs threaten to put them out of business; and insurers claim they aren't taking in enough money to cover their costs. The problems with workers' comp have grown so severe in recent years that labor, management and insurers are all calling for major reforms.

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