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Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears

Florida Workers' Comp

The program concludes Thursday just before lunchtime with a panel dedicated to the Report of the (1972) National Commission on State Workmen's Compensation Laws. As I write this, I wonder whether it is this document or the Commission to which I address my Shakespearean references. In fairness, it has its critics today.

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Is workers’ compensation spending on healthcare significant? Would a "single-payer" system make a difference?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Regardless of the workers’ compensation insurance arrangement (private insurer, exclusive public state or provincial workers’ compensation board) the healthcare expenditures by workers’ compensation systems are relatively small compared to the total national spending on healthcare.

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Issue Commentary: Obesity In the Workplace–Who Pays?

The Workcomp Writer

2d 283 (1996) ( Pittman )], it nevertheless reversed the Court of Appeals in the instant case, determining that neither the lower appellate court nor the state’s Industrial Commission had properly applied the test. The Commission ultimately consolidated plaintiff’s claims for a single hearing. 124, 468 S.E.2d

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Medical Marijuana Within the Context of Workers’ Compensation Claims

The Workcomp Writer

For example, one such provision of the law expressly states that “[n]othing in this law requires any health insurance provider, or any government agency or authority, to reimburse any person for the expenses of the medical use of marijuana.” 3d 825 (2021)]. The Court noted that the Commonwealth’s original medical marijuana act, St.