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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. In my view, this would be a mistake.

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What is Workers’ Compensation?

Insperity

Benefits include wage-loss benefits (usually one-half to two-thirds of the employee’s average weekly wage), hospital and medical expenses, and death benefits. State agency administers the system. Benefits include wage-loss, medical and death benefits. Covered employees are defined by law. Fault is not generally an issue.

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Top 10 Appellate Decisions During the 100 Years of NCCI

The Workcomp Writer

Heartiest congratulations to the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) as it celebrates 100 years of service to the workers’ compensation system. Our” system has seen substantial changes over the years and NCCI has deftly adapted along with it. Short-Lived Oklahoma Opt-Out Law Vasquez v. Dillard’s, Inc.,

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Are Workers’ Comp Insurers ready for what comes next in the COVID-19 crisis?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Rapid, accurate and consistent decisions will depend on the degree of agility workers’ compensation systems can achieve on these potentially complex cases and constrained operating environments. An order by public health or a physician for quarantine or hospitalization as a result of contact tracing is significant evidence.