The workers’ comp system in the United States was created as a safety net for people injured on the job. Now, benefits are being reduced. The cost of employee injuries -- tens of billions of dollars in lost wages and medical expenses -- is covered other ways, like Social Security Disability Insurance, Medicare and Medicaid
From the story: “The cutbacks have been so drastic in some places that they virtually guarantee injured workers will plummet into poverty. Workers often battle insurance companies for years to get the surgeries, prescriptions and basic help their doctors recommend.”
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