Improving Worker's Compensation?

Here's a link to an article on worker's compensation. When I first encountered this article, based on the title I thought "Good, this may provide some useful information. However, as I read the article, it quickly became clear that the article takes a negative stance toward injured workers and leans toward workers compensation insurance providers. Despite this, the author of the article, the president of the National Center for Policy Analysis, has a very interesting blog (I say "interesting" because it looks to be an interesting read--I can't vouch for the stance of the content yet because I've only glanced at it).

One of the points the author attempts to make is that individuals who file worker's compensation claims, since they pay no co-payments or deductibles, are free to go on wasteful sprees obtaining "excessive" medical treatment and testing.

Hmmm. The thing is, patients don't order medical testing. Their doctors do. So, are their doctors guilty of racking up unnecessary charges and abusing the system? I don't think so. In fact, these days, physicians have to battle insurance providers simply to obtain authorization to use the types of diagnostic tools they consider necessary for proper diagnosis and treatment.

I once read another article pumped out by the National Center for Policy Analysis, and I have to say it was incredible propagandistic garbage.

Here's the link:

Six Steps to Improve Workers' Compensation







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