Adjoining state, Oklahoma had almost EXACTLY the same issues but since their State Senate is controlled by trial lawyers (and an ex-lawyer governor) who don’t want to “kill the goose that laid their golden egg”, the Senate version of HB-2046 is dying a slow, agonizing death in committee after first causing its opponents to stage a “walk-out” and completely shut the Senate down for busienss.
Oh well. Maybe the Rep.s can take over the OK Senate and the Governor’s mansion, too in 2006 and the state can move from “Good ‘ol Boy” to “Business-Friendly”.
I thought that the idea was to make the WC system more affordable, so that the non-subscribers would want to get into the system, and the subscribers could afford to stay in the system.
The only “for sure” that I see is the increase in wage benefits; higher amounts paid sooner. That will impact premuim calculations almost immediately.
I fear that the rest of the “reforms” will take years to make an impact on premium, favorable or otherwise. By then, either the attorneys/unions will have figured out work-arounds, or we’ll have a different party in control of the State House and all of the “reforms” will get undone.
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Adjoining state, Oklahoma had almost EXACTLY the same issues but since their State Senate is controlled by trial lawyers (and an ex-lawyer governor) who don’t want to “kill the goose that laid their golden egg”, the Senate version of HB-2046 is dying a slow, agonizing death in committee after first causing its opponents to stage a “walk-out” and completely shut the Senate down for busienss.
Oh well. Maybe the Rep.s can take over the OK Senate and the Governor’s mansion, too in 2006 and the state can move from “Good ‘ol Boy” to “Business-Friendly”.
I thought that the idea was to make the WC system more affordable, so that the non-subscribers would want to get into the system, and the subscribers could afford to stay in the system.
The only “for sure” that I see is the increase in wage benefits; higher amounts paid sooner. That will impact premuim calculations almost immediately.
I fear that the rest of the “reforms” will take years to make an impact on premium, favorable or otherwise. By then, either the attorneys/unions will have figured out work-arounds, or we’ll have a different party in control of the State House and all of the “reforms” will get undone.
I think I’ll stay non-subscriber.