 The Business Press, San Bernardino, Calif., Health Care Column (RedNova) (archived). May 2--So-called medical provider networks evolving from California workers' compensation reform are getting rich at the expense of physicians and businesses, said Jun Tan, an occupational medicine physician and sole owner of Central Occupational Medicine Providers in Riverside.
Senate OKs Workers' Comp Director (The Sacramento Union) (archived). SACRAMENTO—The state Senate confirmed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s workers’ compensation director Thursday despite strong opposition from groups representing injured workers. The 21-10 vote came a day after Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, D-Oakland, cast the deciding committee vote approving the Republican governor’s appointment of Andrea Hoch. A top labor leader accused Perata of abandoning
Obesity costs loom for workers (Whittier Daily news) (link unavailable). California's childhood obesity epidemic threatens to saddle the state's taxpayers with astronomical medical bills from a generation that will spend more time in the hospital and less time at work than any before, health experts warn.
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