News and comment about California Workers' Compensation — Page 4

A proposal recently announced by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) that would require all state residents to obtain health insurance is "putting him on a collision course with budget hawks in the nation's capital and leaders in other states seeking assistance," the Los Angeles Times reports. According to the Times, the "cost of helping states fund their health plans ... [click link for...

Anyone curious about Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed health-care reform plan may have a chance to get their questions answered next week. Staff from the governor's office plan to hold a public briefing on the plan in Eureka on Tuesday.

Source: State health care briefing set for Tuesday (Times-Standard) (link unavailable)

More disabled workers are returning to work now than did under the old system of workers compensation that was overhauled earlier this decade, according to a new study released Wednesday.

Source: Reforms have more returning to work (Palm Springs and Coachella Valley Local News and Guides) (link unavailable)

The California workers' compensation system has undergone major reforms in the past four years, and these reforms have had a significant impact on workers' compensation rates and medical and indemnity losses. By reducing losses, the reforms are also impacting experience modifications.

Source: Workers’ compensation reforms and their impact on experience rating (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News) (link unavailable)

Bermuda-based insurer CRM Holdings Ltd., which provides and manages workers' compensation plans, lowered the bottom end of its full-year earnings guidance on Thursday, citing a competitive market, especially in California.

Source: CRM Holdings Lowers Full-Year Outlook (AP via Yahoo! Finance) (link unavailable)

Major reforms to California's workers' compensation system over the past four years have had a significant impact on compensation rates and medical and indemnity losses.

Source: Workers’ compensation issues in long-term care (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News) (archived)

About 200 workers were locked out of an Oakland construction site Thursday morning and are claiming that the general contractor, UPA California, is refusing to pay them unless they can prove they are U.S. citizens, said Don Yingling, corporate officer for the subcontracting company All Wall and Ceiling, which has been working at the site.

Source: Workers Locked Out Of Oakland Construction Site (CBS...

California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner may have three major priorities for his office — to make his office non-partisan, to fight insurance fraud and to prepare the state for the next major d

Source: Calif. Commissioner to Examine Broker Disclosure, Workers’ Comp Issues (Insurance Journal)

California's Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) has released return-to-work rate information on permanently disabled workers that shows a more than five percent average increase in return-to-wo

Source: Calif. Permanently Disabled Return-to-Work Rates Up 5% (Insurance Journal)

SACRAMENTO (AP) -- The last time California passed a major health reform law, Gray Davis was governor. And in just more than a year, both he and the law were gone.

Source: Schwarzenegger’s health plan could meet same fate as Davis’ (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News) (link unavailable)