Governator Makes WC Reform His Mission

Its hard to imagine any one individual accomplishing workers compensation reform by force of sheer will, but that seems to be the case in California, where populist Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger used the power of the ballot initiative as leverage to get long-debated changes passed by a divided legislature.

While some reforms were approved last year, they clearly did not go far enough to revitalize a system that had driven out many major carriers and left the State Compensation Insurance Fund covering over half of the states exposures. Costs were skyrocketing, making California a less desirable place to do business.

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