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Unconventional threats to the workers' compensation system are multiplying, ranging from Medicare set-aside hassles, to recession-related challenges, to employer's liability complications, experts warned at an industry conference here.

Conflicts with Medicare are a particularly vexing problem for workers' comp carriers when older workers are hurt, or when longtime injured employees become eligible for the program, according to Katie Fox, compliance and resolution manager for MSP Med Insights, a GAB Robins company.

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