Ban on Workers’ Medical Care Cuts Down Florida Comp Costs

A new study from the Workers Competition Research Institute (WCRI) says that medical care costs for injured workers in Florida have dropped 75 percent since 2010.

The study attributes the drop to legislative reforms that banned medical care for certain workers and capped medical payments for the 100 most common workplace injuries.

In addition to banning all medical care for obese, foreign, male or disabled workers, the reforms placed a $10 cap on all medical services for sprains, strains, stress, amputations, burns, respiratory conditions and other claims.

Florida’s medical payments per claim are now lower than the median of 46 states in the study.

“This is a miracle cure for our state’s businesses,” said Gov. Brick Spott, who may be looking for a new job himself after reportedly failing the new mandatory drug test for state employees.

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