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In 2017, the actual numbers contradict the promise. Injured workers have gotten $650 million while insurers have gotten $1.3 billion. Two-to-one.
In their latest smarty-pants television commercial, Progressive Insurance outrageously encourages employers to ignore injured workers' rights and offers to easily replace them.
Latino worker fatalities went from 130 in California to 178 in one-year.
The Sacramento sausage factory is in full productions. Deals. Double-cross. And duplicity.
37 CAAA Lobby Day volunteers came to the State Capitol...to make a difference.
Senate Labor Committee Chairman, Senator Steve Bradford will meet with our "Volunteer 36" for dinner tonight. And Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon will join the "V36" for breakfast Tuesday morning.
In 2012, CAAA advocated for the creation of the $120 Million Annual Return To Work Fund to provide injured workers who are unable to return to their pre-injury job with additional financial assistance.
Last month the committee completed a detailed review of the proposed amendments to the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule (MTUS) and submitted CAAA's formal comments on March 10, 2017
"Sadly the burden has shifted to injured workers to prove they need the medical treatment recommended by their doctor in too many cases."