Lawmakers, Rauner Gearing Up for Comp Reform Debate

Illinois' Democrat-controlled Legislature and newly-elected Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner are gearing up for a debate during the 2015 session that is expected to focus on causation as a way of keeping the newly elected governor's campaign promise to reform the state's expensive workers' compensation system. While Rauner has spoken only in general about workers' comp reform, Republican state lawmakers have specific ideas. On Tuesday, the Illinois Self-Insurers' Association released a list of nine workers' compensation bills that have the backing of self-insurers,...