Viewing Alternatives to WC From Helpful Historical v. Impeding Ideological Perspectives

As legal alternatives to workers’ compensation grow in number and popularity, employers will save money and employees will—in aggregate—receive better care.1 As this market grows, my income will also grow. Such forthrightness should seem unnecessary from a proponent of the opt-out movement. But a vocal (and boisterous) contingent of the opposition avoids the necessary logical inversion by hiding behind other, less relevant motives. As companies move away from workers' compensation, our opponents’ income will shrink, though they never acknowledge their own fina...