Despite being struck down as unconstitutional in Oklahoma and conceptually fizzling out in Tennessee and South Carolina, alternative workers’ compensation benefit plans were extolled in a report released Tuesday.
Texas’ nonsubscription system has resulted in shorter periods of disability, fewer claim disputes, lower costs and faster claim payouts, the Texas Public Policy Foundation says in the 24-page report, “The Lone Star State Model for Helping Injured Workers.”
The free-enterprise research institute says competition from private sector benefit plans also has t...
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