A new report from the National Council on Compensation Insurance shows that injuries cost more — much more for some conditions — when they're covered by workers' compensation rather than group health insurance.
The cost is largely driven by the number of treatments provided to injured workers. And that's partly because co-pays and deductibles in group health may discourage beneficiaries from seeking more services, the study suggests. For some services, the patient's share can be as much as 30% of the total cost in group health.
“Some workers' compensatio...
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