Study: Reform Will Cause Doctor Shortage, Drive Up Comp Costs

By Greg Jones, reporterHealth care reform will exacerbate the national shortage of doctors, driving up workers' compensation costs and stressing states that allow employers to direct care, according to the head of a nonprofit organization representing workers' compensation administrative agencies.Greg Krohm, executive director of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions, said the country already faces a significant shortage of primary care physicians and occupational medicine practitioners. Reform will increase the number of people with health insuran...