Massive Premium Rebate Program Starting to Raise Questions

The Ohio Board of Workers' Compensation is set to vote Thursday on another rebate for employers, this one the largest in 20 years. If the board approves the $1.5 billion rebate on premiums, the checks could be in the mail by July. But after four of the billion-dollar rebates in the last six years, some stakeholders on both sides of the aisle are beginning to question the wisdom of this take-and-give approach by the state-run workers' compensation system. "The real question is, 'Should the rebates be even bigger?'" said Roger Geiger, executive director of the Oh...