Opt-Out Movement Finds a New Ally

While opt out takes a battering in Oklahoma courts, it has gained a new ally 600 miles to the northeast after an Illinois free-market-oriented think tank added its voice of support to the movement. The traditional Illinois workers' compensation system continues to be too expensive, and favors trial attorneys and doctors over injured workers and employers, the Illinois Policy Institute says in a recent report. “Workers’ compensation was designed for an industrial workplace. Yet, it applies equally to a telecommuter working from home,” said Mark Adams, direc...