Patronis Helped 'Move the Needle' on COVID Claims, but Data Show Many Denied

Florida's chief financial officer told a political news site this week that actions by his office and by Florida cities have helped to make COVID-19 a compensable condition for a broad range of workers in the state. “When we do it for our own state employees and the League of Cities does it for all their insurance players, that creates enough momentum usually to get other carriers in the industry to step up,” CFO Jimmy Patronis told a Florida news outlet. But some worker advocates said that after a few steps were taken early in the pandemic, little has improved in the sta...