By Bill Kidd, Central Bureau ChiefAn Oklahoma state senator has introduced legislation to authorize a three-year pilot program to provide 24-hour health care coverage for employees by combining group health care with workers’ compensation – as an experiment to see if doing so reduces costs and improves return-to-work outcomes.Similar legislative proposals in the Sooner State have failed to win approval.Under Senate Bill 1510 by Sen. Eddie Fields, R-Wynona, the state insurance commissioner would develop rules for the program, which would begin Jan. 1, 2013. The commissioner also wou...
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