By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefThe Kentucky Legislature appears poised to end its three-year debate over switching the workers' compensation system to the Sixth Edition of the American Medical Association (AMA) Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment.The state Senate on Tuesday voted 37-0 to approve a rewrite of House Bill 38. The final version will keep Kentucky using the fifth edition until a seventh edition comes along.Stakeholders in the state say they don't expect another edition for years."It's really a victory for us in protecting the rights of injured wor...
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