California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi on Friday, before the Association of Workers' Compensation Professionals at their Fall Convention in Sacramento, said that the next step to workers' compensation reform in the state is to overhaul the permanent disability rating system. In his assessment of the current state of the system, Garamendi said that the present reform package will save California about $4 billion, and that he anticipates even greater savings once the WCIRB has accessed the impact of restricted medical utilization that has been built into the bills. Projected savings ...
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