Policy Group Calls for Ending State Monopoly

The Mountain States Policy Center, which describes itself as promoting free enterprise, individual liberty and limited government, argues that eliminating Wyoming's monopolistic workers' compensation system would lower rates. Wyoming, Washington, North Dakota and Ohio are the four monopolistic states in which businesses buy coverage from a state-run fund instead of private carriers.  "North Dakota and Ohio have managed to keep their rates low," writes Marta Mossberg, a research fellow for the Mountain States Policy Center. "But Wyoming's socialist approach has...