UT: Bramble Renews Efforts To Privatize WCF

In Workcompcentral news yesterday, Gov. Mike Leavitt's decision not to privatize Utah's Workers Compensation Fund has prompted a renewed effort by the major proponent of the privatization effort, Senator Curtis Bramble, R-Provo, who has strong backing by the Fund, to reinstate a similar bill to continue the push toward privatization. Leavitt's decision not to change the status of the Fund came after months of pressure from lawmakers including Utah's lieutenant governor, auditor, treasurer and attorney general as well as insurance commissioners from other states who attempted to block the ...