Reform Debated in VT, Senate May Get Bill Tomorrow

The Vermont legislature is fighting the same fight that has been played out in many states this year and last, as arguments about how to "reform" workers' compensation center on tightening regulations on what doctors can charge, where injured workers can get treatment and whether to restrict benefits to claimants whose injuries have not yet been accepted as industrial. In the end, though, the complexity of work comp leaves most law makers baffled.While the state's Senate is scheduled to take up the debate on the floor as early as tomorrow, committee debates on Friday were reportedly heated ...