The Independent Business Coalition, which has filed a voter referendum seeking workers' compensation reform for the November 2004 ballot, says that the pending Schwarzenegger bill, carried in the Assembly as ABX4 1 by Assemblyman Abel Maldonado (R-Santa Maria) and in the Senate as SBX4 3 by Charles Poochigian (R-Fresno) is insufficient and will slow the growth of premiums only temporarily."It is only a matter of time before the workarounds are found and the doctors and attorneys will enjoy double and triple digit increases in their practices," says Thomas Haggerman, president of IBC. "Only the...
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