Influenced heavily by workers' compensation reforms enacted inCalifornia, U.S. workers' compensation payments for medical careand cash benefits for workers disabled by workplace injuries ordiseases declined in 2005, according to a study released by theNational Academy of Social Insurance (NASI).
|The study analyzed payments made in 2005, the most recent yearin which data is available. According to results, national workers'compensation payments for injured workers fell by 1.4 percent to$55.3 billion in 2005. The payments include $26.2 billion toproviders of medical care and $29.1 billion in cash wagereplacement benefits for injured workers.
|The study also noted the heavy influence carried by California'sworkers' comp reforms that took effect in 2005 after being passedin 2003 and 2004. It said that California experienced a significantdecrease in claim payments of more than 1 2 percent, which meansthat if the state was removed from the national average, U.S.workers' compensation payments would have actually increased byalmost two percent.
|The full report is available at www.nasi.org.
|Interested in more workers' compensation news and in-deptharticles? Head over to Claims' workers' compensation channel formore information.
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