Californians accounted for 22.3 percent of all cash and medical benefits paid to injured workers in calendar year 2004, according to the latest estimates released by the National Academy of Social Insurance.
The NASI findings were reported by the California Workers' Compensation Institute, which noted that the academy's data does not fully reflect the effect of workers' comp reforms passed in California between 2002 and 2004–many of which were not fully implemented or did not take effect until after 2004.
CWCI said information it has and data from the California Rating Bureau and others show that claim costs, claim frequency and premium are all down sharply since 2004, and it expects 2005 results should show significant drops from 2004 levels.
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