Companies have begun opting out of state workers’ compensation plans and making their own. For the moment, it’s contained to Texas and Oklahoma, though Tennessee and South Carolina are giving the notion serious consideration. But, when big businesses in other parts of the country get a look at the cost savings, we could be looking at a full-blown pandemic.
An independent analysis of these opt-out plans compared to state workers’ comp found some genuinely disturbing facts.
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