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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Paying For Occupational Medical Care

A recent report in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine disclosed that the Government and US Taxpayer are paying the majority of the costs for occupational medical care. Even though workers' compensation insurance was designed to pay for such coverage, the majority of the bills incurred for work related accidents and injuries are actually paid by other sources.


Click here to read: Most occupational injury and illness costs are paid by the government and private payers

"UC Davis researchers have found that workers' compensation insurance is not used nearly as much as it should be to cover the nation's multi-billion dollar price tag for workplace illnesses and injuries. Instead, almost 80 percent of these costs are paid by employer-provided health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and other disability funds, employees and other payers."