Morgan Carroll takes on workers comp reform
One of the ironies of market-driven healthcare is that it actually limits choice, when compared to a single-payer voucher system. For instance, injured workers in Colorado can't even choose their own doctors. HD36 representative Morgan Carroll is out to change that. A press release states:
Next Monday, March 5, the House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor will hear Rep. Morgan Carroll's HB-1176, which would, for the first time, give workers injured on the job the ability to choose and to change the physician who treats them. Colorado's Workers Compensation Act currently does not permit injured workers any doctor choice or any right of change. Only a small minority of states deny injured workers these rights...
"The free market allows us to choose who fixes our cars, to choose who fixes our homes, and to choose where we buy our groceries, but Colorado's Workers Comp system does not allow workers any choice in who 'fixes' their bodies after they're hurt on the job. That's not 'free' and it certainly isn't fair," said Rep. Carroll.
It looks like Carroll is in for a fight. Currently, the Colorado Secretary of State lists 50 lobbyists working to oppose the bill, with only 10 lobbying for it. Another 51 are listed as either monitoring or amending. [Source]
Cross-posted at SquareState.
Next Monday, March 5, the House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor will hear Rep. Morgan Carroll's HB-1176, which would, for the first time, give workers injured on the job the ability to choose and to change the physician who treats them. Colorado's Workers Compensation Act currently does not permit injured workers any doctor choice or any right of change. Only a small minority of states deny injured workers these rights...
"The free market allows us to choose who fixes our cars, to choose who fixes our homes, and to choose where we buy our groceries, but Colorado's Workers Comp system does not allow workers any choice in who 'fixes' their bodies after they're hurt on the job. That's not 'free' and it certainly isn't fair," said Rep. Carroll.
It looks like Carroll is in for a fight. Currently, the Colorado Secretary of State lists 50 lobbyists working to oppose the bill, with only 10 lobbying for it. Another 51 are listed as either monitoring or amending. [Source]
Cross-posted at SquareState.
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