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      • AT A SNAIL'S PACE
        10/29/07
        The U.S. Senate has called for answers as to why Medicare (the Centers for Medicare Services) is taking so long to act on Medicare set-aside proposals.

        Here's a link to an article on the issue, which was raised by New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg:
        http://www.nj.com/news/

      • IMPLEMENTING THE NAVA BILL
        10/26/07
        One of the few bright spots for workers in this year's legislative session was the passage of Santa Barbara Democrat Pedro Nava's bill, AB 1079.
        AB 1079 lifts caps on post-surgical physical therapy for workers who had exhausted the numerical limits on therapy visits; the legislation c

      • WCIRB RECOMMENDS COMP RATE HIKE-PART 1
        10/24/07
        Will the price of California workers' comp insurance begin to rise?

        That was the subject of a California Department of Insurance hearing yesterday. The Southern California fires required Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner's presence. yesterday. But in San Francisco, a schedule

      • TODAY'S HEARINGS ON RECOMMENDED COMP PRICE HIKE
        10/23/07
        On the 22nd floor of a San Francisco highrise this morning, a small army of insurance company actuaries and lobbyists attended hearings on California's workers' comp pricing.

        It's what's known as the "pure premium rate." The Workers' Compensation Insuran

      • DISTRIBUTING SOME CRUMBS
        10/21/07
        Most Californians are too busy enjoying the Indian Summer weather to focus on workers' comp right now. Up here in the People's Republic of Berkeley and down on Figueroa in the land of Troy, there's deep mourning that Cal and USC's football teams aren't the invincible units w

      • DISCRIMINATION VERDICT AGAINST BART
        10/18/07
        Boxer & Gerson partner Jean Hyams has won a $1.3 million race discrimination verdict against BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit District).

        The case was featured in an article in today's San Francisco Chronicle. To read about the Chronicle piece on the case, click here:
        http://w

      • ARNOLD IS NOT A FAMILY VALUES GOVERNOR
        10/15/07
        Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed a number of family-friendly bills over the weekend. The overall picture is of a governor who puts corporate values over family values.

        I did an article on this for today's California Progress Report. Click here to read about the Schwarzenegger vetoes:<

      • SCHWARZENEGGER SIGNS 2 COMP REFORM BILLS
        10/14/07
        My last couple of posts mentioned Schwarzenegger's Friday veto of the Perata bill to raise permanent disability benefits and the VIAW-sponsored bill to speed issuance of retraining vouchers.

        Yesterday he did sign 2 comp reform bills, AB 1073 (Nava) and AB 338 (Coto).

        AB 10

      • NUNEZ STATEMENT ON SCHWARZENEGGER VETO
        10/12/07
        Here is the statement by Fabian Nunez commenting on the Schwarzenegger veto of SB 936, a bill that would have provided a benefit increase for permanently disabled workers:
        http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a46/
        Stay tuned.

        Julius Young
        www.boxerlaw.com

      • FLASH! SCHWARZENEGGER VETO OF 2 WORKERS' COMP BILLS
        10/12/07
        This afternoon Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed 2 worker's comp bills.

        SB 936 (Perata), the bill to increase permanent disability benefits over a period of several years, was nixed by the Governor. The press release issued by the Governor's office claiming that the bill was a &quo

      • NEARING THE FINISH LINE
        10/12/07
        American political history is a treasure trove of little dramas.

        Hunkers and Soft Shells. Logrollers. Silver Grays. Scalawags. Pewter Muggers. Popocrats. Mugwumps. Hot Water Warriors. Free Soilers. Claybanks and Charcoals.

        Remember the Era of Good Feeling?

        And what

      • A SLEEPY SESSION
        10/09/07
        Heidi Fleiss' father, a Los Angeles pediatrician, is being disciplined over his record-keeping practices. But you probably already knew that via some tabloid journal.

        We love to see celebrities stuck in the tar pits of life. I'd bet that more Californians are yakking about Fleis

      • BACK FROM SHANGHAI
        10/05/07
        He's back. From China, that is.

        Today the Governor's website notes almost 60 bills either signed or vetoed, but nothing yet about the fate of various workers' compensation and employment law bills that sit on his desk.

        AB 537 is one of those bills that remains o

      • A 10% INCREASE
        10/04/07
        Will the DWC acting administrative director Carrie Nevans be recommending only a 10% increase in PD benefits?

        That's the suggestion in an article in today's Los Angeles Times. The article quotes prominent insurance executive Mark Webb as saying that insurers could support an inc

      • TODAY'S CHEESE WHIZ MEETING
        10/04/07
        Today in Oakland, the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation (CHSWC) will be meeting at 10 am.

        Among the topics will be an "update on permanent disability." Presenters will include CHSWC consultant Lachlan Taylor. It had been anticipated that
      • EXODUS
        10/03/07
        One accelerating trend in California workers' comp has been the exodus of doctors from the system. Complaints of low pay and the cost and frustration of treating injured workers has caused many doctors to refuse comp patients.

        Many workers find that the doctors on insurer MPN network

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