Next on Kasich's List of Anti-Worker Policies? Changes To Ohio's Workers' Compensation Laws

[upstatecajun]

Buried in a Dayton Business Journal story last week were comments Lt. Governor Mary Taylor made about the next steps of Gov. Kasich's anti-working family agenda. Taylor candidly said their next target is Ohio's workers' compensation laws.

Taylor told the Journal that she and Gov. Kasich would like to privatize the Bureau of Workers' Compensation but cannot because of constitutional constraints.

So, the next best thing? They want to change the laws to allow private insurance companies to "enter the fray and compete" which "could be a boon to insurance giants with a large presence in Ohio, such as Anthem, a unit of WellPoint Inc., UnitedHealth Group Inc., Cigna Corp. and Aetna Inc," reported the Journal.

So, would this save Ohio any money? Not if California's system - which is mainly run through private insurers - is any indication.

http://www.progressohio.org/blog/2011/04/next-on-kasichs-list-of-anti-worker-policies-changes-to-workers-compensation-laws.html

[ejpoeta]

1. when are people going to realize!!! the middle man ADDS TO THE COST OF EVERYTHING!!!

[OhioDoink]

2. Man, that guy is a train wreck.

I would like to say Ohio deserves what they voted for,but he only won by 2 points(no mandate),and I live here.As an Ohioan I don't deserve the p.o.s.