Workers' Comp Reform: Winners and Losers

There is a new political action group of voters injured at work: VotersInjuredatWork.org They are protesting changes in the workers' compensation system that have been implemented to curb employers’ rising costs. Larry and experts take a look at who has been helped and who has been harmed by the changes to workers’ comp. Joining him is John Garamendi, State Insurance Commissioner and David Neumark, an economist with the Public Policy Institute of California. He is author of the PPIC’s report “The Workers’ Compensation Crisis in California: A Primer.” Also participating is KPCC Reporter Rachael Myrow, Rick Rice, Assistant Secretary of the California Workplace and Development Agency, Nicole Mahrt, spokeswoman with the American Insurance Association, and Steve Duncan, member of the Board of Directors of VIAW—Voters Injured at Work.