[net-gold] [Workers' Compensation] New Jersey Task Force Recommends Privatization
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- Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:23:48 -0400 (EDT)
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Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:45:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jon L. Gelman <jon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [Net-Gold] [Workers' Compensation] New Jersey Task Force Recommends
Privatization of Wor...
A NJ Task Force has recommended to Governor Chris Christie that
workers' compensation should be privatized in the State. The Task Force
looked to the West Virginia system in making its recommendation.
"West Virginia Governor Joseph Manchin signed a law in 2005 fully
privatizing the state's Workers' Compensation Commission, transforming
it into a private insurance carrier, BrickStreet Insurance. Since the
completion of the process in 2008, workers' compensation rates have
declined an average of 30 percent statewide, translating to more than
$150 million in annual employer savings. BrickStreet—formerly the state
monopoly—is now competing for business in other states."
The State of New Jersey, like other major industrial states, is
suffering from major economic deficits that have resulted n curtailed
state services including the furlough of Workers' Compensation staffs
and closing of offices. The state's financial woes are mirrored in the
local municipalities and it is anticipated that those governmental
entities will also follow the State's lead to jettison the
administration of workers' compensation programs. In california some
localities have gone even further and privatized their staffs to lower
costs.
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