The Politics of Workers' Compensation in New York State: Developing a Pro-Labor Strategy to Defeat Business-Sponsored ‘Reform’ and Win Increased Protection for Workers

New York State Workers' Compensation Board web site: HTTP:/www.WCB.STATE.NY.US.

Burton John , ed., 1996 Workers' Compensation Year- book (Horsham, PA: LRP Publications, 1995), I–36.

Ibid.

AFL-CIO, Workers' Compensation Under State Laws, January 1997, publication #R-36-0397-15.

Center on Worker Injury Policy, Inc. (CWIP), Workers' Comp: Myths and Realities. March 5, 1996, Weekly Fax #10. The CWIP calculations were based on data from Burton John , ed., 1996 Workers' Compensation Yearbook. For information about obtaining copies of Workers' Comp: Myths and Realities, the weekly newsletter produced by CWIP, call 212-714-1677.

Best A.M. , Best Database Services, Experience By State (By Line), Property Casualty. 1995 edition.

Morse Tim , “Adding Benefit Cuts to Bruises: The Attack on Workers' Compensation in Connecticut,” New Solutions, Vol. 5, No. 2, Winter 1995; Celenza James , '“All Along the Watchtower'—The Crisis in Workers' Compensation,” New Solutions, Vol. 4, No. 1, Fall 1993; Beckwith Geoffrey C. , “The Myth of Injury Prevention Incentives in Workers' Compensation Insurance,” New Solutions, Vol. 2, No.3, Winter 1992.

United States Department of Labor (USDL), Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Employer Costs for Employee Compensation,” March 1995; News Release USDL: 95–225 June 22, 1995).

Ibid. Also, Social Security Bulletin. Annual Statistical Supplement, 1995, Table 9. Bl.

The New York Tunes, April 17, 1996.

Center on Worker Injury Policy, Inc., Workers' Comp: Myths and Realities, January 16, 1996, Weekly Fax #3; Insurance Information Institute, III Reports, December 1995.

A $190-million settlement of a class action brought by Texas employers alleging workers' compensation insurers charged excessive rates for coverage between 1987 and 1992 was approved by the Texas District Court, November 1, 1996. Weatherford Roofing Co. v. Employers National Insurance Co., Texas Dist. Ct., 116th Jud Dist, No.91–05637, 11-1-96.

New York Compensation Action Network (NYCAN) Press kit, 1996.

New York Compensation Action Network, Workers' Compensation Reform and the New York Economy, March 15, 1995. The report was prepared by Ridgewood Economic Associates, Ltd. and Stewart Economics, Inc.

The Buffalo News, January 19, 1996.

See the Business Council's The Cost of Comp: A Business Council Briefing Paper on Workers' Compensation and New York State's Economy, March 1996.

New York City Partnership and Chamber of Commerce, Workers' Compensation in New York: The Myth of Low Benefit Payments, April 1996.

National Council on Compensation Insurance, 1995 Annual Statistical Bulletin, Exhibit II.

Center on Worker Injury Policy, Inc., Workers' Comp: Myths and Realities, April 2, 1996, Weekly Fax #14; Telephone Interview with Lisa Scoons, Director of Communications, New York State Workers' Compensation Board.

The New York Daily News, April 26, 1996.

The Albany Times Union, May 7, 1996.

Bureau of National Affairs, Workers' Compensation Report, September 30, 1996, p. 508.

American Medical Association, Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 4th edition, 1993, Section. 1.5.

Use of the Guides is required by law in 19 states, according to a survey reported in Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 4th edition, 1993, Section 1.4. However, only Texas requires the exclusive use of the Guides, according to Dr. Tom Houston, the AMA's Director of Preventive Medicine.

Alliance for Consumer Rights, Employer Accountability: Protecting Workers' Safety. Fall 1994. p. 4.

New York Law Journal, September 19, 1996, p. 2.

Pozzebon Silvana , “Do Traditional Health Care Cost Containment Practices Really Work?” John Burton's Workers' Compensation Monitor, May-June 1993, pp. 17–22.