You are absolutely right, thursday! Often there is so much discussion over what treatments to authorize, and which ones to limit, that the purpose of offering medical care under worker's compensation gets lost! And that occurs well after the whole argument over whether or not the injury happened on the job for too many injured workers! Furthermore, claimants tend to forget that they pay part of the premiums for this insurance coverage. Even in the most restrictive and controlling states, I believe it is still possible to get a decent outcome if you are a smart patient. However, that all too often comes with hindsight. Most of us have not been down the injury road before we are faced with a million things at once when we are hurt on the job. . . not the least of which is fear for one's job.