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Old 08-01-2010, 06:19 AM
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My understanding is that WC companies have to have money in "reserves" to cover claims. A surgical lower back disc surgery might cost $100K or more, cheap compared to a RSD/CRPS case! That does not even include future medical costs for the life of the patient.

I am not justifying the carriers charges but I do as an employer and prior evaluator, understand that while many employers will not have many claims, when they do occur, they are expensive!
My client has been in business 25 years and we have never had a W/C Claim in all those years. The rough math for preiums over 25 years = $100,000.00 and that's just one small company. Of course the charge have gone up so let's take $30,000.00 off, so it's $70,000.00 rough. W/C insurance prices are calulated by the dollar amount of your payroll and the number of employess. So just imagine a large company like Wal-Mart who employess thousands or many thousands. Sorry, W/C Insurance Companies are earning tons of profits and just working on the basis pay as least as you can and fight the claimant until they give up...
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