Disability

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Originally Posted by Danzig

i saw that earlier, about the stupid woman going on price is right. workers comp injuries average just over $25k per claim. i'm sure that number will rise, as people continue to abuse that system while jobs are so difficult to find and keep. and you can always manage to find a doctor that will say you're in pain-how do you prove someone doesn't have pain?? so backs, shoulders, etc get used as an excuse.
i love when people defrauding wc get caught. or anyone committing fraud for that matter.

It would be nice if insurance companies aggressively pursued fraud but they don't, at least not in IL. Self-insured companies still might take a closer look at claimants but they too have turned to settlement as their best defense to fraudulent/malingering claims.

Hell, you used to be able to make a living busting frauds.

What's sad is the cost of anticipated fraud has already been figured out by some actuary and passed on to every purchaser of workcomp insurance. A big reason why its cost is so high.