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Released: June 03, 2012
Pain pills add cost and delays to job injuries
Source: Barry Meier, The New York Times
Workplace insurers are accustomed to making billions of dollars in payments each year, with the biggest sums going to employees hurt in major accidents, like those mangled by machines or crushed in building collapses. Now they are dealing with another big and fast-growing cost — payouts to workers with routine injuries who have been treated with strong painkillers, including many who do not return to work for months, if ever.Read Full Article: Pain pills add cost and delays to job injuries
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