This is a follow up to our Workers Comp petition.
On Friday February 26th working Kansans packed the old Supreme Court chamber in the Kansas Statehouse to deliver a petition from hundreds of Kansans and to appeal to the legislature to make much needed reforms to Workers Compensation in Kansas. Speakers including House Minority Leader Paul Davis and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Anthony Hensley acknowledged that Kansas’s Workers Compensation system is outdated and needs reforms to adequately protect working Kansans. It has been nearly 30 years since this issue has been addressed by the legislature; the time to fix it is overdue.
-We need to increase our caps on temporary and permanent total disability, which haven’t been adjusted for inflation since 1987.
-People deserve the right to choose their own doctor; someone they can trust. NOT the company insurance doctor, as presently mandated, who presents a definite conflict of interest. “I would say if a criminal has the right to choose an attorney, an injured worker has the right to chose a doctor,” said Sen. Hensley.
-Workers need to be assured that they won’t go bankrupt while they are rehabilitating for their return to work.
