![CCM public policy report: Special Benefits Mandates: unnecessary, unjustified and unaffordable](/art/"invis.gif")
March 4, 2008
CCM Public Policy Report:
Special Benefits Mandates: Unnecessary, Unjustified and Unaffordable
Huge burden to towns and cities:
HB 5629, similar to last year’s proposal, would
overturn the foundation of the workers’ compensation
system by awakening the state’s heart
disease and hypertension [H&H] mandate, and
also mandating new benefits for cancers and infectious
and contagious diseases. The mandates would
not require covered employees to show the origin
of their illnesses, and would fundamentally shift
the burden to towns and cities to show the illnesses
are not job-related. [read more...]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
LETTER OF MEDICAL VERIFICATION
INTRODUCTION
MEGA-MANDATE: BACKGROUND
THE OPPOSITE OF PROPERTY TAX RELIEF
POTENTIAL FISCAL IMPACT: MAJOR RAMIFICATIONS
- Heart Disease & Hypertension (H&H)
- Infectious & Contagious Diseases
- Cancer
- Increased Insurance Rates
- Municipal Credit Ratings
CURRENT FISCAL IMPACT: H&H ALREADY COSTLY
SETTING THE MEDICAL RECORD STRAIGHT
- Heart Disease & Hypertension (H&H)
- Cancer
- Infectious & Contagious Diseases
CONCLUSION
APPENDIX — RESUME OF DR. WEISS
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