The following joint letter to the editor by ITLA President John P. Scanlon and Illinois AFL-CIO President Michael T. Carrigan was published in the Daily Herald on Friday, June 1, 2018. Focus on premiums all that’s needed to fix workers compensation Guest columnist Steve Schneider of the American Insurance Association recently suggested “three real”…
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LEARN MOREDoctors Are Not Leaving Illinois Widespread anecdotes and fabrications about doctors fleeing Illinois are contrary to the facts. Source: State Physician Workforce Data Book, Association of American Medical Colleges, Various Editions Despite claims that doctors are leaving Illinois, the number of physicians licensed and engaged in “patient care” in Illinois has never declined.1 Illinois’…
LEARN MORECourt Statistics Reveal Civil Lawsuit Filings are Dropping Public disinformation campaigns concocted by front groups for insurance companies and powerful corporations are designed to stoke prejudice and fear, and warp public understanding of how our civil justice system works. By manufacturing a mythical “lawsuit crisis,” they are trying to pressure policymakers into shielding wrongdoers from…
LEARN MOREAny “reforms” to the Illinois workers’ compensation system must instead focus on insurers’ unfair profiteering Statement from Illinois Trial Lawyers Association President John P. Scanlon February 14, 2018 Under the guise of “reform,” Gov. Bruce Rauner is seeking changes to our workers’ compensation laws that will shift the responsibility of caring for injured workers away…
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