tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489363879633129568.post7367568680554776596..comments2023-11-13T11:54:56.769-08:00Comments on DePaolo's World: Maybe It's Not Reasonable And NecessaryAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02446191842560064784noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489363879633129568.post-73898284830495198862013-11-22T12:57:38.707-08:002013-11-22T12:57:38.707-08:00The blame game started when the Legislature took W...The blame game started when the Legislature took Workers' Comp out of civil litigation, and tried to turn it onto a benefit delivery system, without looking at the underlying motivations of what causes litigation and mistrust. And mind you, this was enacted at a time where there was employer loyalty and people stayed in one job for their entire career.<br /><br />So it must follow that what actually interfered in this loyalty bond is the interference of third parties, all trying to carve out their piece of the pie, without understanding the underlying principles.<br /><br />And now you're advocating more uninformed but (to give them the benefit of the doubt) well-meaning individuals (have you ever read Frank Neuhauser's 1999 report to CHSWC), to waste more employer money, pontificating on what's gone wrong, and how a little more tweaking can fix it.<br /><br />I've heard tell that the modern day statistician is akin to yesterday's Torquemada, he can torture any set of facts to make it say what he wants.<br /><br />Instead of trying to obtain a Utopian result where costs never rise, and everyone is magically cured, lets stop,, trying to show what went wrong because its as futile as King Canute and the tide, let's just accept that the desire to "get ahead of the mark"is embedded in the psyche, that it's not personal, provide the benefits and take the money that's being wasted on research and statistics and pay more people to actually handle the claims.<br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03913887497430014121noreply@blogger.com