IS IT A CRISIS, SHOULD IT MATTER?
January 29, 2019 IS IT A CRISIS, SHOULD IT MATTER? By Judge David Langham There has been ample discussion of Worker’s Compensation in recent years. I was recently at a meeting where the system and potentials for reform were discussed. The question arose, “where is the crisis?” Essentially the sentiment is that absent acute distress there is no perceived necessity of intervention. That is, the systems do not need attention, legislative or regulatory, absent some crisis. That perspective is not isolated or new. There are those who perceive that legislative interventions in workers' compensation have ever only occurred when a crisis was perceived. Similarly, it seems plausible that there are literally millions of people today who are individually in no acute personal distress. Their personal health is not in crisis, although they may experience issues that are potentially affecting their longevity. Because they are not in acute distress, they do not seek either care or change. Inst