At Least Some Physical Therapists Part of Fl Work Comp System
There is a woman who is an employee in the office of an elected FL government official, who previously had worked in the office of some physical therapists, where part of her office duties were to prepare the reports from the therapist(s) to the work comp insurance companies about the injured employees they treated. It was very upsetting to her that the reports contained information that she knew to be false and hurtful to these employees. Of course, she felt she was not in a position to do anything about these lies that continued to bring harm to these employees who are caught in a system of lies and deceit. Where is the check and balance to keep false reports from being sent day in and day out – reports that destroy lives?
And who are these people who prepare these false reports? Who are these people who repeatedly refuse the treatments and medications that are prescribed by employees’ doctors? Who are these doctors, therapists, etc., who sell their services and reports to the insurance companies? Do they not have consciences, souls, an understanding of right and wrong – or does the almighty buck mean that much to them?
Is anyone in this Fl Work Comp system honest???? Is anyone in this system held responsible to honestly help the injured employees? Or is this system so corrupt that injured employees are lost as others turn away? Is it fair game for work comp insurance companies and attorneys to bury these employees alive – previously hard working, everyday Americans - under false reports through manipulative means such as paid for services from medical providers and, if those do not work, threats to the doctors who try to protect their patients.
This is all about money. Keep the work comp premiums and costs down for the employers. Keep costs down for medical providers. Keep those groups happy so they will stay in Florida and keep paying their taxes. Keep the money going to the work comp insurance companies and the attorneys who represent them. Not much money will go to attorneys who represent the employees as the legislators have just about set the laws where an employee now can hardly find an attorney to help them.
So what if that means throwing the injured employees under the bus? Who are these employees anyway? THEY are honest, hard working people who were hurt due to an accident at work and who have been thrown into a system that is NOT working to help their health as originally intended, but that continues to treat them as less than a second class citizen. Isn’t it amazing that some cases will see the work comp side spend more money fighting the employee’s health claims than the total they could have settled with the employee? They just want to beat the employee to a bloody pulp. What is the suicide rate in the FL Work Comp system???????
