Risk & Insurance: Medical payments for lost-time workers’ compensation claims rose 3.1% in the states most exposed to the 2023-2024 Medicaid “unwinding,” with no corresponding change in claim frequency, indemnity benefits, temporary disability duration or attorney involvement, according to a Workers Compensation Research Institute analysis of claims data from 31 states. The findings offer an early look at how the substantially larger Medicaid coverage losses expected under the 2025 reconciliation law, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1), could affect workers’ compensation systems.

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