There are basically 2 schools of thought on this issue. The first school of experts suggest that some workers compensation costs will decrease over time since comp costs will be shifted to ACA plans for the millions of workers who are covered under these new health programs. Which would be great for most staffing companies. Conversely, another school of experts say that the ACA will swamp the existing medical facilities and resources from day 1, forcing workers compensation claimants to wait longer for their treatments (at hospitals and clinics) , resulting in increased workers compensation costs and higher indemnity claims.
This article below discusses these issues in more detail. It also looks at Massachusetts’s experience since 2006 where they have had a similar plan as the ACA, and now have some history as to how it has impacted workers compensating costs.
— http://www.aaos.org/news/aaosnow/nov12/advocacy2.asp
Work Comp Staffing Solutions speaks to many staffing company owners each week. This topic comes up in most of our conversations as more staffing companies sign up to partner with Professional Employer Organizations to help them manage these ever increasing payroll responsibilities and liabilities.
To find out what more staffing companies are doing to manage their new ACA responsibilities while trying to decrease their payroll burden costs, please contact me at davidstaffing@gmail.com or visit us at www.StaffingCompSolutions.com
Finally, be sure to ask us about how we can make your staffing company much more efficient and help grow your sales using Work Comp Staffing Solutions’s “hands on” Consulting Services. https://StaffingCompSolutions.com/Work Comp Staffing Solutions-staffing-consulting-services/
All the best
David Schek
President
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