VICE News covered the Texas workers’ comp system with an eye toward alternative benefit plans. One attorney featured in the segment said that Texas opt-out plans “are just written to screw over the worker,” whereas an attorney representing non-subscribing employers argued that most bad experiences under comp alternatives are the fault of a few bad actors. Reporter Roberto Ferdman also assesses the role PartnerSource, a Texas-based company, has had in the rise of workers’ comp alternatives and opt-out in its own state and outside of it.
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