Comments on: It’s Time to Finish What We Started: The Case for Workers’ Recovery

By: Robert Wilson

Robert Wilson — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 21:31:17 +0000

In reply to Michael J. Marsh. Awesome! We just need one state to start it all off!

By: Michael J. Marsh

Michael J. Marsh — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:43:33 +0000

Bob, I have sent your posting to our local state administrators…with hopes that we might be able to get some changes made in 2027.

By: Rosemary McKenzie-Ferguson

Rosemary McKenzie-Ferguson — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 22:52:32 +0000

You may get your wish Bob, but it may not be one of the American States.
The project I am involved with here in Australia may start the need to change the name and the way compensation and systemic money generators have become more important than the people who have sustained workplace injuries.

By: Ilana Lehmann, CRC, PhD

Ilana Lehmann, CRC, PhD — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:18:13 +0000

Bob, I agree, language matters. One of my professors at SIU where I earned my doctorate frequently said during lecture, “Words have meanings.”

You might want to take a peek at what happened in PA when they changed the Department of Public Welfare to the Department of Human Services. They estimated the change would cost around $500K and ended up costing closer to $8 million.

The state of Missouri didn’t publish how much it cost to go from the Division of Mental Retardation and Development Disabilities (did they get paid by the syllable?) to the Division of Development Disabilities (a change that removed significant stigma for families.)

While $8 mil might be a drop in the bucket for big insurance agencies, my state (WA) is facing huge deficits due to the fed’s shenanigans. Just my 2 cents worth.

By: Stuart Colburn

Stuart Colburn — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:28:23 +0000

Love it