A California lawmaker says “something needs to be done” about widespread medical fraud in the state’s workers’ compensation system and called on a state commission Tuesday to launch an in-depth review of the matter.
Sen. Tony Mendoza asked for a review of what the state is doing to combat what he deemed unsettling questions raised by a recent series of articlesby Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting.
“It was actually very disturbing,” Mendoza said in an interview, “just the abuses that occur from individuals who want to make money from the system on the backs of these injured workers.”
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