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		<title>Hank Attends Congressional Hearing on Workers’ Compensation</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, Hank Patterson attended a Congressional hearing held by the Workforce Protections Subcommittee of the House Education and Labor Committee, which examined state workers’ compensations systems.  The participants at the hearing discussed that &#8220;workers&#8217; compensation systems have undergone numerous changes in the past decade as many states have begun strictly limiting workers’ compensation benefits [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last month, <a href="http://pathlaw.com/staff/henry-n-patterson-jr/" title="" >Hank Patterson</a> attended a Congressional hearing held by the Workforce Protections Subcommittee of the House Education and Labor Committee, which examined state workers’ compensations systems.  The participants at the hearing discussed that &#8220;<a href="http://pathlaw.com/practice-areas/workers-compensation/" title="" >workers&#8217; compensation</a> systems have undergone numerous changes in the past decade as many  states have begun strictly limiting workers’ compensation benefits –  changes that may be stressing the Social Security Disability Insurance  (SSDI) program. Additionally, the American Medical Association’s (AMA)  guide to assessing injured workers has undergone significant changes in  its latest edition, which has made consequential changes to injured  workers’ evaluation procedure.&#8221;  See the <a href="http://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/2010/11/developments-in-state-workers.shtml">committee site for details</a>, as well as the <a href="http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/statements/20101117WoolseyHearingStatement.pdf">comprehensive opening statement by Representative Lynn Woolsey</a>.</p>
<div id="attachment_1595" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 496px"><a href="http://pathlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/Hank-at-Congressional-Hearing.bmp"><img class="size-full wp-image-1595" title="Hank at Congressional Hearing" src="http://pathlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/Hank-at-Congressional-Hearing.bmp" alt="" width="486" height="355" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Hank behind witness John Burton</p></div>
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