SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois businesses would save about $500 million but give up on their biggest demand under a worker's compensation overhaul that key lawmakers called a tentative deal Thursday.
The plan includes a 30 percent reduction in the rates businesses pay to physicians, uses nationally recognized standards for determining an injury's severity and creates a medical network for handling workplace injuries.
It would not require employees to prove injuries are directly related to their jobs, a demand businesses had made through months of negotiations.
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