Insurers are calling on Republican Gov. George Pataki to veto a New York measure making it easier for injured workers to get medical treatment without prior approval.
Under the bill approved last week the threshold for required pre-approval to receive workers' compensation medical treatment would increase to $1,200, from $500.
"This measure goes in the opposite direction of reforms," according to Christina Baldwin of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America.
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