Under a Dem governor it would have continued to keep getting worse.
The perception was easy to debunk. The excerpt above contained a reference to AB227/SB228 and the report summary showed the effects of both before SB899's introduction. Davis era legislation brought the APPR down about a point were it would have lingered and Wilsonegger's legislation has thus far driven the APPR down another point.
The problem with the study is that is does not reflect the actual premium costs in the field which were down between 10% to 15% during the last, annual premium cycle. An improvement for two reasons none the less. Premiums are going down rather than going up because of the savings realized by reductions in the potential for patient/doctor abuses. The future looks brighter and may hold even larger premium reductions.
Again, the bottom line is still:
"What's more, rates in California, the highest in the nation in 2004, have dropped to 1996 levels and now are lower than those in other big states such as Texas and Florida, the report said."
"If modest reform is all that lands on my desk, I am prepared to take my workers' comp solution directly to the people and I will put it on the ballot in November," Schwarzenegger said.
The legislature finally passed legislation to reform the system on April 16.(2004) The governor signed the bill three days later. "
Arnold's reform is what cut the worker's comp rates and made CA more business friendly. We went from the worst in the nation to better than most other large states and all the way down to 1996 levels. Without Arnold, this would NOT have happened. PERIOD. You just hate Arnold so much because he beat Bustamante, that you just can't give him any credit, and now you are going out of your way to claim he doesn't deserve any credit, to push Angelides.