Where Does Workers’ Comp Money Go?

I know that there are unscrupulous employers out there, just as there are unscrupulous employees (“Feeling Injured Workers’ Pain,” April 24).

But I start to wonder where the problem lies when our company of about 135 employees pays $215,836 a year for workers compensation insurance, but if we moved all our employees to our Atlanta facility we would pay $72,381, or to our Fort Worth plant and we would pay $48,716.

These numbers lead me to believe that reform is needed. If insurers are leaving our state because they are not making enough money, but they are not leaving other states, and our employees receive some of the worst benefits, where does all the money go?

David Overgaard

Los Angeles