ADVOCACY SPOTLIGHT: 2017 in the Rearview

Advocacy Spotlight

2017 in the Rearview

ASCs and state associations join hands to defeat legislative challenges

BY ALI LEGROS   |  NOVEMBER-DECEMBER


Advocacy Spotlight

ASCA will continue to monitor legislation in all 50 states and provide information, strategic counsel and assistance.

Advocacy Spotlight

2017 in the Rearview

ASCs and state associations join hands to defeat legislative challenges

BY ALI LEGROS   |  NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2017

In 2017, state lawmakers across the country filed more than 180,000 bills and enacted nearly 35,000 of those. Given that volume, it is not surprising that the ASC community found itself objecting to several legislative proposals during the 2017 legislative session. As states continue to look to new ways to increase revenue and close large budget deficits, policy analysts expect many of those same issues to reemerge in 2018.

2017

To achieve desperately needed savings in 2017, several states, once again, contemplated reducing and reforming their states workers’ compensation fee schedules.

 

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