Chiros blamed for workers' compensation cost problems. (chiropractors)

Florida workers' compensation officials are complaining bitterly about abuses by chiropractors, according to the cover story of Florida Trend ("The manipulators," June, '92). A spokesman for the American Insurance Association says that he thinks of workers comp as "the chiropractic full-employment act!" Although DC care accounts for only 6% of the $1.25 billion spent annually on Florida's workers comp, it is singled out as the most egregious example of abuse. Over utilization, over diagnosis, and sweetheart relationships with unscrupulous attorneys are the problems. It was even proposed that DCs be kicked out of the system, but was decided that this could not be …