The impact and surge of long-term COVID on the California workers’ compensation system since 2020 has been prevalent, including long-term impacts on disability and long-term patterns of medical cost and treatment on long COVID claims.
That’s from a report by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California.
The WCIRB report finds long Covid is still prevalent, with roughly 30% of California adults having reported activity limitations from long COVID, and there is an even higher prevalence in healthcare, manufacturing and retail industries.
The report’s findings include:
More than one-in-seven COVID-19 claims with medical