Well its either a joke to one extreme or the other. The ones who truly need their help are "starved out" with the ruthless work comp tactics that make you go CRAZY. Its a horrible nightmare if you are truly hurt and cannot get work comp to lift a finger to do anything until you hire an attorney and then its still a long long uphill battle. Took 4 years to settle my case and I deserved every penny plus alot more but I got what I wanted which was for them to take care of my back pain/doc/meds the rest of my life. I wouldent settle until I was sure of that. I had read many stories online where people took the first or second settlement offer cuz work comp hadnt paid them for being off work because they had to prove they were hurt to their satisfaction and it will NEVER be to their satisfaction. So they take the first little amount dangled out in front of them because they are probably fixing to lose their house, cars, family, sanity and then are stuck STILL witht he injury that started it all and once you sign the settlement, theres no going back. So I said NO, NO, NO. I will take XX amount of money and work comp has to pay for the care and treatment of my back pain including meds. Finally the day before it was to go to court, they agreed and TADAA!! They could of done it years before but were waiting to see if they could starve me out until the court date. When they realized I wasnt gonna budge, they settled. The few people who claim to be hurt who are really not hurt make it so hard for the people who really are hurt.