Thousands of Florida worker comp COVID claims have been rejected. Most came from people on the front lines.

Of the 11,872 indemnity claims filed as of July 31, 5,527 were filed with private insurance companies. Those insurers denied, or partially denied, about 55% of the claims. Meanwhile private self-insured funds and government self-insured funds denied or partially denied 30% and 31% of claims,respectively.