Longshoreman from Tewksbury pleads guilty Jul 18, 2008
As a result of the gift hours, Langan helped this individual receive a premium health insurance plan that was worth more than $10,000 dollars more than the basic health plan to which he was entitled. A Suffolk Grand Jury returned the indictments against Langan and Marotta on August 8, 2006. (Tewksbury Advocate, MA)
Wal-Mart says uninsured employee rate drops by more than 20 pct Jan 23, 2008
A confidential 2006 state study in Washington state showed Wal-Mart had 3,194 workers on Medicaid and the state's Basic Health Plan, more than any other private employer. Dillman said the retailer had seen a slight drop-off in the number of employees saying they took part in state-sponsored health care coverage, but said the percentages stayed roughly the same. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
More than half of Wal-Mart workers insured Jan 23, 2008
A confidential 2006 state study in Washington state showed Wal-Mart had 3,194 workers on Medicaid and the state's Basic Health Plan, more than any other private employer. Click for related content. (MSNBC -- Business)
State moving forward with insurance proposal Oct 25, 2007
The Charter Oak Health Plan is Gov. M. Jodi Rell s proposal to help lower the number of uninsured in the state by offering a monthly premium of up to $250 a month for a basic health plan, subsidized for poorer residents with $11 million in state funds. A total of 346,700 people, or 10 percent of state residents, were uninsured at any point during the preceding year, according to the Connecticut Office of Health Care Access 2006 Household Survey. (New Haven Register, CT)
We are all uninsured now Aug 28, 2007
The government would give everyone a voucher each year for a basic health plan. The size of the voucher would be based on one's health status. (Boston Globe)
READ MORE > Feb 3, 2007
The commission recommends mandating basic health insurance for all Americans and creating a new federal agency to develop and oversee that basic health plan. A combination of private premiums and public dollars, including a national tax on alcohol and tobacco consumption, would be needed to pay for the reforms. (Sioux City Journal)
California health insurance proposal borrows from Massachusetts Jan 11, 2007
In Massachusetts, businesses with more than 10 employees must pay an annual fee of $295 per worker if they don't offer a basic health plan. In California, businesses would pay 4 percent of their payroll, up to a cap. (Boston Globe -- Business)
Ritter seeks insurance for all Dec 8, 2006
8 billion a year, more than half of the proposed budget next year for the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, which also is responsible for providing mental health programs, the Old Age Pension Health and Medical Fund, the Children's Basic Health Plan, the Colorado Indigent Care Program and home care providers. Buescher said Democrats, who control the House and Senate, can help Ritter keep his promise to provide health care, but only if the state can get waivers from the federal... (Boulder Colorado Daily, CO)
Blue Cross wants law forcing small biz health plans Oct 19, 2006
Blue Cross is proposing legislation that calls for businesses that employ two to 50 workers to offer a basic health plan, although it would not force companies to contribute to premiums. Employers that do contribute would get a state tax credit. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Paging GM, Ford -- Time for Single-Payer Health: John F. Wasik Sep 25, 2006
You may even be required to buy a basic health plan the same way that states require auto-insurance coverage if you own a car. And those who couldn't afford policies would be given a tax credit. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Painful changes May 8, 2006
Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen wants to create Cover Tennessee, a basic health plan for low-income workers. U.S. Sen. (Memphis Business Journal, TN)
AP NewsBreak: Report says Wal-Mart, others cost state millions Feb 7, 2006
Senate staff members used the earlier reports as a basis for the new cost estimates, figuring that Wal-Mart had 3,180 employees on the state-federal Medicaid program and 456 on the state-funded Basic Health Plan in 2004 ... Officials computed an average monthly cost to the state of $182 for workers on Washington's Basic Health Plan. (AP-Washington)
Reports show high Wal-Mart use of state-subsidized health plans Jan 25, 2006
Those figures indicate that as many as one-fifth of the retail chain's workers in Washington state obtained taxpayer-supported health care for themselves or their dependents under Medicaid and the state's Basic Health Plan, The Times reported ... The Basic Health Plan, funded entirely by the state, mostly covers low-income adults ... According to one report, an average 3,180 Wal-Mart employees were receiving state-funded medical assistance, including Medicaid, for themselves or for a dependent,... (AP-Washington)
