Gregoire offers no-tax budget for $6 billion shortfall Dec 19, 2008
Money for the state s Basic Health Plan, which provides health care for people making less than 22,800 a year, would be cut 42 percent, and enrollment reduced ... HEALTH CARE: Gregoire wants to continue providing access to health care for low-income residents, but is calling for a 252 million reduction in the state basic health plan, a 42 percent reduction. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Budget ax falling on Washington Basic Health Plan Dec 4, 2008
OLYMPIA The state will begin to reduce the number of people on its Basic Health Plan starting Friday, a moneysaving move critics say couldn t come at a worse time ... People on the Basic Health Plan pay a fee based on how much they earn ... In addition to reducing the Basic Health Plan, the authority is ending a project to replace a 30-year-old computer system that handles public employee insurance transactions, and will end the Health Insurance Partnership, a plan to help small businesses offer... (Longview Daily News, WA)
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)
