22 March 2006
03.21.06 FL: Labor unions rally for health insurance
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Demonstrators from labor unions heckled the powerful president of Florida's biggest business organization Monday at a Capitol rally, which was held to support a plan to make employers provide health-care insurance or contribute to a state fund for coverin
20 March 2006
03.20.06 NJ: Businesses must stop burdening taxpayers
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Giant retailers should supply low-wage workers with health care so the state doesn't have to do it for them. Some of the state's largest and most profitable employers are shifting the cost of providing employee health care onto the backs of state taxpayer
03.17.06 Political Affairs Magazine - Are You Paying the Wal-Mart Tax?
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A new report from the AFL-CIO shows that Wal-Mart’s refusal to pay decent wages and provide affordable health insurance is costing taxpayers millions to provide health care coverage to Wal-Mart workers. As employer-based health care declines, many worki
03.19.06 MN: Senate panel approves ‘Wal-Mart’ health care bill
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A bill that would require the state’s largest employers to pay health care insurance costs for their workers — commonly known as "the Wal-Mart bill" — passed a Senate committee on Monday, amid concerns from groups, such as the
13 March 2006
10 March 2006
03.10.06 Editorial: Healthcare bill properly targets Wal-Mart - Los Angeles Times
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Re "Why pick on Wal-Mart?" editorial, March 2 Your editorial echoes the uncourageous murmuring that Fair Share Health Care legislation is bad healthcare policy because it doesn't go far enough. Addressing the plight and hardship of 75,000 Californians —
Massachusetts: HB 4479 - Fair Share
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HOUSE. . . . . . . No.4479 House bill No. 4463, as changed by the committee on Bills in the Third Reading and as amended and passed to be engrossed by the House. November 3, 2005. In the Year Two Thousand and Five. AN ACT PROMOTING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE.
08 March 2006
Massachusetts HOUSE, NO. 4479
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It looks like the bill has passed both houses but House and Senate still ironing out details
Kentucky: 06RS HB98
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HB 98 (BR 194) - M. Henley, J. Gray, W. Hall, C. Hoffman, D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, M. Marzian, K. Stein, J. Wayne, R. Wilkey, B. Yonts AN ACT relating to health care.
New Jersey: S1320
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Sponsored by: Senator JOSEPH F. VITALE District 19 (Middlesex) Senator BARBARA BUONO District 18 (Middlesex) SYNOPSIS “Expanding Access to Health Care Act”; requires certain large employers to either provide specified level of health benefits to emplo
New Jersey: A2513
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Sponsored by: Assemblyman NEIL M. COHEN District 20 (Union) SYNOPSIS “Expanding Access to Health Care Act”; requires certain large employers to either provide specified level of health benefits to employees or pay assessment to State. CURRENT VERSION
Minnesota: H.F. No. 2786, as introduced - 84th Legislative Session (2005-2006)
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Posted on Feb 16, 2006 1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to health; requiring large employers to report information on employee 1.3 health insurance costs; requiring certain large employers to pay ass
Michigan: SENATE BILL No. 734
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September 6, 2005, Introduced by Senators BASHAM, CLARK-COLEMAN, JACOBS, THOMAS, SCOTT, BRATER and CLARKE and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Michigan: Senate Bill 0734
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Sponsors Raymond E Basham - (primary) Irma Clark-Coleman, Gilda Jacobs, Samuel Thomas III, Martha Scott, Liz Brater, Hansen Clarke 2005-2006 session
Arizona: SB1232 - 472R - I Ver
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State of Arizona Senate Forty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session 2006 SB 1232 Introduced by Senator Miranda; Representative Miranda B Amending title 36, chapter 29, Article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36‑2930; relating
West Virginia: Fair Share Bill Text - Senate - Bill 147
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(By Senators Hunter, Kessler, Dempsey, Foster, Lanham, McCabe and Jenkins) [Introduced January 13, 2006; referred to the Committee on Labor; then to the Committee on Health and Human Resources; and then to the Committee on Finance.] A BILL to amen
West Virginia: HB 4024
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(By Delegates Brown, Caputo, Hartman and Hrutkay) [Introduced January 16, 2006; referred to the Committee on Health and Human Resources then Finance.] A BILL to amend and reenact §9-4A-2a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amen
Georgia: General Assembly - SB 579
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Sponsored By * (1) Miles,Steen 43rd * (2) Tate,Horacena 38th * (3) Butler,Gloria 55th * (4) Fort,Vincent 39th * (5) Jones,Emanuel 10th * (6) Seay,Valencia 34th and others Committees * SC:I&L * HC: Current
Georgia: Senate Bill 579
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By: Senators Miles of the 43rd, Tate of the 38th, Butler of the 55th, Fort of the 39th, Jones of the 10th and others To amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to
Florida: SB 1618 - Fair Share Health Care Fund
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(Identical to House Bill) GENERAL BILL by Campbell Fair Share Health Care Fund: creates said fund; provides duties of AHCA & Chief Financial Officer; provides employer reporting guidelines; provides reporting guidelines for secretary of AHCA; provides
Florida: HB 813 - Fair Share Health Care Fund
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GENERAL BILL by Bucher Fair Share Health Care Fund: Creates the Fair Share Health Care Fund; provides purposes and uses of the fund; provides duties of the Agency for Health Care Administration and the Chief Financial Officer; provides for audit of the
Alaska: HB449 24 Legislature Bill History/Action
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BILL: HB 449 SHORT TITLE: EMPLOYEE HEALTH INS/FAIR SHARE ACCOUNT BILL VERSION: SSHB 449 CURRENT STATUS: (H) L&C STATUS DATE: 02/24/06 THEN JUD, FIN SPONSOR(s): REPRESENTATIVE(s) CROFT, Guttenberg, Kerttula, Crawford
Alaska: HB 449 - 24th Legislature - Bill Text
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01 "An Act relating to requiring certain employers to provide health insurance or
