10 April 2006
Working Families and Community Allies in Pittsburgh Launch 'Fair Share Health Care' Bill at AFL-CIO Convention: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
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PITTSBURGH, April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- As health care costs and the number of uninsured working people continue to soar, large, profitable companies like Wal-Mart exacerbate the health care crisis in Pennsylvania by shirking their health care responsibilitie
06 April 2006
04.04.06 PA: Reps Manderino and Taylor introduce "fair share" health care bill
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Taylor and Manderino Announce PA Health Care Accessibility and Insurance Responsibility (PHAIR) Act Rep. John Taylor (R-Philadelphia) and Rep. Kathy Manderino (D-Philadelphia) announced legislation to ensure that working Pennsylvanians employed by larg
04.03.06 PA: Pennsylvania Lawmakers Expected To Introduce 'Wal-Mart' Bill Next Week
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Pennsylvania state Reps. Kathy Manderino (D) and John Taylor (R) next week are expected to introduce a "fair-share health care bill," modeled after Maryland's law, that would require large employers to spend a certain amount of payroll on health benefits,
04.04.06 FL: Bills Try Different Approaches To Providing Insurance
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TALLAHASSEE - Fair Share Health Care bills landed in 30 states this year, including Florida, where it hit with a thud. The union-backed health care bill would force large corporations to spend a set percentage of their payrolls on employee health care. Al
05 April 2006
CA: SB 593
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Requires for-profit companies with 20,000 or more employees to reimburse the state for costs incurred in the public assistance programs by providing benefits to the company's employees. In committee.
CA: SB 1414 Assembly Bill - Status
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Author: Migden LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 04/03/2006 LAST HIST. ACTION : Hearing postponed by committee. COMM. LOCATION : SEN HEALTH
CA: SB 1414 Senate Bill - History
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Establishes the Fair Share Health Care Fund; Requires for-profit employers with 10,000 or more employees to spend at least eight percent on health insurance and non-profit companies of the same size to spend six percent. If employers do not meet the mand
CA: SB 1414 Senate Bill Text
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Establishes the Fair Share Health Care Fund; Requires for-profit employers with 10,000 or more employees to spend at least eight percent on health insurance and non-profit companies of the same size to spend six percent. If employers do not meet the mand
CA: SB1414
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Establishes the Fair Share Health Care Fund; Requires for-profit employers with 10,000 or more employees to spend at least eight percent on health insurance and non-profit companies of the same size to spend six percent. If employers do not meet the mand
OH: HB0471 Status
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Looks like it may be dead - amended and failed to pass committee
OH: HB0471
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To enact sections 5101.91, 5101.911, 5101.912, 5101.913, 5101.914, and 5101.915 of the Revised Code to require certain employers in this state who do not provide a specified amount of health care coverage to their employees to make contributions to a fund
04.04.06 MA: Mass. to Impose Individual Mandate, Employer Fee to Expand Health Coverage
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The Massachusetts House and Senate have passed a landmark plan designed to expand health insurance to most of the state's estimated 500,000 uninsured citizens. The measure requires that all residents and most employers participate in the health insuran
03 April 2006
04.01.06 MD/NY: Super Stores Challenge Fair Share in Court
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Large retailers have come out swinging against the state legislation requiring employers to spend a minimum on health care insurance for workers or pay penalties to the state, saying they will take their challenge to the Supreme Court if necessary. The Re
29 March 2006
03.28.06 MN: Senate division gives OK To 'Wal-Mart bill'
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A bill that would require large Minnesota employers to supply health insurance for workers or pay the state a share of the cost got closer to a Senate floor vote on Tuesday. The Senate Health and Human Services Division approved the bill 5 to 2. It has be
03.27.06 PA: Pa. proposal targets Wal-Mart
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Unions and big business are expected to battle over whether the state can tell large employers how much money they should spend on health care insurance for their workers. A so-called "fair-share health care bill" is expected to be introduced in the state
23 March 2006
03.23.06 ME: 'Wal-Mart bill' tamed in Augusta
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AUGUSTA — The so-called "Wal-Mart bill," which proponents hoped would lead to a tax on big-box retailers that don't offer health insurance to their employees, has been considerably tamed. The amended bill now takes the form of a request for data from th
03.23.06 MA: Letter: Business should pay their fair share
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Health-care plan helps the uncompensated care pool. The new drafted compromise health-care proposal, a collaboration with the Senate and the House in consultation with the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, hopefully will bring some equity to the uncompe
03.23.06 MD: ‘Son of Wal-Mart’ bill dies in House committee
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ANNAPOLIS — A House of Delegates committee has killed a proposal that would have required more companies to fall under a controversial health benefits law. As passed, the Fair Share Health Care Act affects only Wal-Mart, requiring the world’s largest
22 March 2006
03.21.06 NY: Time to Provide the Benefits
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With the expansion of Fair Share for Health Care Act, large employers like Wal-Mart and Home Depot will be required to shell out a portion of New York employees’ health care. Bill Lindsay (D-Holbrook), Presiding Officer of the Suffolk County Legislature
03.22.06 ME: Wal-Mart bill morphs into information gathering proposal
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(March 22, 2006): The so-called Wal-Mart bill, which proponents hoped would lead to a tax on big-box retailers that don’t offer health insurance to their employees, has been considerably tamed to a request for data from the Department of Labor on what p
