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
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 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
03.22.06 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
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
03.19.06 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
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The Business Journal: Labor leader pushes for Wal-Mart bill - 2006-03-06
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The Oregon AFL-CIO and the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 355 have introduced an initiative that would require private employers with more than 4,500 workers to spend 9 percent of payroll on health benefits for workers. Similar proposals have been
'Wal-Mart bill' would remove healthcare subsidies
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REGIONAL (March 8, 2006): A bill that would look at whether taxpayers are subsidizing large employers in the state by paying for their employees to be on Medicaid – dubbed the Wal-Mart bill – is expected to get a favorable committee review this week d
GOP in Albany Prepares To Target Wal-Mart, Other Retailers in N.Y. - March 8, 2006 - The New York Sun - NY News
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March 8, 2006 ALBANY - Senate Republicans are considering legislation that would force hundreds of businesses, particularly retailers like Wal-Mart, to pay for health insurance for their employees.
06 March 2006
NY legislators ride anti-Wal-Mart wave on employee health coverage - 2006-03-06
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New York is among some 30 states nationwide where labor union-backed legislation has surfaced to require large employers like Wal-Mart to pay for at least minimal health care coverage for employees...
03 March 2006
NJ: Arguments continue over health care bill
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Friday, March 03, 2006 BY DUNSTAN McNICHOL Star-Ledger Staff State labor unions and business advocates resumed their clash yesterday over a measure that would force large employers such as Wal- Mart to help cover the cost of public health insurance for th
02 March 2006
AP Wire | 03/02/2006 | Report: 1 of every 6 Wal-Mart employees in Pa. is on Medicaid
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HARRISBURG, Pa. - Almost one in six Wal-Mart employees in Pennsylvania was enrolled in the state's health care program for the poor and disabled last year, a newspaper reported Thursday.
$14 million paid by Minnesota for Wal-Mart workers, group says
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A labor-funded group estimates Minnesota's tab for medical assistance received last year by Wal-Mart workers and calls for the state to disclose those costs. Pat Doyle, Star Tribune Last update: March 01, 2006 – 7:40 AM
Philadelphia Inquirer | 03/02/2006 | Many Wal-Mart workers use Medicaid
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About one in six of Wal-Mart's 48,000 employees are enrolled in the Medicaid insurance program, at a total cost to the state of more than $15 million a year, according to state data...
Union: Wal-Mart taxed Mich. $23M in 2005
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MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich., March 1 (UPI) -- More bad news for Wal-Mart: A Michigan union claims the retailer cost state taxpayers over $23 million in 2005. Michigan's United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 876 said it is spearheading a nationwide
