Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Health coverage reform - Everyone's concern

Julie Appleby with the USA TODAY did a piece this morning covering efforts across the county to reform healthcare . Georgia ought to be paying attention and use this election year to define the issue for our state. Because of the high rates of uninsured, states are not waiting on the federal government to deal with this issue. According to this article, we have uninsured rates of 16.6%, so we should not wait either.
Massachusetts lawmakers on Tuesday approved a law that would require everyone in the state to carry health insurance by 2007 or risk losing tax credits or facing fines. Employers would have to offer coverage or pay a $295 per worker annual assessment.

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