Thursday, January 11, 2007
A proposal announced this Monday by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) that will need all state residents to get health insurance "is promising and ambitious but faces a long, hard fight before enactment," the New York Times reports. Under the proposal, employers with 10 or more employees will need to offer health insurance for workers or pay a fee of about 4% of payroll to a state pool, which will help workers purchase coverage, with the amount that they pay based on income.
Employees can pay for health insurance with pretax income. The proposal will need health insurers to sell policies to all state residents, despite of whether they have medical conditions. State residents who refuse to get health insurance may face reductions in their state income tax refunds or have their wages garnished
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