20 March 2006
03.20.06 NJ: Businesses must stop burdening taxpayers
by aflciopolitical
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
08 March 2006
New Jersey: S1320
by aflciopolitical
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
by aflciopolitical
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
03 March 2006
NJ: Arguments continue over health care bill
by aflciopolitical
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
27 February 2006
Philadelphia Inquirer | 02/26/2006 | 'Wal-mart' bill in N.J. seeks health benefits
by aflciopolitical
Posted on Sun, Feb. 26, 2006 Programs designed for the indigent are being tapped by workers at big firms. By Kaitlin Gurney Inquirer Trenton Bureau TRENTON - State Sen. Joe Vitale fought for years to expand FamilyCare, New Jersey's health-insuranc
23 February 2006
N.J. wants large employers to spend more on health care
by aflciopolitical
TRENTON -- Saying some large companies such as Wal-Mart are shirking their responsibilities to provide health care to employees, state senators took up proposals Monday aimed at forcing employers to pay more for coverage. One measure would force compan
New Jersey: Health care measure draws fire
by aflciopolitical
Friday, February 17, 2006 By HUGH R. MORLEY STAFF WRITER Opposition is brewing among business leaders to a bill in the state Legislature that would require large employers to pay for employee health coverage. The Senate bill would require N
New Jersey: Senators look at forcing employee health insurance | Asbury Park Press Online
by aflciopolitical
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/7/06 BY JONATHAN TAMARI GANNETT STATE BUREAU TRENTON — Saying some large companies such as Wal-Mart are shirking their responsibilities to provide health care to employees, state senators took up proposals Mond
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