New Orleans As the countdown to enrollment in ACA comes closer with October 1st ringing the opening bell, low to moderate income families and workers without health insurance are facing a quandary of competing claims and conflicting news reports. I read a report recently of a call from the White House to various groups including …
Category: Health Care
Punishing the Clinic Door Strategy in Texas and Florida at the Polls
Baton Rouge There is a desperate and cynical political strategy at work in the efforts of Florida Governor Rick Scott and Texas Governor Rick Perry in their attempts to bar people from the clinic doors trying to enroll under the new Affordable Care Act on October 1st. This Rick-o-say strategy will in fact ricochet on …
Does Walgreen’s Plan Points Way for Lower Wage Service Worker Healthcare?
New Orleans I can’t tell if we have a widening gap in the way big employers see health insurance or a huge opportunity to finally get coverage for lower waged workers. A week or so ago, I talked about a potential bargaining opportunity for lower waged workers for 2014 before penalties apply to larger companies …