The News Review:
- Include a public-health insurance option
- Democrats getting bolder on gov’t insurance plan
- Workers laid-off from small businesses get health insurance break
Include a public-health insurance option
Seattle Times
Include the creativity and competition represented by a public-health insurance option in the mix of reforms before Congress. Creation of a public-health-insurance option is central to the health-care reform debate underway in Congress. Consumers need a competitive choice that is affordable portable and fairly priced. Employers want relief from soaring insurance premiums.
Democrats getting bolder on gov’t insurance plan
The Associated Press
Their fervor carries a risk. Liberals citing polls that show support for a public plan say they are increasingly frustrated with negotiations to make the idea more palatable to Republicans. Moderates however warn that abandoning the talks could jeopardize efforts to draft a bill that can pass a closely divided Senate. “It is important not to draw lines in the sand and rule out options before they are fully explored” Sen.
Workers laid-off from small businesses get health insurance break
Bizjournals.com
us Digg This Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed a bill into law Friday that will make health insurance more affordable for laid-off workers of small businesses and their families. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act gave a break to former employees of companies with 20 or more employees by providing a subsidy that cuts the cost of CBRA health-care coverage by 65 percent. Illinois is extending the same break to workers laid off from smaller companies. The bill signed by Quinn provides a 65 percent health insurance payment subsidy to those who worked for companies with fewer than 20 employees. The bill gives employees of small businesses who lost their jobs after Sept.
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