Arkansas and a bold experiment in health insurance for working poor.

[episodic]

http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2006/03/09/JohnBrummett/334750.html

Arkansas seems to be the only state in the union trying to fill a gap. It seems the feds have given permission for an experiment of sorts so that Arkansas can cover working poor.

Must read. . .

 

[GTKeeper]

Maybe this is a step in the right direction. It still blows my mind that it takes 40% of all medicare/social security/medicaid income the Gov takes in to run those programs. I simply don't get it.

 

[DotheDamnTHing]

even though its limited, its a start

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: episodic
http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2006/03/09/JohnBrummett/334750.html

Arkansas seems to be the only state in the union trying to fill a gap. It seems the feds have given permission for an experiment of sorts so that Arkansas can cover working poor.

Must read. . .

From the article:

It's a way for businesses with fewer than 50 employees, the majority of employers in Arkansas, to cover employees minimally, even part-timers.

It's a way for the working poor - those earning up to half the poverty level, about $35,000 for a family of four - to go to the doctor a half-dozen times a year.
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Yes, it's a start but this is certainly a sad testament to the state of the Country that it's working class is so poor while working they cannot afford Health.

It's a "Republican's Dream" not the "American Dream".