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New Study Shows Healthcare Mandates Do Little to Increase Coverage of Uninsured: So-called “Wal-Mart bills” fail to reach majority of uninsured.
January 2006
Washington, DC – A study released today by the Employment Policies Institute on the dynamics of healthcare coverage reveals employer-funded healthcare mandates, such as the recently passed “Wal-Mart Bill” in Maryland, have little effect on the uninsured. The research, conducted by economists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, found that bills that target large businesses fail to make a dent in the number of uninsured because… -
New Study Shows Healthcare Mandates Do Little to Increase Coverage of Uninsured: So-called “Wal-Mart bills” fail to reach majority of uninsured.
January 2006
Washington, DC – A study released today by the Employment Policies Institute on the dynamics of healthcare coverage reveals employer-funded healthcare mandates, such as the recently passed “Wal-Mart Bill” in Maryland, have little effect on the uninsured. The research, conducted by economists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, found that bills that target large businesses fail to make a dent in the number of uninsured because… -
New Study Reveals Devastating Consequences of Wage Hike for Santa Fe’s Least-Educated Adults: Economist Cites Lost Jobs, Involuntary Part-Time Employment, and Worker
December 2005
Washingon, D.C.–A new study on the outcome of Santa Fe’s Living Wage Ordinance commissioned by the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) exposes the negative economic consequences resulting from June 2004’s wage hike. The city’s least-educated adults, those the increase was intended to help, bore the brunt of the wage hike’s ill-effects. “The results here unquestionably show a decline in labor market opportunities for less-educated adults,” said University of… -
New Study Reveals Devastating Consequences of Wage Hike for Santa Fe’s Least-Educated Adults: Economist Cites Lost Jobs, Involuntary Part-Time Employment, and Worker
December 2005
Washingon, D.C.–A new study on the outcome of Santa Fe’s Living Wage Ordinance commissioned by the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) exposes the negative economic consequences resulting from June 2004’s wage hike. The city’s least-educated adults, those the increase was intended to help, bore the brunt of the wage hike’s ill-effects. “The results here unquestionably show a decline in labor market opportunities for less-educated adults,” said University of… -
“Son of 72” sequel as bad as the first: Research shows employer health care mandates result in lost jobs and have little effect on increased coverage
November 2005
Washington D.C.–The Worker Health Care Security Act introduced today is strikingly similar to last year’s Proposition 72 which, according to research by the Employment Policies Institute (EPI), would have resulted in lost jobs for Californians. Proposition 72, which was defeated in last year’s November general election, would have required all employers in the state with 20 or more employees to provide full medical insurance for their employees.… -
“Son of 72” sequel as bad as the first: Research shows employer health care mandates result in lost jobs and have little effect on increased coverage
November 2005
Washington D.C.–The Worker Health Care Security Act introduced today is strikingly similar to last year’s Proposition 72 which, according to research by the Employment Policies Institute (EPI), would have resulted in lost jobs for Californians. Proposition 72, which was defeated in last year’s November general election, would have required all employers in the state with 20 or more employees to provide full medical insurance for their employees.…