I don't have the numbers in front of me, but I
believe the number of uninsured citizens is much higher than only 15.6% of the
population.
I wish I could remember where I read the latest
article on the number.
Linda Fort
[Winona Online Democracy]
My notes indicate that he said that 40 percent of
private sector jobs do not offer health insurance. Once my writing is
cold, however, I can never guarantee accuracy of my written
notes.
According to the 2005 World Almanac (p. 84),
Bureau of Census (Department of Commerce) figures for 2003 indicate that
44,961,000 people in the United States or 15.6 percent of the population are
not covered. Those people with the lowest income are the least likely to be
covered. In Minnesota in 2003, 8.7 percent of the population was not
covered.
Roy Nasstrom
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Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 4:10
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Subject: Re: [Winona] Wal-Mart fights
benefits disclosure in Minnesota
[Winona Online Democracy]
The issue of low income workers going without health insurance from
their employer is much, much bigger than the 'big box' stores. John
Gunyou quoted research indicating that in Minnesota less than half of the
workforce has insurance through the job. (someone help me here -- I
didn't write this stat. down and it isn't on his web site that I can find --
what was the % he gave us?)
Craig Brooks
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[Winona
Online Democracy]
Wal-Mart fights benefits disclosure in
Minnesota
Chris Serres, Star Tribune
June 2, 2005
WALMART0602
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. does not want Minnesotans to
know how many of its workers
in this state receive public health care
assistance.
The world's largest retailer has denounced as a
public-relations ploy
legislation -- which some state legislators have
dubbed the "anti-Wal-Mart
bill" -- that would create a public list of
companies whose workers are
enrolled in MinnesotaCare and other
government-funded health care programs.
The Bentonville, Ark.-based
retail giant recently sent two executives to St.
Paul to lobby against
the bill, which the Legislature may vote on in special
session this
month. Wal-Mart also sent a two-page letter describing its health
care
benefits to every legislator in the state.
[snip]
A
Wisconsin state representative has introduced a bill that would force
big-box
retailers to reimburse the state for providing the health care
needs of their
under-paid and under-insured employees.
The bill
would place a graduated 1 percent to 2 percent tax on gross receipts
on
any store that exceeds $20 million in sales in a taxable year, and
that
allocates less than 10 percent of its payroll to health insurance
for its
employees. The bill applies only if the retailer fails to pay
full-time,
entry-level employees at least $22,000 a year, or about
$10.58 per hour; or if
more than 25 percent of the retailer's workforce
is part-time. The revenue
would go to the state's Medical Assistance
trust fund.
Cont...
http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/5435075.html
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