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NBA players vote unanimously to fund health insurance coverage for retired players

NBA players vote unanimously to fund health insurance coverage for retired players

Current NBA players have made the laudable decision to take care of those who came before them.In an unprecedented move, the NBA Players Association will be offering retired players with at least three years of experience health insurance through a program funded by the league's current players.This is the first time a North American professional sports union has created a program to provide benefits to former players using money from active ones.


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NBA union to fund health insurance retired players

NBA union to fund health insurance retired players

NEW YORK (AP) — The National Basketball Players Association's player representatives have voted unanimously to fund health insurance for all retired NBA players with at least three years of service."The game has never before been more popular, and all the players in our league today recognize that we're only in this position because of the hard work and dedication of the men who came before us," Los Angeles Clippers star Chris Paul, the union president, said in a statement Wednesday."It's important that we take care of our entire extended NBA family, and I'm proud of my fellow players for taking this unprecedented step to ensure the health and well-being of our predecessors."


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20 million people have gained health insurance coverage because of the Affordable Care Act, new estimates show

20 million people have gained health insurance coverage because of the Affordable Care Act, new estimates show

A new report released today finds that the provisions of the Affordable Care Act have resulted in an estimated 20 million people gaining health insurance coverage between the passage of the law in 2010 and early 2016—an historic reduction in the uninsured.Those provisions include Medicaid expansion, Health Insurance Marketplace coverage, and changes in private insurance that allow young adults to stay on their parent's health insurance plans and require plans to cover people with pre-existing health conditions.The report's model controls for general economic conditions (i.e., employment status), preexisting trends, geographic location, and demographic changes, so its estimates focus on the decline in the number of uninsured Americans specifically associated with the provisions of the Affordable Care Act.