KWBE : reported that Protection of First Responders’ Health Insurance Advanced

LINCOLN – Injured first responders could retain their health insurance coverage under a bill advanced from general file March 29. Hutchinson lost his health insurance coverage because he was unable to work more than 30 hours each week. "We should make sure, at a minimum, that they have the health insurance coverage they had the day they were injured or made the ultimate sacrifice," he said. Because LB444 is designed to maintain currently offered health insurance coverage, it would not apply to volunteers who typically do not receive such benefits as part of their service. Lincoln Sen. Matt Hanson also supported the bill, saying that protecting insurance coverage is just one way to support first responders.

Study: 65-Percent Of Massachusetts Employers Offer Health Insurance « CBS Boston

Boston is proud of its Irish heritage, which it displays for all the world to see in its annual St. Patrick's Day Parade. Guide To Boston's 2017 St. Patrick's Day ParadeThe old saying that on St. Patrick's Day everyone is Irish is especially valid in Boston, a large proportion of whose residents, police, firemen and other officials are of Irish descent. Boston is so Irish that not only is it's current mayor of Irish descent (Marty Walsh), but also even its basketball team has an Irish name and mascot - The Celtics with their Lucky Leprechaun.

The Folly of Health Insurance Tied to Employment

But the U.S. insurance market was neither set up nor regulated to allow for proper development of an individual insurance market. In a similar fashion, U.S. federal government tied health insurance to employment by creating a New Deal tax dodge. Why — how — did American health insurance become tied to employment? Americans are so used to our system of health insurance tied to our jobs that we hardly notice the oddity of having employers pay for employee health coverage. Then came the tax break to firmly and formally tie health insurance to employment.


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