{"id":787,"date":"2005-01-28T09:21:37","date_gmt":"2005-01-28T13:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/wordpress\/?p=787"},"modified":"2005-01-28T09:21:37","modified_gmt":"2005-01-28T13:21:37","slug":"they-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=787","title":{"rendered":"They care"},"content":{"rendered":"

By JOSHUA FREED, AP Business Writer<\/a><\/p>\n

Part-time workers, contractors, and early retirees who usually wouldn’t qualify for corporate health insurance could get coverage under a plan announced Thursday by a consortium of dozens of large companies. <\/p>\n

The HR Policy Association said about 25 companies, including Ford Motor Co., International Business Machines Corp., and Sears Roebuck and Co. planned to offer the coverage. <\/p>\n

[…] <\/p>\n

The premiums will vary. A 28-year-old man in Phoenix would pay about $100 a month for coverage of scheduled inpatient and outpatient visits and hospitalization, according to an example given by the coalition. A 38-year-old woman in Chicago would pay $166.59 a month for the same insurance if she included maternity coverage, or $395 a month for a major medical policy.<\/p>\n

UnitedHealth spokesman Mark Lindsay said the company is offering the coverage to shrink the number of uninsured, estimated at 45 million.<\/p>\n

“We’re not doing it to be profitable. We’re doing because we realize that having 45 million people uninsured is terrible for the health care system. Period.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ha. Ha. Ha<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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