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tazzygirl -> RE: IMF Chief Arrested On Rape Charges (5/19/2011 5:47:54 PM)
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Of all the waivers granted to date:
Employment-Based Coverage: The vast majority – 712 plans representing 97 percent of all waivers – were granted to health plans that are employment-related.
Self-Insured Employer Plans Applicants: Employer-based health plans received most of the waivers – 359.
Collectively-Bargained Employer-Based Plan Applicants: Most of the other health plans receiving waivers are multi-employer health funds created by a collective bargaining agreement between a union and two or more employers, pursuant to the Taft-Hartley Act. These “union plans” are employment based group health plans and operate for the sole benefit of workers. They tend to be larger than other typical group health plans because they cover multiple employers. There are also single-employer union plans that have received a waiver. In total, 182 collectively-bargained plans have received waivers.
Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs): HRAs are employer-funded group health plans where employees are reimbursed tax-free for qualified medical expenses up to a maximum dollar amount for a coverage period. In total, HHS has approved 171 applications for waivers for HRAs.
Health Insurers: Sixteen waivers were granted to health insurers, which can apply for a waiver for multiple mini-med products sold to employers or individuals.
State Governments: Four waivers have gone to State governments. States may apply for a waiver of the restricted annual limits on behalf of issuers of state-mandated policies if state law required the policies to be offered by the issuers prior to September 23, 2010.
The number of enrollees in plans with annual limits waivers is 2.1 million, representing only about 1 percent of all Americans who have private health insurance today.
It says 97% of all waivers are Employment based coverage. It doesnt say they are all unions, nor does it indicate anywhere that even the majority is unionized.
Most of NJ's is insurance company based, such as Aetna.... 68000
And Tennessees lone one, according to that site, is BCBS.... at 93000
United Federation of Teachers Welfare Fund 351,000
700 CIGNA 265,000
Ruby Tuesday is there, a company I used to work for, that offers day one insurance with a 2000 cap, and the cost was 22.00 a week.
I hear alot of grumbling about unions, yet not a word about the health care companies who are taking advantage of this as well.
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