Friday, April 12, 2013

Labor-backed plan would fine large employers who send workers to Medi-Cal

Sacramento Bee
A new and controversial proposal in California's health care overhaul calls for fining large employers if the wages they pay are not high enough to keep workers off Medi-Cal rolls. Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez will formally unveil the measure as Assembly Bill 880, perhaps today, in a drive sponsored by the California Labor Federation and United Food and Commercial Workers.