Health Care for Health Care Workers

Direct-care workers often have incomes so low that they qualify for publicly financed health coverage. In addition, many states have expanded Medicaid or other state-financed insurance programs to cover low-wage workers and their families, or members of certain occupational groups.

Examples

• Massachusett’s plan for universal coverage
  • Text of the MA bill
  • Analysis of the MA bill
• New York’s Family Health Plus
• Rhode Island’s RiteCare (pdf) program, which encourages stability in the child care provider workforce by making family child care providers eligible for the same health benefits offered by Medicaid.
• Vermont’s public health insurance plan