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STATE legislators have over 600 laws aimed at extending the benefits of health care by many employers. However, studies of scientists and others indicate that these mandates may have unintentionally, back impact - reduction of coverage by swelling the ranks of more than 30 million Americans without the benefits of health care.

STATE legislators have over 600 laws aimed at extending the benefits of health care by many employers. However, studies of scientists and others indicate that these mandates may have unintentionally, back impact - reduction of coverage by swelling the ranks of more than 30 million Americans without the benefits of health care. Small employers say they can not be additional costs for fulfilling these requirements.

The State mandates, which is also against insurers cover a wide range of services, prenatal care for pregnant mothers to health practitioners, fear of conventional medicines.

Some Member States have also experimenting with the requirements that most employers offer health benefits to young workers. Hawaii and Massachusetts have already such laws, but their prospects in other countries seem favourable.

In Massachusetts, who is a prisoner of a squeeze exercise, the house had last week dismissed a request that employers participating in the progress of the new global right to health care. But the Roll Back It is expected that the opposition in the Senate, rigid and should be a veto if it reaches Dir Michael S. Dukakis, pushed by the law, in his presidential campaign last year.

The situation is reversed in California, where the state has recently approved the Assembly to require employers insured. If the Senate on Dir George Deukmejian, a Republican, can not veto the action. But the problem can return to a national vote. A group, supporters of Proposition 103, California, the referendum to reduce auto-insurance rates, was a similar effort for broader access to health care.

Woody Eno, a lawyer with the Law on Health Insurance Association of America, a trade group in Washington, said 314 bills to expand public or private health insurance was introduced this year in 45 countries. In Oregon, a new law increases the risk of a tax on employers who have no health insurance. The state already provides tax relief for small employers who offer health benefits.

Maine and Vermont recently added benefits, care of babies and children and adults with disabilities, their Medicaid programs to low-income population. Maine also added incentives to encourage employers to offer fewer health benefits. Prenatal for pregnant Frauen”ist one of the biggest problems,’’said Michele Solloway, Senior Research Associate at the interval for State Health Policy Project at George Washington University. Last year, Congress extended the eligiblity requirements for Medicaid for pregnant women and infants up to one year.

The Health Insurance Association of America promotes the development of Medicaid, said Carl J. Schramm, President of the Washington Group on Trade, but he opposes state mandates. Greg Scandlen, director of research at public service of national authorities and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, said Arbeitgeber”neigen smaller, coverage Drop”anstatt costly new requirements.

Gail A. Jensen, an economist at the University of Illinois at Chicago, 1320 small employers interviewed across the country. More than 16 per cent said they do not offer insurance because the cost of public mandates. Most large companies are assured themselves of the state and the requirements of federal law, and half of U.S. companies with at least 250 employees are insured by themselves, Professor Jansen. Thus, said John C. Goodman, an economist, directs the National Center for Policy Analysis in Dallas,”mandates of the rule for only a small part of a State of people.”

The National Federation of Independent Business, an advocacy group in Washington, says that most young businesspeople provide health benefits for workers, if they could afford the costs. Jim Weidman, head of state in relations of the Federation, said a recent survey of 5300 businesses showed that two thirds of countries have plans for health, at least a few people. ”But for smaller companies which, typically of three employees, there is no insurance products, economically viable,”he said.