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May 22, 2007 8:32 am US/Eastern

Red Sox Help Promote New Health Care Law

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BOSTON (WBZ) ― The Boston Red Sox and the state panel overseeing Massachusetts' landmark health care insurance law are teaming up to launch a public education campaign to help people understand it.

Everyone in the state must be insured by July 1 or face tax penalties.

The ads will be introduced Tuesday at a news conference at Fenway Park with the team and officials from the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority, which oversees the law.

Educating the public could prove daunting given the complexity of the law, which seeks to plug a series of holes in the state's existing health care net.

Under the law, those making less than the federal poverty level of $10,210 for an individual are eligible to receive free care, while those making up to three times that level are eligible for discounted insurance.

Anyone with more than three times the federal poverty level can sign up for new, discounted health care plans offered through the connector authority.

In addition to the new ads there will be a hot line and a new web site.

You can read the details about all of the plans offered by the Commonwealth Connector and compare them on their web site.

You can sign up by calling 1-877-623-6765.

(© 2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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