Access Health, a Michigan-based “three-share plan,” is viewed as a successful community-based approach to expanding health benefits in the workplace. It was the stimulus for recently proposed legislation to federally fund similar plans nationally. The program evolved with the support of the...

This paper tells the story of the origin, development, birth, and evolution of Access Health, in Muskegon, MI. Access Health is generally regarded as a successful community-based approach to expanding health care coverage to uninsured workers at small firms. While the program is located in a...