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From the Kaiser Health News service of the Kaiser Family Foundation here are excerpts of Tuesday’s oral arguments in the before the Supreme Court on the validity of the insurance mandate in the Affordable Care Act. 27 MARCH 2012 In the arguments before the Supreme Court Tuesday on the insurance mandate – sometimes referred to […]
Continue reading …From the Kasier Health News — A Guide To The Supreme Court Arguments, Day 1 The first day’s arguments focused on the Anti-Injunction Act and whether the court can rule on the case before a penalty is imposed on those who do not have health insurance. KHN’s reporter inside the court, Stuart Taylor, tells Jackie […]
Continue reading …By WENDELL POTTER, iWatchNews– If I were trying to persuade the Supreme Court later this month that Obamacare should not be declared unconstitutional, I would tell the story of the woman who was the original named plaintiff in the lawsuit filed by the National Federation of Independent Business, one of the fiercest critics of the […]
Continue reading …Working Hours Around The World (click graphic to view full-size)
Continue reading …Most jobs in the United States are offered with at least a minimal list of included benefits, such as medical insurance and vacation/paid time off. For parents who work full time, the needs are substantially different and, depending on the employer, those needs aren’t always addressed. There are many benefits specifically intended for working parents, […]
Continue reading …The folks at Onward Search, a Wilton, Conn.-based Internet marketing and interactive design staffing firm, developed this handy infographic salary guide for social media jobs in in 20 major U.S. cities. Social Media Jobs Salary Guide Onward describes its social media jobs salary guide as a look at the “most in-demand job titles and average […]
Continue reading …By SUSAN JAFFE, KHN– This story details of the final regulations for the new health insurance summaries that the federal health law requires plans to give to consumers to help them make informed coverage choices. “For too many Americans today, choosing a health plan means reading through a human resources book usually the size of a small phone book and […]
Continue reading …If you have questions or complaints about a health plan or retirement plan, the U.S. Department of Labor has launched a new streamlined consumer website designed provides easy access to useful information while also allowing users to submit questions and complaints about health and retirement plans electronically. “Helping retirement and health plan participants find answers […]
Continue reading …Key elements of the U.S. Health Care Reform will go before the nation’s highest court next spring, and any decision could become an election year bombshell. The United States Supreme Court announced 14 Nov. 2011, that it will hear oral arguments on a total of four specific questions raised in federal circuit court decisions that […]
Continue reading …By Marian Wang, ProPublica An agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that maintains a discipline and medical-malpractice database reopened it for public access 9 Nov. 2011, two months after the agency had first taken the database offline. The National Practitioner Data Bank contains information used by hospitals, insurers, and licensing boards […]
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