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20,000 Health Care Heroes Work Without a Contract; Kaiser Sits on Billions; Makes Extreme Proposals

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Thousands of registered nurses and health care workers are caring for Kaiser Permanente patients without a union contract for the first time in decades as of midnight on October 1. The employer refused a customary 30-day extension, leaving the nearly 24,000 members of UNAC/UHCP to continue voting on […]

44 Percent Of Millennial Employees Say Pandemic Delayed Major Life Changes

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44 Percent Of Millennial Employees Say Pandemic Delayed Major Life Changes

As open enrollment approaches, new MetLife survey shows millennials are gearing up for major milestones after 44 percent say the pandemic delayed their life plans. September 28, 2021 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time — After more than a year of tabling major life plans amid the pandemic, millennials are now preparing for a new wave […]

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Who Qualifies for a Covid Booster? The List Is Growing Longer

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Who Qualifies for a Covid Booster? The List Is Growing Longer

Who Qualifies for a Covid Booster? The List Is Growing Longer September 27, 2021  –On Friday, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said people whose jobs put them at risk of coronavirus infection qualify for a shot to boost the protection of their covid-19 vaccination. That step to include people with “institutional […]

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Cal/OSHA Encourages Following New Guidance On Face Masks Indoors

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Cal/OSHA Encourages Following New Guidance On Face Masks Indoors

Aug. 25, 2021 — In addition to the requirements of the COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) and as a best practice, CalOSHA encourages employers and workers to follow the recent update from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) recommending that all individuals wear face coverings while indoors regardless of vaccination status. CDPH recently […]

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Nurse Shortage Becomes A Crisis, Pandemic Pressures Pushing Profession To Brink

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Nurse Shortage Becomes A Crisis, Pandemic Pressures Pushing Profession To Brink

The twin pressures of the nurse shortage and COVID-19 pandemic are pressing the nursing profession to the brink of collapse with calls for national emergency declaration, strikes and state committing big bucks to bring in more medical help. Last week (Sept. 1, 2021) he American Nurses Association called on the US Department of Health and […]

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“Don’t You Work With Old People?”: Many Elder-Care Workers Still Refuse to Get COVID-19 Vaccine

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“Don’t You Work With Old People?”: Many Elder-Care Workers Still Refuse to Get COVID-19 Vaccine

By Jenny Deam, Ryan Gabrielson and Bianca Fortis, ProPublica They are two sisters in two states. Both are dedicated health care professionals who watched in horror as COVID-19 swept through the nation’s nursing homes, killing a staggering number of residents and staff alike. One sister is now vaccinated. The other is not. “Dude. Get vaccinated!” […]

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2015 Workplace Health Insurance Plan Changes: Watch For Six Possible Pitfalls

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2015 Workplace Health Insurance Plan Changes: Watch For Six Possible Pitfalls

By Jay Hancock Kaiser Health News — You don’t get a pass this year on big health insurance decisions because you’re not shopping in an Affordable Care Act marketplace. Employer medical plans — where most working-age folks get coverage — are changing too. Rising costs, a looming tax on rich benefit packages and the idea that people […]

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Surprising Answers: Who Really Pays For Health Insurance

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Surprising Answers: Who Really Pays For Health Insurance

By Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News staff writer– More than eight million people have signed up for private, often subsidized health insurance under Affordable Care Act, President Obama said in April. Millions more obtained new coverage through the Medicaid program for the poor. Full implementation of the health law, care and its wider coverage, new taxes and shifting subsidies, […]

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For U.S. Workers, Lack Of Exercise Most Linked To Obesity

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For U.S. Workers, Lack Of Exercise Most Linked To Obesity

By ALYSSA BROWN and KYLEY MCGEENEY, Gallup— For U.S. workers, exercising fewer than three days a week is more closely linked to obesity – defined as having a Body Mass Index of 30 or higher – than any of 26 other behavioral and emotional factors, including healthy eating and having health insurance. This Gallup analysis […]

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Mixed Messages On Direction Of Health Care Spending

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Mixed Messages On Direction Of Health Care Spending

By JORDAN RAU, KHN— Two new studies assert that the country’s unusual slowdown in health care spending growth rates may be due more to structural changes in the health care system than to the lagging economy, and could continue even after business picks up. National health care spending grew by 3.9% a year between 2009 […]

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