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HR Advocates To DOL: Flexibility Key To Successful Wellness Programs

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HR Advocates To DOL: Flexibility Key To Successful Wellness Programs

WorldatWork, a nonprofit human resource association, said it  has submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Labor responding to the request for comments on Wellness Programs governed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). “The majority of WorldatWork members are committed to providing valuable health benefits to their employees, however the […]

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Workers Have Few Options When Employer Health Insurance Plan Disappears

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Workers Have Few Options When Employer Health Insurance Plan Disappears

By MICHELLE ANDREWS, Kaiser Health News— For some people, the promise of employer-provided health insurance plan is reason enough to take a job or stay put in one. But unexpected events – a corporate bankruptcy or sale, for example – can undermine the security of on-the-job coverage and leave both employees and retirees with few affordable […]

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Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Coverage Declines For 11th Straight Year

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Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Coverage Declines For 11th Straight Year

Fewer American than ever have employers-sponsored health insurance. Fewer Americans than ever get health insurance through their employersIn 2011, the number of Americans under age 65 covered by employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI) declined for the eleventh year in a row, finds a new Economic Policy Institute (EPI) report. In a new study, Employer-sponsored health insurance […]

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Health Insurance Exchanges Are The Future

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Health Insurance Exchanges Are The Future

By COLIN WOOD, Government Technology— During the past two years, many Republican governors held off taking steps to create health insurance exchanges in the hope that Mitt Romney would win the 2012 presidential election and repeal the Affordable Care Act. And now, some states, particularly those run by Republican governors, are faced with less time […]

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Health Insurers Get Ready For Insurance Exchanges, But Exchanges May Not Be Ready

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Health Insurers Get Ready For Insurance Exchanges, But Exchanges May Not Be Ready

By JAY HANCOCK, KHN Staff Writer— The attraction of the 2010 health care law for insurance companies is obvious: Millions of new customers and billions in new spending. Those dollars will flow through state exchanges, online marketplaces where customers can shop for insurance. “This is the largest expansion since the Medicare program in 1965,” said […]

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Poll: Significantly Fewer U.S. 18- to 25-Year-Olds Uninsured

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Poll: Significantly Fewer U.S. 18- to 25-Year-Olds Uninsured

First a little bit of good news on health insurance in the United States. There are fewer uninsured people thanks to the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act, which allows children as old as 26 to remain on their parents’ health care insurance plans appears have an immediate effect on the number of Americans […]

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Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women

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Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women

By Karen Dolan — It’s been a difficult few years for poor people in this country. Just a year after the pandemic era safety net expansion saw poverty fall to its lowest level on record, we saw a historic 60 percent increase as those programs expired. Women and children have been among the hardest hit. […]

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CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.

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CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.

By Cynthia Murray May 22, 2023 I’ll be turning 67 soon. I’d love to be able to retire on my birthday. I’d celebrate by spending the afternoon at the mall with my daughter and then start planning little trips to visit relatives. But even after 22 years of working for Walmart, our nation’s largest employer, […]

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Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect

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New YorkVaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effectFor some in the Bronx, the borough hit hardest by the coronavirus, mistrust may win out over jobs and even home Bahar OstadanWed 13 Oct 2021 06.00 EDTDeysia Padilla’s family thought she was at work. Instead, she spent last Thursday afternoon unloading a mound of orange and pink baby socks in a sunny South Bronx laundromat – one-by one, in all their three-inch glory. She had 48 hours to consider an impossible choice: either get vaccinated or lose her job.Padilla is one of thousands of unvaccinated New Yorkers affected by Mayor Bill de Blasio’s ultimatum last week. Not only do city employees face the reality of losing their jobs, but without a shot, they’ll even forgo unemployment payments. Some unvaccinated Bronx natives would rather pursue a life outside New York City than be forced to take the vaccine.“I feel like my dream is being shattered by the government,” said Padilla. “I’m being taken out of my home.” The 25-year-old mother had plans to become an art teacher one day. Now, she’s considering moving to Florida with her husband and three-month-old baby.A pandemic-induced population shift to Florida – sometimes called the city’s sixth borough – is already under way. As of March, more than 33,500 New Yorkers permanently relocated to Florida – up 32% from the same period in the previous year. Experts say people flocked south for looser Covid …

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