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Teachers could pay 'Obamacare' tax
The Newport-Mesa Unified School District is bracing for rising healthcare costs, including an anticipated $2.3-million tax increase, as part of the federal Affordable Care Act. That price tag has created a disagreement between the district's teachers...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Teaching and Learning, Barack Obama, Mountains, Landforms
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Exclusive-'Workplace wellness' fails bottom line, waistlines -RAND
ReutersBy Sharon Begley NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - A long-awaited report on workplace wellness programs, which has still not been publicly released, delivers a blow to the increasingly popular efforts, Reuters has learned, casting doubt on a pillar of the...Tags: Labor Legislation, Health Care Reform (2009), Quitting Smoking, Walmart, U.S. Department of Labor
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Exclusive: 'Workplace wellness' fails bottom line, waistlines - RAND
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - A long-awaited report on workplace wellness programs, which has still not been publicly released, delivers a blow to the increasingly popular efforts, Reuters has learned, casting doubt on a pillar of the Affordable Care Act and a...Tags: St. Louis, Labor Legislation, Health Care Reform (2009), Quitting Smoking, Walmart
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Fear not, the IRS won't be collecting your medical records
Led by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a number of House Republicans asserted this week that the newly scandalized Internal Revenue Service, in its role as Obamacare enforcer, would collect sensitive personal medical records. That was one of the latest...
Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Michele Bachmann, Career and Workplace, Insurance, Politics
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LETTER: State Must Untie Advanced Practice Nurses’ Hands
With 400,000 new patients expected to enroll in health insurance plans in Connecticut under the Affordable Care Act, it's imperative for the legislature to pass a measure to untie the hands of advanced practice registered nurses to allow them to keep...Tags: Nursing, Drugs and Medicines, General Practitioners, Health and Medical Professionals
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Dental clinic for HIV-positive, low income patients opens in Pasadena
Accessing much-needed dental care is no longer like pulling teeth for HIV-positive patients in San Gabriel Valley. A new dental clinic that recently opened in Pasadena fills a major health care gap for those who have HIV, but lack insurance. That’...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Dentistry and Dental Health, Root Canal, NASA, AIDS
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Early numbers on the Obamacare exchanges
HealthEarly numbers for state-run exchanges, the marketplaces where low- and middle-income people and small businesses will shop for health insurance under Obamacare, are starting to come in. At this point, the news is pointing in the right direction.... -
Bad news for Obamacare critics hoping for bad news
Change of SubjectWaPo: California Obamacare premiums: No ‘rate shock’ here Premium rates, released Thursday, help answer one of the biggest questions about Obamacare: How much health insurance will cost. They do so in California, the state with 7.1 million... -
Pawlenty blisters Obama, pitches tax cuts in Chicago speech
Clout StUPDATED by Rick Pearson at 2:27 p.m. to correct Pawlenty quote on spending cuts, Internet. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty delivered the first major speech of his Republican presidential campaign today in President Barack Obama's hometown, blistering... -
Health care overhaul faces backlash from once supportive labor unions
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Some labor unions that enthusiastically backed President Barack Obama's health care overhaul are now frustrated and angry, fearful that it will jeopardize benefits for millions of their members. Union leaders warn that unless...Tags: Washington, DC, Barack Obama, Labor Legislation, Healthcare Policies, Health Care Reform (2009)
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Obamacare will not be fair
The Obamacare provision that allows you to sign up after you get a serious illness is unfair. By contrast, why does state law demand that I have to pay car insurance to validate my car's registration? Or why does the bank insist that I have insurance for...Tags: Services and Shopping, Vehicles, Health Insurance Cost
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Immigration bill would make it easier for foreign health workers to stay in U.S.
As reported by ModernHealthcare.com on Thursday, May 23, 2013: "After 30 hours of debate over a three-week period, the Senate Judiciary Committee has passed a bipartisan immigration bill that would seek to strengthen the country's healthcare workforce...
Tags: Migration, Labor Legislation, Immigration, General Practitioners, Employees
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