Showing posts with label Affordable Care Act. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Affordable Care Act. Show all posts
Friday, October 7, 2016

US Department of Labor Urges Major Changes in the Nation's Workers' Compensation System

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As The Path to Federalization of the US workers' compensation system broadens, the US Department of Labor has published a report urgin...
Monday, January 18, 2016

Sanders Proposes Universal Health Care: The Path to Federalization

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Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has announced a plan to move forward with a Universal Medical Care program in the US. The conc...
Thursday, November 12, 2015

Emerging Concepts for Future Workers' Compensation Benefits: Portability Now

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Workers' Compensation as a benefit program is beginning to evolve under the concept of "The Shared Economy." Attacked from wit...
Thursday, June 25, 2015

The Path to Federalization: US Supreme Court Again Validates the Affordable Care Act

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The US Supreme Court again affirmed the validity of The Affordable Care Act. The Obamacare program, as it has been nicknamed, will continue...
Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Single Payer: State v Federal

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Does the demise of the Vermont Single Payer system signal that change is on the horizon on a national level for a more sweeping program? The...
Friday, August 22, 2014

Why More, Not Fewer, People Might Start Getting Health Insurance Through Work

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Today's post was shared by WCBlog and comes from www.nytimes.com In an earnings call last week, Walmart announced that its worke...
Monday, August 4, 2014

CMS: "The Smarter Act" Introduced in the US Senate

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From the folks that brought you The Smart Act comes the sequel, "The Smarter Act." Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) on July 31, 2014 in...
Thursday, July 24, 2014

Appeals Court Deals Major Blow to Implementation of Affordable Care Act

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Today's post is shared by WSJ Law Blog and comes from blogs.wsj.com A federal appeals court on Tuesday dealt a serious blow to the Ob...
Sunday, July 20, 2014

Biggest Insurer Drops Caution, Embraces Obamacare

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Today's post was shared by Kaiser Health News and comes from capsules.kaiserhealthnews.org UnitedHealthcare, the insurance giant t...
Friday, July 18, 2014

Obamacare Fails to Fail

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Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from www.nytimes.com How many Americans know how health reform is going? For...
Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Why Improving Access to Health Care Does Not Save Money

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Today's post was shared by The New York Times and comes from www.nytimes.com One of the oft-repeated arguments in favor of the Aff...
Monday, June 23, 2014

On-Demand Labor - Is Workers' Compensation Ready for Flex-Time Employment?

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Today President Obama announced the expansion of flexible hours for governmental employees. This major trend, already exists in private ...
Monday, June 16, 2014

Undocumented Aliens Ensnared By Workers' Compensation

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Peter Rousmaniere comments today about the problems, threats and fears that undocumented aliens confront with the nation's patchwo...
Tuesday, March 4, 2014

New Law’s Demands on Doctors Have Many Seeking a Network

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Dr. Sven Jonsson, a primary care physician in this rural community, is seeing a steady tide of new patients under President Obama’s health c...
Thursday, December 5, 2013

President Obama Statement on the Benefits of the Affordable Care Act

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Thanks to Monica, thanks to everybody standing behind me, and thanks for everybody out there who cares deeply about this issue.  Monica’s s...
Sunday, November 24, 2013

Obamacare Has a Friend in the Health Care Industry

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Today's post was shared by Mother Jones and comes from www.motherjones.com In the LA Times today, Noam Levey writes that Obamaca...
Friday, October 18, 2013

The Many Ways the Government Shutdown Hurt Public Health and the Environment

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Today's post was shared by RWJF PublicHealth and comes from switchboard.nrdc.org After 16 long days, the government shutdown has...
Thursday, September 26, 2013

Work Comp Steps Up to ACA

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The Affordable Care Act 's impact on workers' compensation is going to take many forms. David DePaolo points out in his shared b...
Monday, September 23, 2013

State Politics and the Fate of the Safety Net

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Lacking workers' compensation coverage, injured workers rely upon a safety net of Federally provided medical benefits. Under the Aff...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

For Workers Leaving Their Jobs, Health Exchanges Offer Insurance Choices Beyond COBRA

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The Affordable Care Act will impact all areas of the delivery of medicine in the workplace.Today's post was shared by Kaiser Health...