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Critics of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) once warned that the law would decimate mini-med plans that is, until the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) issued regulatory guidance.
February 14 -
Would you rather comply with the individual mandate or be auto-enrolled in a health plan (with a chance to opt out)?
February 11
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On Feb. 8, the National Labor Relations Board announced that it had settled a complaint against American Medical Response of Connecticut for discharging an employee who made negative comments on her Facebook page about a supervisor.
February 11 -
Would you rather have a job that was flexible but boring, or interesting but rigid? Thankfully, as the Editor of EBN, I get the best of both worlds this job is both flexible and interesting. But if I absolutely had to choose, I would pick a flexible boring job every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
February 10 -
About 40 years ago, they were told to cut their hair and find a real job. Today, this same massive segment of the American population, better known as baby boomers, is getting another ultimatum: stop spending so much money and work even longer at that real job.
February 10 -
The Obama administration is expected to propose a way for states to raise more money in payroll taxes to pay for the cost of unemployment insurance.
February 10 -
Researchers at Harvard Medical School report that women with highly stressful jobs are 40% more likely to have poor cardiac health, such as a heart disease, a heart attack or coronary artery surgery, compared to their less-stressed colleagues.
February 10 -
An online poll, taken by Harris Interactive on behalf of Unum, found larger numbers of workers age 18 to 32 say they are extremely or very familiar with retirement accounts, disability insurance and life insurance.
February 9 -
Many people who retired in 2000 thought they were in great shape: over the last 20 years, stocks returned 17.8% on average.
February 9 -
The National Committee for Quality Assurance recently issued new standards for its Patient-Centered Medical Home program. More than 7,700 clinicians at 1,500 sites use existing standards from Washington-based NCQA in their medical home initiatives.
February 9
