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Park Ridge labor contract in dispute
A month after Park Ridge aldermen reaffirmed a new contract with an employees' union, members are claiming its provisions are not being adhered to by the city. Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers said paychecks were hit with...Tags: Work Relations, Wage Contract Issues, Career and Workplace, Labor Disputes, Health Insurance
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Broward sheriff threatens layoffs if budget increase isn't met
Broward Sheriff Scott Israel says he might be forced to lay off 200 to 300 employees if county commissioners don't provide enough money for his budget this fall. The newly elected sheriff's warm relations with county commissioners have grown cool in...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Career and Workplace, Broward County Sheriff's Office, Local Elections, Local Government
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Rx for electronic records
A critical opportunity to improve U.S. health care finally lies within reach. In 2004, then-President George Bush announced the goal to have a national electronic health records (EHR) system in place in 10 years. Tragically, EHR development had become...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, General Practitioners, American Medical Association, George W. Bush, Science and Technology
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Scott blocks paid sick-time vote in Orange, statewide
Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Friday that would block local governments from enacting mandatory paid-sick-time measures, such as the one pending in Orange County. The Republican governor sided with Walt Disney World, Darden Restaurants, the...
Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Republican Party, Career and Workplace, Executive Branch, Debbie Wasserman Schultz
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Hampton schools planning to open employee health clinic
HAMPTON — Hampton school officials are planning to open an employee health clinic in January 2014. They hope the clinic will reduce costs by giving the division more control over health spending and helping employees better monitor and treat...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Hospitals and Clinics, Career and Workplace, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Freedom of Information Act
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RPT-Final Obamacare push will pitch to the low-income young
Reuters(Repeats for wider distribution. No changes to headline or text) By David Morgan WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - In the final months leading up to the launch of the key piece of President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms, the administration is...Tags: Republican Party, Denis R. McDonough, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Social Media
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S.F. grudgingly backs Kaiser rate hike for public workers
SAN FRANCISCO — Officials who oversee the healthcare plans that cover San Francisco public employees this week excoriated Kaiser executives for failing to adequately explain a proposed rate increase but ultimately voted to back it. The city's...Tags: Healthcare Policies, Politics, Government, Health and Safety at Work, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Freeman offers public option
HealthAs a Democrat in a Republican-controlled legislature being led by a Republican governor, state Rep. Bob Freeman can file any bill he wants. Getting them into law is a whole 'nother thing. But that didn't stop the reliably liberal Freeman, representing the... -
Backers of rate regulation aren't satisfied with health exchange
President Obama singled out California last week for getting better-than-expected rates in its rollout of the health insurance overhaul for millions of consumers. Yet some Obamacare supporters say those premiums are still too high, and they are...
Tags: Barack Obama, Insurance, Health Insurance
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Boxer to push funding for health costs of uninsured immigrants
WASHINGTON—Sen. Barbara Boxer plans to push for Washington to provide $250 million and perhaps more to help local and state governments pay the cost of healthcare to uninsured immigrants who seek legal status under legislation now before the Senate....
Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Politics, Career and Workplace, Justice and Rights, Health Insurance
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High tuition cost is the real issue, not student loan interest
The parties should get together and negotiate their differences on the interest rate on student loans ("Keeping college affordable," June 5). But the real problem is the high cost of tuition (like the cost of health care). The cost of a college... -
Survey: Small Business Owners Conservative On Risks, Not Hiring
Two-thirds of small business have not hired anyone in the past 12 months, according to a survey commissioned by The Hartford of 1,000 small-business owners across the U.S. Among reasons they said they won't be able to hire, 47 percent said they can't...Tags: Small Businesses, The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., Business
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