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The Reid Proposal Makes Health Insurance Premiums More Affordable For The Middle Class
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Today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid introduced his health insurance reform bill that merges proposals that were adopted by the Senate Finance and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committees. The bill will serve as the basis for Senate floor action over the next weeks. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news
Pew Health Group Statement On Senate Mark Up Of The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510)Email this article to a colleague.
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Sandra Eskin, director of the Pew Health Group's Food Safety Campaign, has issued the following statement regarding the markup of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act by the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions Committee: "The Pew Health Group applauds the members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) Committee for approving the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news
Pew Health Group Statement On Senate Mark Up Of The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510)Email this article to a colleague.
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Sandra Eskin, director of the Pew Health Group's Food Safety Campaign, has issued the following statement regarding the markup of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act by the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions Committee: "The Pew Health Group applauds the members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) Committee for approving the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) today. (Source: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News From Medical News Today)
Source: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News From Medical News Today - November 20, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news
Authorities back down over UK drug users on benefitsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Opponents halt plans to order them into treatmentPlans to order drug users who are on benefits into treatment have been dropped after overwhelming opposition from medical and legal experts.The government's welfare reform bill would have given Jobcentre staff powers to "order" benefit claimants to undergo tests for drug addiction. But treatment agencies and charities, alarmed at the proposal, warned that it could deter addicts from confronting their problems.Under a redrafted bill due to become law this month, benefit claimants will be asked to undergo an assessment but will not have to accept any proposed treatment.Barones...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 15, 2009 Category: Science Authors: Jamie Doward Tags: Drugs policy UK news The Observer Politics Source Type: news
Comparison of immediate-onset and delayed-onset posttraumatic stress disorder in military veterans.Email this article to a colleague.
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In conclusion, the results suggest that delayed onsets involve a more general stress sensitivity and a progressive failure to adapt to continued stress exposure. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Journal of Abnormal Psychology)
Source: Journal of Abnormal Psychology - November 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Andrews, Bernice; Brewin, Chris R.; Stewart, Lorna; Philpott, Rosanna; Hejdenberg, Jennie Source Type: journals
Giving up work is so good for you it makes you feel ten years YOUNGER, says new studyEmail this article to a colleague.
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The effect diminishes if staff are forced to work into their late 60s, however, as will happen when new British pension ages come into force. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 10, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Statement By CNA/NNOC Executive Director Rose Ann DeMoro On The House Bill On HealthcareEmail this article to a colleague.
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Of all the torrent of words that followed House passage of its version of healthcare reform legislation in early November, perhaps the most misleading were those comparing it to enactment of Social Security and Medicare. Sadly no. Social Security and Medicare were both federal programs guaranteeing respectively pensions and health care for our nation's seniors, paid for and administered by the federal government with public oversight and public accountability. (Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today)
Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - November 10, 2009 Category: Primary Care Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
World Health Organization Says Cell Phones can Cause Brain CancerEmail this article to a colleague.
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(NaturalNews) The results of the decade-long Interphone study on cell phone safety are that heavy cell phone use increases the risk of developing brain tumors later in life. The study, which focused on three types of brain cancer and tumors of the parotid gland, found a significant increase in cancer after a decade or more of cell phone use.When a cell phone tower connects with a cell phone, electromagnetic radiation is created. When the cell phone is held against the ear, this radiation penetrates the brain, particularly in children.According to the Daily Telegraph in London, the World Health Organization (WHO) will soon ...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 10, 2009 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news
Retiring 'makes you feel 10 years younger'Email this article to a colleague.
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Workers feel ten years younger after they retire according to a study that highlights the physical toll of lengthy careers. (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - November 10, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: retiring workers pensions health Source Type: news
Long-term follow-up of disability pensioners having musculoskeletal disordersEmail this article to a colleague.
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The number of pensioners who returned to work was negligible in all groups regardless of having participated in a cognitive behavioural intervention or not. (Source: BMC Public Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Public Health - Latest articles - November 10, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Liv MagnussenLiv StrandJan SkouenHege Eriksen Source Type: journals
Discrimination-pregnancy leave-Pregnancy Discrimination Act not retroactive-bona fide seniority system. AT&T Corp. v. Hulteen, 2009 U.S. LEXIS 3470 (U.S. 5/18/2009).Email this article to a colleague.
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Discrimination-pregnancy leave-Pregnancy Discrimination Act not retroactive-bona fide seniority system. AT&T Corp. v. Hulteen, 2009 U.S. LEXIS 3470 (U.S. 5/18/2009).
Benefits Q. 2009;25(3):54-6
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A pension plan whose terms are those of a bona fide seniority system and which treats pregnancy leave, taken before the addition of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) to Title VII, differently than other kinds of medical leave, does not amount to sex and pregnancy discrimination under Title VII because PDA does not apply retroactively.
PMID: 19891335 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Benefits Quarterly)
Source: Benefits Quarterly - November 7, 2009 Category: American Health Tags: Benefits Q Source Type: journals
Fit notes will 'reduce number of consultations'Email this article to a colleague.
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The introduction of UK GPs writing 'fit notes' should reduce the number of consultations, according to the chief medical adviser to the Department for Work and Pensions. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Independent Nurse News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Independent Nurse News - November 6, 2009 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
IMS Health in $5.2bn leveraged buy-outEmail this article to a colleague.
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The prescription-drug data provider has agreed to sell itself to TPG Capital and Canada Pension Plan's investment board in what is the biggest such deal this year (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - November 6, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
IMS Health Reaches LBO DealEmail this article to a colleague.
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IMS Health agreed to be acquired by private-equity firm TPG and the Canada Pension Plan for $4 billion. The transaction would be the largest leveraged buyout of the year. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - November 5, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news
IMS Health Reaches LBO DealEmail this article to a colleague.
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IMS Health agreed to be acquired by private-equity firm TPG and the Canada Pension Plan for $4 billion. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - November 5, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news
IMS Health nears $4bn private equity saleEmail this article to a colleague.
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IMS Health, a provider of prescription-drug data, is close to a sale to TPG and Canada Pension Plan's investment board for more than $4bn in cash (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - November 5, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
IMS Health Nears LBO DealEmail this article to a colleague.
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IMS Health is nearing a deal to sell itself to private-equity firm TPG and the Canada Pension Plan in a deal that could have a value of almost $4 billion. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - November 5, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PAID Source Type: news
People with pensions sleep better after retirementEmail this article to a colleague.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Retirees have something else to look forward to besides playing golf -- much better sleep -- particularly if they have decent retirement benefits and retire relatively early. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 4, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
People with Pensions Sleep Better After RetirementEmail this article to a colleague.
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Retirees have something else to look forward to besides playing golf -- much better sleep -- particularly if they have decent retirement benefits and retire relatively early. Source: Reuters Health
Related MedlinePlus Topics: Seniors' Health, Sleep Disorders (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - November 4, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer
NAMI Applauds Initial Review Of The Affordable Health Care Of America Act And Health Care ReformEmail this article to a colleague.
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On Thursday this week, House Democratic leaders presented a new health care overhaul bill that melds legislation passed by three committees over the summer and makes a series of changes to accommodate lawmakers' concerns. In the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is finalizing legislation merging the work of two committees, Finance and Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP). (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news
Retirement, secure pension = better sleepEmail this article to a colleague.
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TURKU, Finland, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Researchers in Finland suggest sleep disturbances may improve after retirement -- for those with secure pensions. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - November 2, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A study of men who pay for sex, based on the Norwegian National Sexual Surveys.Email this article to a colleague.
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CONCLUSIONS: Having paid for sex is associated with high risk sexual behaviour and represents a public health problem. Preventive measures should address men's behaviour across social groups and marital status and explore the trend among younger men.
PMID: 19884163 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health)
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health - November 2, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Schei B, Stigum H Tags: Scand J Public Health Source Type: journals
General symptom reporting in female fibromyalgia patients and referents: a population-based case-referent studyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Subjects with fibromyalgia had a high prevalence of reported general symptoms than referents. Some of these differences may be a consequence of the disorder while others may reflect etiological processes. (Source: BMC Public Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Public Health - Latest articles - October 31, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Karin BjorkegrenMari-Ann WallanderSaga JohanssonKurt Svardsudd Source Type: journals
China's Health Care System Is Also In DisarrayEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Washington Post reports: "China's health-care system is in disarray, a side effect of the market reforms that have spurred private enterprise and rapid growth since 1980. Before then, state-owned companies offered cradle-to-grave care, part of a system based on danwei, or work units, that provided health, education, pensions and other benefits. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 30, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news
Judge Says Sealed Papers Were Not Relevant To Summary JudgmentEmail this article to a colleague.
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NEWARK, N.J. - The judge presiding over shareholder derivative litigation brought in New Jersey by labor union pension funds over Pfizer Inc.'s painkiller Celebrex has denied a plaintiffs' motion to unseal internal corporate communications, saying Oct. 20 that the documents were irrelevant to the only decision in the case - her grant of summary judgment on statute of limitations grounds (Robert L. Garber, et al. v. Pharmacia Corp., et al., No. 3:03-cv-01519, D. N.J.; See July 2009, Page 12).
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Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Arthritis Drugs Legal News - October 29, 2009 Category: Medical Law Source Type: info
Ex-salaried workers to lobby for pensionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Representatives of salaried retirees from Delphi and General Motors will appeal their pensions not be cut when they appear at a Senate committee hearing in Washington Thursday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - October 27, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals
Ex-salaried workers to lobby for pensionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Representatives of salaried retirees from Delphi and General Motors will appeal their pensions not be cut when they appear at a Senate committee hearing in Washington Thursday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - October 27, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals
Senator Reid's Proposal Augurs Well For Passing Health Reform This YearEmail this article to a colleague.
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Today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid outlined the details of the proposed health reform bill that will be debated on the Senate floor. That bill is an amalgam of the bills previously adopted by the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 27, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health Source Type: news
The Comprehensive Congressional Health Reform Bills of 2009: A Look at Health Insurance, Delivery System, and Financing ProvisionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Provides an overview of key provisions of the two separate comprehensive health reform bills passed by the five committees of jurisdiction in the U.S. Congress: the Finance Committee and the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee of the Senate, and the Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Energy and Commerce committees of the House of Representatives. -- Commonwealth Fund (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - October 26, 2009 Category: Rural Health Source Type: info
Commonwealth Fund Analysis Of Congressional Health Reform Bills Highlights Key Similarities, Differences, Impacts, And CostsEmail this article to a colleague.
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A new Commonwealth Fund report analyzes the similarities, differences, potential impacts, and costs of current bills passed by the five committees of jurisdiction in the United States Congress: Finance Committee and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committees in the Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives' Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Energy and Commerce committees. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 26, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news
Commonwealth Fund Analysis of Congressional Health Reform Bills Highlights Key Similarities, Differences, Impacts, and CostsEmail this article to a colleague.
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A new Commonwealth Fund report analyzes the similarities, differences, potential impacts, and costs of current bills passed by the five committees of jurisdiction in the United States Congress: Finance Committee and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committees in the Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Energy and Commerce committees. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - October 26, 2009 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Firefighters Charged with Fraud and PerjuryEmail this article to a colleague.
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Two former Boston firefighters were charged in federal court with fraud involving their applications for accidental disability pensions, and a clerk in the Boston Fire Department was charged with perjuring herself and obstructing the grand jury investigation in this matter. (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - October 25, 2009 Category: Disability Tags: Legal and Lawyers Source Type: info
Don't Retire, Keep Working To Stay HealthierEmail this article to a colleague.
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This study supported much earlier studies, such as a study at a major hospital in 1920 that showed that people who worked after retirement lived longer and a Yale University study published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine, that showed being laid off or fired close to retirement or old age had a devastating effect on an individual's health, with particular reference to stroke. The American Geriatrics Society reported that people over age 65 who worked as volunteers had half the death risk of those who did not.The benefits of continuing to work, other than financial resources, are social interaction, and oppor...
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - October 24, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ray B. Williams Tags: Work aarp age sex american journal of industrial medicine baby boomers cancer lung functional decline great depression health health researchers high blood pressure journal of occupational health journal of occupational health psyc Source Type: consumer
Senator Edward M. Kennedy: The Master Legislative Craftsman [Web Exclusives]Email this article to a colleague.
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For more than twenty years, David Nexon served as the Democratic health policy staff director for the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee and as the senior health policy adviser to Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA). In 2005 he became a senior executive vice president of the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed). [HealthAff (Millwood). 2009;28(6):w1040-8 (published online 17 September 2009; 10.1377/ hlthaff.28.6.w1040)] (Source: Health Affairs)
Source: Health Affairs - October 23, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Nexon, D. Tags: Web Exclusives Source Type: journals
Analysis of Congressional health reform bills highlights similarities, differences, costsEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Commonwealth Fund) A new Commonwealth Fund report analyzes the similarities, differences, potential impacts, and costs of current bills passed by the five committees of jurisdiction in the United States Congress: Finance Committee and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committees in the Senate and the US House of Representatives' Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Energy and Commerce committees. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 23, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Nortel Pensioners Demand Government ACTION NOW!Email this article to a colleague.
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Over 2000 pensioners, terminated and disabled employees of Nortel Networks rallied in protest on Parliament Hill today with demands for "Justice" and "Action Now" on their pensions, severance and disability benefits. (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - October 22, 2009 Category: Disability Tags: Canada Disability News Source Type: info
Porter’s passionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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New consultants leader Mark Porter is unequivocal: competition does not belong in the NHS, public sector pensions should be celebrated not envied and, most importantly, the BMA is vital to support and protect doctors, especially now budget cuts are inevitable. He talks to Edward Davie about the challenges ahead (Source: BMA daily feed)
Source: BMA daily feed - October 22, 2009 Category: UK Health Source Type: organizations
ResCare's U.K. Subsidiary Awarded Flexible New Deal ContractsEmail this article to a colleague.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 21, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ResCare, Inc. (Nasdaq:RSCR), the nation's leading provider of residential, training, educational and support services for people with special needs, announced today that its subsidiary, PeopleServe, has been awarded five contracts by four prime contractors to operate job training and development programs serving adults in the United Kingdom. The prime contractors have agreements with the U.K. Department for Work and Pensions under its Flexible New Deal initiative to help the unemployed return to and remain in work. PeopleServe will provide workforce development services to...
Source: Medical News (via PRIMEZONE) - October 21, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Chronic disease prevalence and care among the elderly in urban and rural Beijing, China - a 10/66 Dementia Research Group cross-sectional surveyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Apparent better health in Daxing might be explained by under-diagnosis, under-reporting or selective mortality. Far-reaching structural reforms may be needed to improve access and strengthen rural healthcare. The impact of social and economic change is already apparent in Xicheng, with important implications for future long-term care. (Source: BMC Public Health - Latest articles)
Source: BMC Public Health - Latest articles - October 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Zhaorui LiuEmiliano AlbaneseShuran LiYueqin HuangCleusa FerriFang YanRenata SousaWeimin DangMartin Prince Source Type: journals
Blogs Comment On Health Reform Hearing, Guttmacher Study, Other TopicsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries. Blogs Examine Women and Health Insurance: During Thursday's Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing, witnesses gave testimony regarding "women who have had trouble getting adequate [health] coverage just because they are women," ABC News' Tom Shine writes in "The World Newser. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Women's Health / Gynecology Source Type: news
Hearings Focus On Health Insurance Gender Discrimination, The UnderinsuredEmail this article to a colleague.
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During a hearing before a subcommittee of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, several women shared stories of gender discrimination in health care coverage. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Women's Health / Gynecology Source Type: news
Health Insurers Pledge Commitment To Greater Equality In Women's Coverage Under Health ReformEmail this article to a colleague.
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In testimony before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Thursday, America's Health Insurance Plans President and CEO Karen Ignagni said the insurance industry supports health reform proposals that would prohibit charging women higher premiums or denying coverage based on gen (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Women's Health / Gynecology Source Type: news
Week 18: Senator Says Public Plan Is In, SGR Gets AttentionEmail this article to a colleague.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- When the healthcare reform bill comes up for a vote in the Senate, it will contain a public plan, the chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee said today. (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - October 16, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Retaining primary and community nurses over the age of 50 years: the views of managersEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions Efforts were being made to introduce employment strategies to improve the working lives and experiences of all nurses. Some policies designed more specifically for younger nurses requiring childcare were also being taken up by older nurses with caring responsibilities. There were numerous strategies in place or being set up to improve recruitment and retention, indicating a desire amongst managers to retain their pool of nurses.Implications for Nursing Management Managers should continue to develop policies to retain older nurses and learn from others with successful strategies. (Source: Journal of Nursing Management)
Source: Journal of Nursing Management - October 15, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: BRENDA LEESE, CLAIRE STOREY, FRANCINE CHEATER Source Type: journals
Róbert Iván Gál, Ichiro Iwasaki and Zsuzsa Széman (eds), Assessing Intergenerational Equity: An Interdisciplinary Study of Aging and Pension Reform in Hungary , Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 2008, 215 pp., hbk €40, ISBN 13: 978 963 05 8562 0.Email this article to a colleague.
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Book ReviewsJANNA THOMPSON, Ageing & Society, Volume 29 Special Issue 08 , pp 1323-1324Abstract (Source: Ageing)
Source: Ageing - October 15, 2009 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: journals
Senate GOP To Reintroduce Abortion Amendments During Floor Debate On Health ReformEmail this article to a colleague.
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Senate Republicans plan to reintroduce amendments regarding abortion and other controversial issues when health care reform legislation reaches the chamber's floor for debate, CQ Today reports. The Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee rejected the amendments during panel markups. Sen. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 15, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Abortion Source Type: news
GPs would face another pay freeze under a Tory governmentEmail this article to a colleague.
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GPs will face a second pay freeze in a row, and the possibility of a review of their levels of pay and pensions compared with public sector workers, if the Conservatives come into power. (Source: Pulse)
Source: Pulse - October 13, 2009 Category: Primary Care Tags: News Source Type: news
Tories clarify Osborne's pension cap and pay freezeEmail this article to a colleague.
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NHS managers are excluded from shadow chancellor George Osborne’s pledge to cap public sector pension payouts at £50,000 a year, the Conservatives have told HSJ. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - October 12, 2009 Category: UK Health Source Type: info
