Health Care Benefits

Kodak, Under Bankruptcy Protection, Still Wants To Shell Out Huge Bonuses

AP | CAROLYN THOMPSON | Posted 04.06.2012

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Eastman Kodak Co. is seeking permission to pay about 300 executives and other employees a total of $13.5 million in bonuses to p...

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A Birthday We Can All Celebrate

Emily Spitzer | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Obamacare, Women's Health, Prevention, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Aca, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Benefits, Politics News
Emily Spitzer

Like all two-year olds, the ACA is still growing, and some of its happiest days are still a year or two away. And also like many two-year olds, some observers can only see the growing pains, not the progress.

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Healthcare Works

Rep. Charles Rangel | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Health Care Reform, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Healthcare, Obamacare, Affordable Care Act, Obama Health Care Reform, Health Care Benefits, Video, Politics News
Rep. Charles Rangel

Rather than trying to repeal the healthcare law that that has bettered the lives of Americans, Republicans should join Democrats in finding ways to expand it so that no American is without access to affordable healthcare.

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Court Rules In Favor Of Gay Couple, Says Government Can't Deny Health Benefits

AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 04.23.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in San Francisco ruled Wednesday that the U.S. government cannot deny health benefits to the wife of a lesbian c...

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Essential Benefits -- Who Decides?

Linda Bergthold | Posted 02.15.2012

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Linda Bergthold

Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, we have been reassured that the benefits that are "essential" would be comprehensive yet affordable. But what is an essential benefit and who gets to decide? Tough questions. No easy answers.

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Employers Consider Ending Health Benefits

AP | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Health Care Law, Employee Benefits, Employer Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Employee Health Care, Health Coverage, Obama Health Care Law, Health-Insurance, Health Benefits, Health Care Benefits, Business News

INDIANAPOLIS — A new survey from a large benefits consultant says nearly one of every 10 mid-sized or big employers expects to stop offering hea...

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William Alden

Out Of Service: Budget Cuts Hit Bus Lines -- And Keep Residents From Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Wisconsin, Budget Cuts, Economic Crisis, Pensions, Jobs, Unemployment, Bus-Service, Scott Walker, Milwaukee, Business News, Unions, Municipal Debt, Health Care Benefits, Business News

MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- Peggy Schulz was fed up. In March, after being unemployed for nearly two years, she performed an experiment: She went to a jo...

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Health Care Bill Contains Specific Benefits For Montana Asbestos Victims

The New York Times | Robert Pear | Posted 05.25.2011

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Buried in the deal-clinching health care package that Senate Democrats unveiled over the weekend is an inconspicuous proposal expanding Medicare to co...

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Many Workers Face An Erosion Of Health Benefits Next Year

Washington Post | David S. Hilzenrath | Posted 05.25.2011

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Though Americans who already have medical coverage may be wary of change, a new survey indicates that they may be hard-pressed to escape it -- even in...

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Soldier Who Re-enlisted For Health Care, Killed In Afghanistan

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Gregory Missman, Military, Afghanistan, Health Care, Health Care Benefits, Politics News

Army Spc. Gregory James Missman died in Afghanistan after suffering wounds from an improvised explosive device in July. Missman, 36, re-enlisted i...

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Ryan Grim

Health Benefits For Unemployed Stripped From Stimulus, HuffPost Readers Find

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reading even a single page of a Senate bill is often no simple task, with legislative-ese obscuring the purpose behind the language. Reading 736 pages...

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One VP Candidate Sticks Around To Answer Questions

Erin Medlicott | Posted 05.25.2011

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Erin Medlicott

Greensburg, PA: Speaking to a packed house in the Greensburg Salem High School gym Thursday, Democratic VP nominee Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) criticized t...

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