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Obama Administration Denies Lesbian Spousal Benefits Despite Judge's Finding

The Advocate | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Opm, Gay Rights, Obama Administration, Karen Golinski, Office of Personnel Management, San Francisco, Health Care, Gay Issues, Health Benefits, Politics News

The Office of Personnel Management has concluded that it does not have the legal authority to provide benefits to the spouse of Karen Golinski, a staf...

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Blowback: New Evidence The Health Tax Is Unfair, Unwise ... and Could Be Political Suicide

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Middle-Class Squeeze, Excise Tax, Cadillac Tax, Health Reform, Senate Health Bill, Health Benefits, Deepak Chopra, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

The silver lining, according to many economists who support the Cadillac insurance tax, is that employers will then take the money they're not spending on health care and give it to their workers as wages. That's probably wrong.

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Even a Mild Outbreak is a Major Problem for Workers Without Paid Sick Days

Jeffrey Levi | Posted 10.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Trust for America's Health, H1n1, Helath Care, Health Benefits, Influenza, Living News
Jeffrey Levi

For the 60 million Americans without paid sick leave, calling in sick with swine flu can mean forfeiting pay or even losing their jobs. So instead, many will choose to go to work and spread the disease.

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Child Health as a Critical National Security Issue

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance, National Security, Children's Health, Child Health, Health Benefits, Kids, Medicaid, Schip, Politics News
Marian Wright Edelman

Our national security manpower needs -- as well as our nation's overall needs for healthy, educated citizens prepared to compete in a globalized economy -- are more serious than ever

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St. Louis Teabag Protester Lies about Medical Coverage to Solicit "Donations"

Chris Savage | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Town Hall Debate, St. Louis, Kenneth Gladney, Unemployed, Unemployment, Universal Health Care, Donations, Healthcare Reform, Healthcare, Health Benefits, The Washington Independent, Politics News
Chris Savage

Mr. Gladney was neither "laid off" nor without health insurance coverage. He lied in public about needing money for his bills and is now profiting off his lie.

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Understanding the Uninsured Surcharge: What's in Your Wallet?

D. Brad Wright | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance, Health Coverage, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Healthcare, Health Benefits, Politics News
D. Brad Wright

When it comes to political debates, issue framing trumps facts every time. Democrats are not going to win in a shouting match.

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So it Begins -- the August Attack on Health Care Reform

Linda Bergthold | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Illegal Aliens, Public Health Insurance Plan, Physician-Reimbursement, End of Life Consultations, Acorn, Private Health Insurance, Mandates, Health Reform Attacks, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Individual Mandate, Medicare, Medicaid, Health Reform, Health Benefits, Advance Directives, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

I received a mass email that exhorted the recipients to pray because of the disaster to befall on us if health care reform is passed. I went through every charge and answered it.

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Retired Auto Workers Have Their Say (Video)

The Real News | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pensions, Auto Industry, Detroit, Auto Bailout, Autoworkers, Health Benefits, The Real News, Politics News
The Real News

This video is the first in a series of discussions with a group of retired autoworkers in Detroit.

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Wal-Mart Kicks an Injured Cop When He is Down

David Nassar | Posted 07.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Walmart, Tyson's, Health Care, Wal-Mart, Deborah Shank, Arkansas, Jimmy Singleton, Target Corp, Harris, Communications Consulting Worldwide, Lee Scott, Walmart Ceo Lee Scott, Health Benefits, Business News
David Nassar

Wal-Mart now seems determined to keep disability benefits from all Americans, not merely its own employees.

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Benefits Basics For Recent Grads In New Jobs

New York Times | Ron Lieber | Posted 07.08.2008 | Business

Read More: 401k Explained, Investment Advice, How Does a 401k Work, Benefits for College Grads, Benefits, How Do Benefits Work, Investing for College Grads, Health Benefits, Business News

To the hundreds of thousands of young people who have landed entry-level jobs that come with health insurance and a retirement plan, I offer my congra...

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