Trying to Make A Decent Living
TIME -
The major difference between Gray and Jones, say advocates for low-wage workers, is that she lives in a city where janitors are unionized and have collectively negotiated salaries considerably above the minimum wage, what they call a living wage. The living-wage movement has been building steam as outsourcing moves millions of relatively high-wage manufacturing jobs overseas, leaving behind less mobile, low-paying ones such as health-care aides, security guards and janitors. But it may have got a new burst of energy when the Change to Win Federation, made up of seven labor unions that split from the AFL-CIO last year to focus more directly on the lives of low-wage Americans, officially launched its first national initiative on April 24. Dubbed Make Work Pay!, the campaign aims to convince the public in 35 U.S. cities that all Americans who work hard deserve to earn a wage they can live on. "Someone working full time should be able to support themselves and their family," says Anna Burger, Change to Win's chairwoman.
2006-06-20
Fujitsu Recognized by Document Imaging Industry Publications at
IT Business Net, CA -
Innovative Healthcare Installation: BizTech Solutions Inc. is a software consulting firm focused on application development services to customers in Customer Relationship Management, Enterprise Resource Planning and Business Intelligence Solutions. BizTech Solutions implemented ProMed healthcare document imaging software and Fujitsu fi-4750C and fi-4120C2 scanners at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, a 125-bed, nonprofit hospital serving the residents of western Massachusetts' Upper Pioneer Valley region, reducing the Hospital's overall paper handling requirements for its insurance billing coders by nearly 90%. This contributed to nearly a 60% reduction in the time it takes to complete the entire coding process, expediting the billing process and improving the hospital's cash flow. For more information, please see:
2006-06-19
Aetna Puts Information on Health Care Costs and Quality Online
Insurance Networking News, NY -
"Consumers must have transparent health care cost and quality information to navigate the new health care economy," says Grace-Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based research organization focusing on health and tax policy. "In providing cost and quality tools to its members, Aetna is leading the way in introducing transparency into the health sector. And, Aetna is attuned to the need to provide information that is accessible and useful to consumers while being respectful to providers. My hope is that others in the health care marketplace see the value of following Aetna's lead in providing these important tools to consumers."
2006-06-18
Southern Ocean County Bulletin Board
Asbury Park Press, NJ -
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2006-06-16
Aetna Expands Efforts to Provide Consumers with a Transparent View
dBusinessNews Hartford (press release), CT -
"Consumers must have transparent health care cost and quality information to navigate the new health care economy," said Grace-Marie Turner, president of the Galen Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based research organization focusing on health and tax policy. "In providing cost and quality tools to its members, Aetna is leading the way in introducing transparency into the health sector. And, Aetna is attuned to the need to provide information that is accessible and useful to consumers while being respectful to providers. My hope is that others in the health care marketplace see the value of following Aetna's lead in providing these important tools to consumers."
2006-06-15
Small Business Check-Up Due Midyear
Washington Post, United States -
Small business owners who want to set up a retirement plan need to be aware that the popular plan known as a SIMPLE, or Savings Incentive Match Plans for Employees, must under law be set up by Oct. 1. You can, however, set up plans like defined benefit plans, profit-sharing plans and many 401(k)s by Dec. 31, and the least complex plan, the SEP, or Simplified Employee Pension, can be set up anytime before you file your 2006 return next year.
2006-06-14
Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Says It's Critical to `Cover All
Yahoo! News (press release) -
"Pennsylvania has one of the highest rates of insured children in the nation at 96 percent, but we won't be satisfied until each and every child in Pennsylvania has health coverage," Governor Rendell said. "CHIP has been tremendously successful in providing kids coverage. In each of the past four months, CHIP has reached record enrollments, with more than 142,000 Pennsylvania children enrolled in the program. Since I became Governor, we've increased the number of CHIP enrollees in Westmoreland County by nearly 8 percent. But there are still more than 2,000 uninsured kids in this county, and it is those families we'll be targeting with Cover All Kids.
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