Sentences with phrase «said healthcare benefits»

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Outside the building, union workers said they wanted to draw attention to GE's cuts to pension and healthcare benefits and to close facilities and lay off workers.

At benefits company Stride Health, which sells and manages healthcare benefits to «gig» workers like Uber drivers, CEO Noah Lang said that he would want to be sure that the replacement plan has tax credits available to people as they need them, rather than at the end of the year only.

«The structure of the exchanges is a seminal part of the ACA, and if it turns out the subdsidies provided on the exchanges are not available, it will be a devastating blow to the president and the ACA,» says Steve Friedman, co-chair of the employee benefits practice and healthcare reform consulting groups at Littler Mendelson, in San Francisco.

«In advance of this data, my assumption was always that the average U.S. employee selected healthcare like the non-educated American picks wine — just by price,» says Jeff Oldham, vice president of Benefitfocus's Benefitstore unit, which specializes in voluntary benefits (e.g. coverage for things like critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accidents).

«Rather than contending with a myriad of one - off digital offerings that address only small portions of their health benefits and healthcare or fitness data, Engage brings together an individual's health and benefits into one location, empowering employees with information and support for better health and better health care decisions,» said Brian Ternan, president of commercial business at Anthem Blue Cross, in a statement.

Bigger cuts to retiree healthcare were justified because that benefit, unlike pensions, was not protected under Michigan's constitution, he said.

Only 10 % said «healthcare benefits» and 2 % said «401K» plan.

But it represents the group's push for broader healthcare reform that, like tax reform, could benefit trucking companies, says Burch.

So till we have a truly, I don't want to say universal healthcare, but until we have a truly universal system that acknowledges that the doctor - patient relationship is more important than a third party middleman, the patients who want to really have the benefits of this lifestyle have to make that investment in the appropriate providers.

Mr. Adonoo said although people utilize the NHIS, his outfit intends to improve its education of the public so that members of the scheme have adequate information about the benefits the NHIS offers, observing that this will make it difficult for members to be cheated when they go to seek healthcare.

«When you start to look at what's controllable by the mayor and what's healthcare expenses, debt service, fringe benefits — there's not a lot of margin to play with there,» Skyler said.

She says the bill's proposed cuts to Medicaid could cost New York billions and harm the 7 million residents who benefit from the healthcare law.

He said the amount would enable the Federal Government provide and fund quality and basic healthcare services for the benefit of Nigerians when the 2018 Appropriation Bill becomes law.

Boone worked as a union organizer for Service Employees International, «helping nurses, healthcare professionals, patient care assistants and teachers improve their wages, working conditions, and benefits,» an experience her campaign said was formative.

«These results support the view that the healthcare system as a whole benefits when hospitals perform procedures in higher volumes, improving outcomes,» Carroll said.

«One of the things that USAID identified very early on is that it doesn't benefit us to have individuals who go to respond as healthcare workers,» Louissaint said.

«There has been a lot of debate about how expensive the Medicaid expansion would be and until now, it hadn't been clear which Americans had the potential to benefit from the added healthcare coverage in states that participate,» says lead author Tammy Chang, M.D., MPH, MS, an assistant professor in the department of family medicine at the U-M Medical School and an alumnus of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program.

«Genomics is on the verge of transforming the healthcare system — this study highlights the potential clinical benefits that can be gained through genomic studies and offers potential strategies to improve patient care and disease management,» says Dr David Adams, co-senior author from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

While the study does not prove that hydraulic fracturing actually causes these health problems, the authors say, the hospitalization increases observed over the relatively short time span of observation suggests that healthcare costs of hydraulic fracturing must be factored into the economic benefits of unconventional gas and oil drilling.

«It's the benefit of being immersed in treatment: interacting with a physician or nurse, taking pills, all the rituals and symbols of our healthcare system,» Kaptchuk said.

The research team says that benefits of knowing predicted longevity include the ability to make more informed healthcare decisions by both physicians and patients, especially regarding the prescription of particular drugs for chronic diseases.

«While we completely support the needs of our teachers to have excellent healthcare coverage, the current benefits package contributes to LAUSD's enormous unfunded liability, and freezing the contribution level does not fix the problem,» she said in an email.

«The Pet Wellness Report is another example of how Zoetis is partnering with veterinarians to support quality healthcare for the benefit of companion animals and the people who love them,» said J. Michael McFarland, DVM, DABVP and group director of Companion Animal Veterinary Operations for Zoetis.

Besides focusing on how each team member could support preventive healthcare, «the team meetings had other benefits, some that we didn't expect,» Bobbie Cotton says.

What we can say is that the risks are broadening along with the benefits, for all involved in the delivery of healthcare in the digital age.

«The addition of Robert Chow to our Emerging Companies and Venture Capital practice group will benefit many of our clients, especially those in the technology, healthcare and life sciences areas,» said Foley Hoag Co-Managing Partner Kenneth Leonetti.

Veterans seeking health services benefits through the Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare system, housing and education assistance, discharge status upgrades, general legal representation, and veteran - specific employment will benefit from the funding, Healy's office said in a statement.»

Chase also said healthcare consumers may benefit from easier - to - understand billing and more flexible payment options, especially as high - deductible plans and health savings accounts become more common.

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffet added that «the ballooning costs of healthcare act as a hungry tapeworm on the American economy,» and JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon said that the ultimate goal is to «create solutions that benefit our U.S. employees, their families and, potentially, all Americans.»

«The government still has a lot of rich benefits like pension plans and healthcare that is a bit richer than in a typical private company,» says Oehler, noting that in general industry jobs, employers are embracing consumer driven healthcare and distancing themselves from defined benefit pension plans all at the expense to the employee.

«The benefits for Dublin include being at the centre of the protection of the healthcare systems for all EU citizens, and to being at the forefront of medical research and innovation — an area in which the Irish third - level education sector and life sciences industry is particularly strong,» it said.

The group at Currie Park Wednesday included representatives of Planned Parenthood, the Service Employees International Union, the Women's March and people who are against the replacement plan they say would defund Planned Parenthood and hurt other healthcare benefits by making them more expensive.

She said that prisoners, victims of crime and taxpayers would benefit from reduced incarceration rates when governments implemented evidence on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples» approaches to holistic healthcare, developed collective healing programs and addressed the underlying determinants of incarceration, such as poverty.

A thorough research and consultation process, including full information about what a proposal entails (including losses or detriment as well as benefits) in a form that is understood by traditional owner groups, and the right to say no, is necessary to comply with the principle of free, prior and informed consent as well as to understand whether changes will support intended outcomes.31 How changing title from communal to individual ownership through leasing will address other identified impediments to economic development such as inadequate infrastructure in remote areas, under - investment in education and healthcare, high levels of welfare dependency, high levels of un-employment and limited job opportunities and limited commercial opportunities is unclear.

Some describe «unintended benefits» that could prove advantageous to many business owners, including the owners and operators of senior housing / healthcare properties, says Cambridge Realty Capital Companies Chairman Jeffrey A. Davis.