It seems Consumer Driven Healthcare is having another unintended consequence. Regardless of the severity of the condition, patients are asking emergency personnel for a cost estimate and then leaving without treatment if the costs are deemed too high. Known as “early leavers”, they are most often men on state-sponsored Medicard or with no health insurance. [...]
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Signed last month into law, the Serve America Act is a 5-year expansion of the domestic service program AmeriCorps. 10% of the new slots are for volunteers who are over the age of 55. The Act also expands the Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion programs and authorizes scholarships for continuing education for those 55 and [...]
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While unemployment statistics rise for older workers, newly minted college graduates are struggling to find their first career positions. Even degrees from prestigious universities are not turning the heads of employers. So where are the new grads headed? Many of them back home. Parents who had planned to be empty-nesters are making room for immediate [...]
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The EEOC’s Employer Best Practices for Workers with Caregiving Responsibilities is available on-line and offers practical and legal advice to create and maintain caregiver-friendly workplaces. The guide may help to dispel some employee detrimental biases, such as assuming that women who work part-time are less committed to their jobs or that males have little if any [...]
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Only 13% of those surveyed in the recently released 19th Annual Retirement Confidence Survey indicated they were confident of having enough money in retirement. This is down from 27% in 2007. Only 20% of current retirees are confident, down significantly from 41% in 2007. It appears that our concerns about maintaining our standard of living [...]
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