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More and more people are thinking proactively about their well-being. For some, taking control is in response to deficiencies in the health care system that were laid bare during a once-in-a-century pandemic.
A new Leger Marketing Inc. survey found that 86 per cent of Canadians are worried about the state of the health care system in their province, wary of barriers like wait times and busy emergency rooms.
Living through a public health crisis has also played a part in making people more mindful about their health and how quickly it can change.
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In healthcare, there has been a large expansion in non-compete clauses. Many of our clients would like to find a way out of their non-compete clause when looking to leave their current employment.
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The first way to avoid breaching a non-compete clause is to have your attorney negotiate a contract without a non-compete clause before beginning your employment.
Sometimes, non-compete clauses are unavoidable. So what can you do in that
DuBOIS — The City of DuBois taxpayers have been paying health insurance costs for most of the city council members since 2015, according to information received from city officials on Thursday.
Councilwoman Shannon Gabriel told the Courier Express that she learned Wednesday that her fellow council members have been receiving city-paid health insurance and she does not.
“I’m the only council member who doesn’t have city-paid health insurance,” said Gabriel. “I don’t even recall it being offered to me.”
Acting City Manager Chris Nasuti confirmed that all council members but Gabriel are receiving city-paid health care, vision and dental insurance
By Mia Wallace
May is Mental Health Awareness month – a time when the industry sector shines a spotlight on the need to #breakthestigma around mental wellbeing challenges. But for those leading the charge of
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s state government will for the first time run its own marketplace for individual health insurance under a law that Gov. Brian Kemp signed Tuesday.
The Republican governor said during a ceremony at the state Capitol that the law would create a better way of people “knowing and comparing their health care insurance options” and bringing “further competition to the field.”
“Georgians know their needs and those of their families are the best,” he said.
The law is one of three big changes that could affect hundreds of thousands of Georgians who get subsidized health insurance through
About four out of five people in Massachusetts who went without health insurance did so because they say they can’t afford it, according to a report out Thursday from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, which advocates for equity in health care.
The report highlights barriers that remain in accessing health insurance, even in a state that implemented a health care reform law 17 years ago with affordability as one of its aims, and a state that has the highest percentage in the country of residents — about 97% — who do have health insurance.
“Most of the
Physician contracts are often complicated and have unique terms. We help our clients understand the terms and negotiate their contracts.
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Many of our clients are physicians who are negotiating or renegotiating their employment contracts with their employers. Sometimes these are with health systems, hospitals, or small physician offices.
We also have clients come to us with issues after they negotiated their own contracts.
Physician contracts are unique, as they have
The end of the Medicaid continuous enrollment provision in March 2023 and the resumption of Medicaid disenrollments after a three-year pause during the pandemic are likely to refocus attention on gaps in Medicaid coverage in the ten states that have not adopted the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) ) Medicaid expansion as of March 2023. During the pandemic, Medicaid enrollment increased and the uninsured rate dropped in large part due to continuous enrollment. Once Medicaid disenrollments resume, the number of people who are uninsured is expected to increase and could rise more steeply in non-expansion states. In expansion states, because all