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New fight over mandatory sick leave
In an age when some 40% of people have no sick leave at work, there's a big push to mandate employers to grant it across the country. Yet I think there's a better solution that doesn't require a government mandate. In Central Florida, there has been a big to do ...
Bosses skimp on health coverage
With the Affordable Care Act coming next year, there will be requirements for employers with 50 or more people to provide health insurance or face fines. Yet The Wall Street Journal reports employers are looking for ways to avoid providing meaningful benefits, and at same time avoid the fines required ...
Cheap options for organic health food
Two new developments in the grocery field could help you get fresh and organic items more easily than before. Target has introduced a house brand of organic and natural foods called Simply Balanced. There are 250 products in the line and almost half are USDA-certified organics. All Simply Balanced products ...
'Unbanked' to equal uninsured?
For consumers fed up with bank fees, prepaid cards may seem like an increasingly attractive alternative today. Some of today's prepaid cards come with an array of features that make them closely resemble checking accounts -- right down to the FDIC insurance the American Express Bluebird Card carries. However, a ...
Health plan choices in 2014
Before you start shopping for health insurance for 2014, learn the difference among platinum, gold, silver and bronze -- the names for new standardized plans that will be sold through "marketplaces." Health plans sold through the state and federally operated health insurance marketplaces, formerly known as exchanges, will be standardized ...
Amnesty from medical debt?
Medical debt is damaging the credit of right around 30 million people, according to the latest figures I've seen. What floors me about this problem is how it's both completely stealth and something that's so easily fixed once you know about it. You would expect that damaged credit because of ...
Genetic testing shapes treatment decisions
There's been a lot of media attention devoted to Angelina Jolie's preventative double mastectomy. While people will debate her decision for some time to come, the reality is that we are in an era where genetic testing can lead to very individualized courses of treatment. It's obvious the actress made ...
Skechers faulted over toning shoe claims
Skechers has been ordered by a federal judge to pay $40 million for allegedly false advertising surrounding its Shape-Ups line. Shape-Ups were marketed from 2008 to 2012 with the promise that you could lose weight and tone your legs simply by wearing these particular shoes. MSN reports half a million ...
How much should insurers pay to save a life?
I read in The Los Angeles Times a story that really got me thinking about health care in our country. Jalal Afshar was a member of the HMO Kaiser Permanente, an insurer with a true staff model that gives you less out of pocket than in more traditional health care ...
New prostate cancer test offers options
A new type of prostate cancer test will allow men more ability to weigh their options for treatment than ever before. "The new test, which is called the Oncotype DX Prostate Cancer Test, is one of more than a dozen coming to market that use advanced genetic methods to help ...
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