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What to do if your unemployment claim is challenged by the company that laid you off
Workforce Developments —
Authority: 419
As if being laid-off and being hung up on repeatedly by an overloaded unemployment benefits phone system was bad enough, employers are now filing challenges against claims by their former employees at a higher rate than ever. Back in February I reported on data from the Urban Institute showing that fully one quarter ...3 days ago -
Report highlights cost of inaction on health care reform
Minnesota Budget Bites —
Authority: 458
The House and Senate are in the process of passing a comprehensive plan for reforming the health care system. But regardless of what Congress does in the coming months, U.S. health care costs will continue to rise. The question is, what do we get in return for our investment? A recently-released report from the ...6 days ago -
Counterpoint On Massachusetts
Daily Kos —
Authority: 804
Kos has a piece up today on the problems Massachusetts has been having with cost control and their health care reform experiment. While there are some great points made about over-selling the Massachusetts Miracle as a model for the country, there are some important things to emphasize. First of all, MA has less ...1 week ago -
Homeless Advocates Must Face Facts
Konfusing Kancer —
Authority: 114
by C.J. Carnacchio (Original here ) Back in the 1980s, homeless advocates were often fond of telling their media lapdogs that there were anywhere from two to three million homless in the United States. But, both the Urban Institute and the U.S. Census Bureau estimate the number of homeless to be in the neighborhood ...1 week ago -
Cramming three weeks worth of work into one
The Word Trade: An Evolution —
Authority: 103
Yeah! The holidays holly daze are here. No, not really, “yeah!” And, bah humbug I started saying “holly daze” a decade ago, gankers. Folks, I do not have the holly daze spirit. It’s been a wonderful year, it’s been a rough year. What’s more, it’s not over yet. Before the New Year dawns, we’ll ...2 weeks ago -
The rougher road to health care cost control
xpostfactoid —
Authority: 428
There may be an ironic turn of the screw in the argument of an Urban Institute health policy paper by Robert Berenson, John Holahan and Stephen Zuckerman that a "hard trigger" for a strong public option may have a better chance of controlling health care inflation than the weak public options currently included in ...3 weeks ago -
Health Care Financing Reform: (74) Public Option "Trigger" in the News Again
Akron Law Caf —
Authority: 477
The public option "trigger" is receiving attention again. David Rogers of The Politico reports on a new policy paper issued by the Urban Institute recommending that health care reform not adopt a public option immediately, but rather allow the government health insurance plan to become effective only if ...3 weeks ago -
New Report: A Trigger of a "Strong" Public Option better than the Existing Public Option
Daily Kos —
Authority: 804
Igor Volsky writes about on a new report from the Urban Institute , which concludes that a trigger of a "strong" public option would work better than the current public option provisions in either bill. Igor: The report says that the Senate and House’s public option provisions (which require the public plan ...4 weeks ago -
Understanding the pros and cons of health overhaul (AP)
Politics - Political News —
Authority: 139
WASHINGTON – Maybe youve been reading the health care bill in your spare time. Then perhaps you can answer this question: If Congress makes history and puts a bill on President Barack Obama s desk by Christmas, how long before the uninsured get medical coverage? If you said three ...4 weeks ago
