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Health care workers need rescuing. It’s time for a Dunkirk moment

May 13, 2022 Sharika Soukup

In the late spring of 1940, thousands of soldiers stranded on the beaches of northern France were spent, demoralized, and facing near-certain defeat at the hands of Nazi forces. The British government undertook one of the boldest rescue operations in military history. Using military ships, merchant navy vessels, and, famously, a flotilla of civilian watercraft,…

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The Importance of Offering Fertility Benefits in Your Healthcare Package

May 12, 2022 Sharika Soukup

If there’s one overarching lesson to be learned from the pandemic and the Great Resignation, it’s that employees will both stay and leave over health care benefits. For employers to recruit and retain top talent, they should think about health care benefits as a number one player in the employment game. Research has shown that…

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Health care giants improperly denied Medicare benefits

May 11, 2022 Sharika Soukup

The following article was originally published in the Ohio Capital Journal and published on News5Cleveland.com under a content-sharing agreement. The health care companies offering Medicare Advantage plans improperly denied services and payments at what might seem an alarming rate during a one-week test period in 2019, according to a government report released last week. The…

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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center health care workers begin a 5-day strike; accuse hospital of unfair labor practices

May 10, 2022 Sharika Soukup

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Citing “unfair labor practices as well as employee and patient safety concerns, short-staffing and low wages,” members of the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West started a planned weeklong strike Monday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The union, which has been bargaining with hospital management over a new labor contract…

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Opinion | When Health Care Workers Are Protected, Patients Are, Too

May 9, 2022 Sharika Soukup

America was in a health care crisis before Covid, and the stresses of the pandemic have made it worse. Since the pandemic began, the health care work force — the country’s largest industry by employment — has shrunk by nearly 2 percent. That may seem like a small amount, but historically, the health care work…

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After Medical Bills Broke the Bank, This Family Headed to Mexico for Care

May 7, 2022 Sharika Soukup

The Fierro family of Yuma, Arizona, had a string of bad medical luck that started in December 2020. That’s when Jesús Fierro Sr. was admitted to the hospital with a serious covid-19 infection. He spent 18 days at Yuma Regional Medical Center, where he lost 60 pounds. He came home weak and dependent on an…

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Financial planner explains health care choices to consider

May 6, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Dr. Carolyn McClanahan, a CFP at Life Planning Partners, joins Yahoo Finance Live to break down health care and Medicare options that investors should consider when planning for retirement. Video Transcript BRAD SMITH: Well, one area you always want to have less debt and more cash is in, well, retirement for sure. A new report…

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DOJ files challenge to Alabama law that makes it a felony to administer gender-affirming health care to minors

May 5, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Washington CNN — The Justice Department on Friday challenged an Alabama law that makes it a felony for a doctor to administer gender-affirming health care to minors. “This lawsuit challenges a state statute that denies necessary medical care to children based solely on who they are,” the department said in its complaint. The complaint filed…

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