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Unvaccinated workers pay more for health insurance at some companies : NPR

November 29, 2021 Sharika Soukup

Passengers check bags for a Delta Air Lines, Inc. flight during the COVID-19 pandemic at Los Angeles International Airport. Patrick Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Patrick Fallon/AFP via Getty Images Passengers check bags for a Delta Air Lines, Inc. flight during the COVID-19 pandemic at Los Angeles International Airport. Patrick Fallon/AFP via…

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30% of healthcare workers in US hospitals not vaccinated

November 29, 2021 Sharika Soukup

Share on PinterestNew research examines vaccination rates among healthcare workers in the U.S. Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images Vaccination rates among healthcare workers across 2,000 United States hospitals increased from 36% to 60% between January and April 2021. Rates slowed considerably thereafter, with only 70% of staff fully vaccinated as of September…

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Health-Care Workers With Long COVID Are Being Dismissed

November 27, 2021 Sharika Soukup

Before she caught COVID-19 at a wedding in March 2020, the physician associate spent her days diagnosing and treating people; after she was infected, she turned to her own colleagues for that same care. “At first,” she told me, “I felt a kinship with them.” But when her tests started coming back negative, her doctors…

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1,500 healthcare workers resigned in 1H 2021: Puthucheary

November 2, 2021 Sharika Soukup

SCREENGRAB: Gov.sg YouTube channel SINGAPORE — A total of 1,500 healthcare workers have resigned in the first half of 2021, compared to about 2,000 annually before the pandemic, said Senior Minister of State (SMS) for Health Janil Puthucheary in Parliament on Monday (1 November). The SMS told the House that more foreign healthcare workers have…

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Facing pandemic burnout, Washington state health care workers join growing call for more long-term staff support

November 1, 2021 Sharika Soukup

Treating COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit for the past 19 months often reminds Paul Fuller, a registered nurse in Wenatchee, of his time in the U.S. Army. Fuller began his nursing career as an Army medic and spent 14 months deployed to Iraq, he said Thursday evening in a panel with other nurses…

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Harmons will require unvaccinated workers to pay more for health insurance

October 30, 2021 Sharika Soukup

SALT LAKE CITY — Unvaccinated employees at Harmons, the upscale grocery store chain in Utah, will pay more for health insurance as the company cites rising public health and safety concerns concerning COVID-19. READ: Companies may require unvaccinated workers to pay more for health insurance Effective Jan. 1, Employees at the grocery chain who do…

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Sanders Calls John Deere Threat to Take Away Striking Workers’ Health Coverage ‘Beyond Outrageous’

October 22, 2021 Sharika Soukup

Sen. Bernie Sanders was among the labor advocates in Congress on Tuesday who condemned reports that farm equipment manufacturer John Deere plans to force 10,000 striking workers and their families off their health insurance plans next week—a punitive measure to coerce the employees into ending their strike over what they say is an unfair contract….

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Warriors Arena Workers Lost Health Insurance Thanks To LeBron James

September 14, 2021 Sharika Soukup

Getty Image LeBron James inadvertently caused dozens of concessions workers to lose their health insurance coverage after eliminating the Warriors from the playoffs with a clutch shot during a play-in game in May Workers at Golden State’s arena must work ten games a month in order to qualify for health care coverage and lost theirs…

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