Study Recommends Integrating Workers' Compensation ...       October 29, 2009
... occupational medical treatment under a '24-hour care' system could help pay for a 'large fraction' of universal health care coverage, a study concludes.
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Number of Uninsured Rose in 2008, Census Bureau ...       September 10, 2009
News: The number of people without health insurance in the US increased slightly last year as employment-based coverage continued its long, steady decline, the Bureau of the Census reported.
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Employers Defend Key Programs Against Health Care ...       September 1, 2009
Feature: As opponents seek to portray reform as rationing, employers hit back to make sure comparative effectiveness research and medical homes remain key pillars of health care reform. (9/1/2009)
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Health Care Official Says Costs of Covering ...       August 27, 2009
News: The cost to Massachusetts of its pioneering 2006 law that has moved the state close to universal health insurance coverage is much lower than critics maintain, ...
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Kennedy's Legacy Includes Landmark Benefits Laws       August 26, 2009
News: Sen. Edward Kennedy was the standard bearer for universal health coverage during his more than four decades in the US Senate, and his legislative accomplishments ...
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Senate Vote on Health Care Reform Bill Put Off ...       July 24, 2009
News: While a blow to President Barack Obama, who pressed Congress to take up reform bills before the recess, the delay is not a surprise.
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Senator Seeks Employer Input for Health System       March 13, 2009
He is appealing to business to help draft a play-or-pay system to move the US close to universal health care coverage.
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Quick Takes -- January 28, 2009       January 26, 2009
Quick Takes: A Digest of Workforce Benefits News and Events (1/26/2009)
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Massachusetts Nears Universal Health Coverage       December 19, 2008
News: Some 97.4 percent of Massachusetts residents have health insurance, by far the highest coverage rate of any state, a survey shows.
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