benefit your employees may appreciate is short-term disability insurance. Here’s what you need to know about this valuable benefit. How This Insurance Works No one wants to get ill or injured‚ but sometimes it happens. In this situation‚ employees may become temporarily unable to work. While they’re recovering at home‚ they won’t have any income coming in. This can add stress at an already difficult time. Short-term disability insurance helps protect employees in this situation. When employees become
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The first part of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution defines citizens as people either "born or naturalized in the United States." It then describes that citizens are due certain protections and privileges under the law that no state government may take away. A person can be a U.S. citizen at the time of birth through two main ways. The Latin term Jus soli (pronounced YOO SO-LEE) means "law of the soil." People born in U.S. states or territories are citizens because they were born on
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Should the Government Provide Health Care? Health care here in America is a hot topic among the conversations around the water cooler. Between the slow economic recession we are all facing and the high cost of medical coverage‚ and more and more American’s are having to go without. Among working-age adults (those ages 18-64)‚ 19.8% did not have health insurance in 2006‚ an increase in the percent uninsured from 18.9% the year before. (CDC‚ 2007) Is there a health care crisis in America? Should
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need which is on everyone’s mind. People stress over it every day; especially college students that don’t receive any help from the government. The question is whether the government should offer gas money for college students or not? Some people believe that financial aid is enough help. While others citizens disagree. However‚ I believe that the government should provide gas money for college students because undergraduates need to work less. Therefore‚ their grades will improve; it would make
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As we have seen over the years‚ there are many things wrong with our current healthcare system in America. There are numerous people in the country who are suffering but have no way of getting treatment because they have no insurance. The idea of having affordable healthcare coverage available can be one less thing that is a moment of stress for American citizens. The stress of having an illness is very real for Americans. Many people are in a constant struggle between figuring out how to pay
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HEALTH INSURANCE IN THE UNITED STATES The term health insurance is commonly used in the United States to describe any program that helps pay for medical expenses‚ whether through privately purchased insurance‚ social insurance or a social welfare program funded by the government. Synonyms for this usage include "health coverage‚" "health care coverage" and "health benefits." In a more technical sense‚ the term is used to describe any form of insurance that provides protection against the
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Identify a government policy decision that has influenced or will influence your field of study. The policy decision can be a federal or state agency rulemaking‚ legislative action‚ or court decision that has already been or will be implemented. Discuss one positive and one negative effect that this policy has had or will have on your field. America is about to make major changes in the country’s health care system. The goal of the Affordable Care Act is reduction of the number of uninsured
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Should You Offer Employees Health Care Benefits? Health care benefits are optional for most employers‚ but of critical importance to most employees. Employers should be aware of the pros and cons of offering health benefits to their employees. Benefits are a critical piece of an employee compensation package‚ and health care benefits are the crown jewel. Health care benefits‚ along with time-off benefits‚ are the most popular of benefits to employees. Every employer must at least consider whether
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Many people simply debate on the topic of whether health care is a necessity or not‚ but I will get to that after I speak on how the ECONOMY IS BEING AFFECTED. I have a client that I was speaking to in regards to their largely franchised business and Obamacare. She explained that she now has to cut hundreds of employees hours because she cannot afford to pay for the new health care that is being required by the federal government. As a nation‚ we are now losing jobs because of Obamacare without even
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BACKGROUND. National Health Insurance is a noble and noteworthy programme or exercise that was formulated by the government in order to address the pressing problems that have dogged the Health Care industry for decades on end. South Africa was poised at the threshold of implementing important and much obligatory alterations to its health structure; an alteration hinging on the ideology of communal commonality‚ even-handedness and equality. A National Health Insurance (NHI) was the medium that
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