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Obama Seeks Minimum Wage Coverage for Home Health-Care Aides – Businessweek

December 17th, 2011 Comments off

Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) — The Obama administration is proposing new rules to extend minimum wage and overtime coverage for almost 2 million workers who provide home health-care services for the elderly and infirm. The proposal by the U.S. Labor …

Health Law A Boon To Coverage Of Young Adults – NPR News

December 16th, 2011 Comments off

There’s at least one group for whom the Affordable Care Act would appear to be a big success: young adults under age 26. They can now stay on their parents’ health plans thanks to the law. As many as 2.5 million young adults gained health …

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Mexico City hopes to lure Chicagoans by touting cheaper health care – Chicago Tribune

December 16th, 2011 Comments off

Banking on worries over rising health costs in the U.S., government and hospital officials in Mexico City are courting Chicagoans searching for affordable medical care. On Wednesday, about a dozen Chicago health professionals and several others …

HHS Protects Fla. Consumers From $145 Million Health Insurance Heist – Huffington Post

December 16th, 2011 Comments off

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) tried to cheat the families of his state out of $145 million in health insurance rebates, and the Obama administration said no. By rejecting Florida’s bogus attempt to be exempted from a consumer protection in the Affordable …