President Joe Biden unveiled his proposal for federally mandated paid parent, family, and personal illness leave as part of his second massive infrastructure package, estimated to total about $ 1.8 trillion. Biden’s paid leave proposal in the American Families Plan would cost about $ 225 billion over 10 years and would be paid for via… Read More »
The Trump administration has sent hundreds of millions of dollars in pandemic-related bailouts to health care providers with checkered histories, including a Florida-based cancer center that agreed to pay a $ 100 million criminal penalty as part of a federal antitrust investigation. At least half of the top 10 recipients, part of a group that… Read More »
By KIM BELLARD We’re not through the COVID-19 pandemic. We’re probably not even near the end of the beginning yet. That hasn’t stopped many pundits to start speculating about how our society (and our healthcare system) are likely to be permanently changed as a result, such as continued reliance on telecommuting and telemedicine. OK, I’ll… Read More »
Most Canadians are familiar with nursing homes or long-term care facilities that provide 24-hour care to seniors who are no longer able to care for themselves independently – but we don’t spend a lot of time thinking about them. Given our rapidly aging population, and the likelihood that someone we love, or maybe even ourselves,… Read More »