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Panic buttons, health insurance for Seattle hotel workers up for vote in fall : seattletimes





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Panic buttons, health insurance for Seattle hotel workers up for vote in fall

Panic buttons, health insurance for Seattle hotel workers up for vote in fall
Panic buttons, health insurance for Seattle hotel workers up for vote in fall
The Seattle City Council voted Monday to put Initiative 124 on the November ballot.The initiative would require hotels to provide workers with panic buttons, health-insurance assistance and other protections.Seattle voters will decide whether hotel workers such as housekeepers should be guaranteed panic buttons, help with health insurance and other benefits under city law.


additionally tucsonnewsnow

30K kids in Arizona could soon get health insurance

30K kids in Arizona could soon get health insurance
30K kids in Arizona could soon get health insurance
Thousands of children across Arizona do not have health insurance, but that could be changing.KidsCare is starting to accept applicants for its health insurance program.According to the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, about 30,000 children in Arizona may soon have insurance.


in the same way vox

A Google-backed health insurer wants to disrupt insurance by ... limiting patient choice?

A Google-backed health insurer wants to disrupt insurance by ... limiting patient choice?
A Google-backed health insurer wants to disrupt insurance by ... limiting patient choice?
The health insurer Oscar launched in 2014 with $40 million in venture capital and a plan to disrupt America's $1.8 trillion health care industry.Oscar positioned itself as a "simple, smart" alternative to stodgy industry giants — a health plan meant to live on smartphones and deliver virtual doctor visits.The timing seemed perfect, too: The new Obamacare marketplaces created an easy way to pitch consumers directly on a better experience.


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Quincy workers may get health insurance rebate of $175,000

Quincy workers may get health insurance rebate of $175,000
Quincy workers may get health insurance rebate of $175,000
Posted: Jul.26, 2016 1:00 pmQUINCY -- Members of the Quincy Personnel Committee will recommend to the full City Council next week that city workers get a 19 percent rebate on premiums workers paid last year.Director of Administrative Services Glenda Hackemack said the rebates are due to lower-than-expected health insurance expenditures.


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