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More employers shifting health care costs to workers, NJBIA survey shows
More employers shifting health care costs to workers, NJBIA survey shows
Some 85 percent of the state's employers offer health benefits, with 83 percent saying they do so to attract and retain workers, according to the New Jersey Business & Industry Association's 2016 Health Benefits Survey, released Monday.At small businesses, where there are 24 or fewer employees, health benefits are offered only 76 percent of the time.But in order to offer such benefits, 33 percent of employers said they took a lower profit or experiences losses, and 29 percent said they froze wages or offered just minimal increases.
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It's time for politicians to acknowledge Americans' health care concerns
It's time for politicians to acknowledge Americans' health care concerns
With voters increasingly tuning into the final phase of the 2016 election, it's time for Republicans and Democrats to start thinking critically about health care and its importance to every American, regardless of party.Consumers across the country have major concerns with the current state of their health care plans and want to see tangible solutions once the election dust settles.The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease recently released a 50-state poll of more than 20,000 health care consumers' concerns regarding health care and exploring the obstacles they face when searching for suitable coverage as well as solutions they'd like to see implemented in 2017.
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HHS picks health care ISAC
HHS picks health care ISAC
HHS issued two awards totaling $350,000 to support a health care information sharing and analysis center in Florida to share cyberthreat information more broadly.Billy Mitchell is FedScoop's managing editor covering innovation and emerging tech in and around federal government.In addition to helping produce...(Getty Images)The Department of Health and Human Services awarded a health care information sharing and analysis center in Florida $350,000 to help develop a system for sharing cyberthreat information across the public heath and health care sectors.