Everybody agrees the health system needs to improve patient results even as it becomes more efficient. So shouldn’t we reward hospital managers who make progress in both areas? That doesn’t seem to be the case in New Hampshire, according to a new study from the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies. At a time when many contend that hospitals should focus on outcomes rather […]
Everybody agrees the health system needs to improve patient results even as it becomes more efficient. So shouldn’t we reward hospital managers who make progress in both areas? That doesn’t seem to be the case in New Hampshire, according to a new study from the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies. At a time when many contend that hospitals should focus on outcomes rather […]
“When you go out to eat, you shouldn’t get wage theft, racism and sick cooks in the kitchen, along with your meal. How the food tastes at a restaurant really doesn’t matter, if the people who work there are being mistreated.” – Josh Viertel, president of Slow Food USA (MintPress) – Last October, cocktail waitress Victoria […]
“When you go out to eat, you shouldn’t get wage theft, racism and sick cooks in the kitchen, along with your meal. How the food tastes at a restaurant really doesn’t matter, if the people who work there are being mistreated.” – Josh Viertel, president of Slow Food USA (MintPress) – Last October, cocktail waitress Victoria […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress – As President Obama hits the road for his first campaign bus tour of the 2012 election season, one of the issues he is likely to address is student loan debt and whether the government should step in to ease the tremendous burden on both pocketbooks and lives. Federal and private student loan debt […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress – As President Obama hits the road for his first campaign bus tour of the 2012 election season, one of the issues he is likely to address is student loan debt and whether the government should step in to ease the tremendous burden on both pocketbooks and lives. Federal and private student loan debt […]
Starting in 2014, things could get worse for people in Medicaid. Not only could some states opt out of increasing the number of adults in the government health insurance program for the poor as a result of the Supreme Court’s ruling, but they also could cut people now enrolled. This wasn’t supposed to happen under […]
Starting in 2014, things could get worse for people in Medicaid. Not only could some states opt out of increasing the number of adults in the government health insurance program for the poor as a result of the Supreme Court’s ruling, but they also could cut people now enrolled. This wasn’t supposed to happen under […]
Can you put a price on the damage caused by a wrongful foreclosure? Banking regulators have. And it’s $125,000. Or $60,000. Or $15,000. Or… it’s unclear. Last November, banking regulators launched a process to force the big banks to compensate homeowners victimized by their foreclosure abuses. Many crucial details remained unclear, including how much victims […]
Can you put a price on the damage caused by a wrongful foreclosure? Banking regulators have. And it’s $125,000. Or $60,000. Or $15,000. Or… it’s unclear. Last November, banking regulators launched a process to force the big banks to compensate homeowners victimized by their foreclosure abuses. Many crucial details remained unclear, including how much victims […]
Story by Chris Woods and Jack Serle Newspapers across the United States of America are outsourcing the production of local news to low-paid researchers and writers in the Philippines, radio progamme This American Life has revealed. In an interview with a young American journalist, Ryan Smith, This American Life presenter Sarah Koenig exposes the work […]
Story by Chris Woods and Jack Serle Newspapers across the United States of America are outsourcing the production of local news to low-paid researchers and writers in the Philippines, radio progamme This American Life has revealed. In an interview with a young American journalist, Ryan Smith, This American Life presenter Sarah Koenig exposes the work […]
(Mint Press) – On Saturday, thousands of union members, pro-labor activists and community leaders demonstrated against a proposed Wal-Mart store in downtown Los Angeles. Organizers have called this the biggest protest against the retailer in the company’s 50 year history, as protests are expected to swell in anticipation of the store’s future opening. Representatives of […]
(Mint Press) – On Saturday, thousands of union members, pro-labor activists and community leaders demonstrated against a proposed Wal-Mart store in downtown Los Angeles. Organizers have called this the biggest protest against the retailer in the company’s 50 year history, as protests are expected to swell in anticipation of the store’s future opening. Representatives of […]