Even Among Doctors, Women Earn Less

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While the gender gap in income is already well-known in the American workplace, many believe that  medicine is one of the few fields in which men and women identical the same hours and producing comparable results would be paid and promoted equally. While some studies found income disparities between men and women who practice medicine, many researchers have simply presumed that this is due to fewer women working in higher-income specialties and more men putting in long hours. Yet a study … [Read more...]

Cycling More Dangerous Than Football?

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Last month we reported on growing concern over head injuries in football and the rise in lawsuits against the NFL. The folks at Medical Billing and Coding have researched this phenomenon and provided us with the following facts and statistics regarding brain damage in the NFL: Football comes in second place to cycling in terms of emergency room-related injuries (85.4 vs. 46.9 per year) 60% of NFL players suffer a concussion while 26% suffer three or more concussions. Once a player … [Read more...]

OSHA Launches Fall-Prevention Campaign

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Falls are the leading cause of death among construction workers. Out of 774 total fatalities in the construction industry in 2011, 264 were caused by falls (almost all of these to a lower level). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has partnered with National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) - Construction Sector to remind workers that such deaths are preventable. Injuries can be eliminated and lives saved by following three simple rules: Plan When working at heights (using … [Read more...]

Employee Sues Over Denied Health Benefits for Same-Sex Spouse

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A lesbian employee who works for St. Joseph’s Medical Center in New York filed a class-action lawsuit last week, arguing that her spouse is entitled to the same medical coverage as spouses of heterosexual workers. The woman has been with her partner for 16 years, and the two married last autumn. Following the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York State last year, most businesses have extended health benefits to spouses of same-sex couples. However, some large self-insured employers, … [Read more...]

Under Affordable Care Act, Firefighters Battling Nation’s Wildfires May Now Get Healthcare Coverage

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Right now, unprecedented wildfires are blazing across Colorado and much of the United States. But thousands of federal firefighters who are working tirelessly to control the blazes do not have health insurance. Included in that group of uninsured firefighters is 27-year-old John Lauer, a member of the elite “hotshot” crew, a team of America’s most skilled federal fighters who are deployed to the nation’s most ferocious fires. Since 2006 he has battled fires in Utah, Colorado, … [Read more...]


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