It would take 42 additional days of work for women to earn what men did last year, meaning the earnings gap remained unchanged in 2020, according to analysis from Pew Research Center.
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Northern Light Health will increase its minimum starting pay rate to $15 an hour to help retain and attract workers, the Brewer, Maine-based health system said May 24.
Anthem director Julie Hill sold 1,308 shares of the payer's stock on May 20, according to MarketBeat.
An analysis of quarterly and year-end financial statements of five Illinois Medicaid companies by the Better Government Association revealed an unprecedented increase in profits from April through December of 2020.
Private insurance companies are expected to provide $2.1 billion in rebates to 10.7 million policyholders, the second-highest amount issued under the Affordable Care Act, according to Yahoo Finance and the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Michigan members of Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage PPO will have access to Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health starting July 1, according to MiBiz.
Although lowering the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 60 could provide an additional 24.5 million individuals with coverage, the expansion could make premiums less affordable for some, an Avalere study found.
Men in the tech industry were offered higher salaries than women for the same job title at the same company 59 percent of the time in 2020, down from 65 percent in 2019, according to a report released May 19…
Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital Health System said it's giving eligible full-time employees a $1,000 bonus as an expression of gratitude for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Albuquerque (N.M.) is offering new full-time registered nurses $15,000 sign-on bonuses if they sign a two-year work commitment, the hospital said in an announcement about its hiring event May 19.