US: As the poor die earlier, Social Security isn't paying off
CBS News (04.04.2016) Death and taxes may be inevitable, but they hit the rich and poor in different -- and sometimes unfair -- ways.
CBS News (04.04.2016) Death and taxes may be inevitable, but they hit the rich and poor in different -- and sometimes unfair -- ways.
USA Today (27.03.2016) Hundreds of thousands of Americans are streaming back into an improving labor market as employers raise wages and hire less skilled job candidates to cope with an intensifying worker shortage.
The Wall Street Journal (17.03.2016) the health-care law that is at issue in the case. To soften the impact of out-of-pocket costs under Obamacare, the law requires insurers to reduce certain payments for individuals whose incomes are up to 250% of the federal poverty level if they purchase a “silver” plan through one of the insurance marketplaces. The law also says that insurers are to be repaid for the discounts.
Les Echos (10.03.2016) De plus en plus de plates-formes se créent pour mettre en relation les travailleurs indépendants et les employeurs.Un tiers des Américains travailleraient en free-lance de façon occasionnelle.
France Inter (07.03.2016) Demain 8 mars, c’est la journée de la femme. Et comme demain se prépare aujourd’hui, parlons en ce 7 mars de l’égalité homme ou femme sous l’angle du congé paternité. Il est décisif pour rétablir l’équilibre entre hommes et femmes au travail selon une enquête. Aux Etats-Unis, de plus en plus d’hommes vont même jusqu’à poursuivre leur employeur devant les tribunaux pour pouvoir en bénéficier.
Palm Beach Post (06.03.2016) March is Women’s History Month — a time to focus not just on the past, but on the challenges women continue to face in the 21st century.
The Independent (03.03.2016) Middle-aged people who do not work in management positions are more likely to develop heart disease or experience strokes, according to a US study.
US News (23.02.2016) Obamacare has helped many, but system's holes limit gains, Harvard analysts say. Health inequality is part of American life, so deeply entangled with other social problems — disparities in income, education, housing, race, gender, and even geography — that analysts have trouble saying which factors are cause and which are effect.
Safety and Health Magazine (17.02.2016) Overworked and stressed-out employees may turn to unhealthy habits to safetyandhealthmagazinesafetyandhealthmagazinefind comfort or cope, and they may lack the time and resources for exercise and cooking meals, according to two studies from the Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell.
Zhe Hill (10.02.2016) Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell says immigration reform would help achieve universal health coverage.