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Scott blocks paid sick-time vote in Orange, statewide
Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Friday that would block local governments from enacting mandatory paid-sick-time measures, such as the one pending in Orange County. The Republican governor sided with Walt Disney World, Darden Restaurants, the...Tags: Government, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Orange County (Florida), Orlando, Employment
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BSO threatens layoffs
Broward Sheriff Scott Israel is threatening to lay off employees if county commissioners don't provide enough funds for his budget this fall. At a county budget workshop Tuesday, Commissioner Barbara Sharief said the sheriff told her 200 employees...Tags: Broward County Sheriff's Office, Budgets and Budgeting, Finance, Israel, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Cigna Monitoring Operations In Istanbul, Where Thousands Of Protesters Clashed With Police
Cigna Corp. is monitoring its operations in Istanbul, Turkey, where riot police fired tear gas and sprayed some of the thousands of protesters with water cannons over the weekend. "We are operating in a business as usual mode while monitoring the...Tags: Demonstration, Political Dissent, Cigna Corporation, Turkey, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Broward sheriff threatens layoffs if budget increase isn't met
Broward Sheriff Scott Israel says he might be forced to lay off 200 to 300 employees if county commissioners don't provide enough money for his budget this fall. The newly elected sheriff's warm relations with county commissioners have grown cool in...
Tags: Broward County Sheriff's Office, Budgets and Budgeting, Israel, Local Government, Local Elections
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About Scott Verner
Scott Verner is President and CEO of Nipro Diagnostics, Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of diabetes management solutions. Since moving to Broward County five years ago, Scott has been an active leader in the county's economic development...
Tags: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Fort Lauderdale, Corporate Officers, Medical Procedures and Tests, Diabetes
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Aetna will exit California's individual health insurance market
Aetna Inc. said it would stop selling individual health insurance policies in California next month, and nearly 50,000 existing policyholders will have to find new coverage by January. The company's announcement Monday comes a month after it opted not...
Tags: Cigna Corporation, Marketing, Economy, Business and Finance, Corporate Performance, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Countdown to Obamacare
The countdown has started. In about 100 days, starting Oct. 1, millions of families across the nation will have an opportunity to enroll in health coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare. The full benefits of the law will...Tags: Rick Snyder, Government, Lawyers, Insurance, Crime, Law and Justice
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Rx for electronic records
A critical opportunity to improve U.S. health care finally lies within reach. In 2004, then-President George Bush announced the goal to have a national electronic health records (EHR) system in place in 10 years. Tragically, EHR development had become...
Tags: Finance, George W. Bush, Economy, Business and Finance, Technology, The New York Times
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Final Obamacare push will pitch to the low-income young
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the final months leading up to the launch of the key piece of President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms, the administration is preparing a public-education campaign designed to connect directly with the audience most critical...Tags: Univision (tv network), Economy, Business and Finance, Government, Washington, DC, Healthcare Policies
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Seminole mulls ban on hiring smokers
Smokers may be passed over for jobs in Seminole County schools. It's just in the earliest stages of discussion now. But the School Board is tossing around the idea of establishing a policy that says if you smoke, you don't get the job. What drove the...
Tags: Prices, Health and Safety at School, Seminole County, Health Insurance
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S.F. grudgingly backs Kaiser rate hike for public workers
SAN FRANCISCO — Officials who oversee the healthcare plans that cover San Francisco public employees this week excoriated Kaiser executives for failing to adequately explain a proposed rate increase but ultimately voted to back it. The city's...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Government, Healthcare Policies, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Politics
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Freeman offers public option
HealthAs a Democrat in a Republican-controlled legislature being led by a Republican governor, state Rep. Bob Freeman can file any bill he wants. Getting them into law is a whole 'nother thing. But that didn't stop the reliably liberal Freeman, representing the...
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