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Employers planning to implement mandatory influenza vaccination policies for health care workers need to understand the implications, according to an analysis published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Vaccination rates among health care workers are less than 50%, well below the level necessary for herd immunity. Evidence indicates that vaccination of health care workers can benefit patient health, leading to a move by many to consider mandatory influenza vaccination as a condition of employment or to require employees to wear a mask during influenza season. Many health care workers favour condition-of-service influenza vaccination policies.
However, in Canada, condition-of-service policies must comply with employment law, provincial human rights codes and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Condition-of-service policies that apply to unionized employees must be consistent with collective labour agreements, and vaccination policies should allow exemptions for religious beliefs and practices.
"With respect to the rights to liberty and security, vaccinate-or-mask policies have been found not to violate liberty or security rights, because the vaccine is not mandatory and masks are insufficiently invasive to violate these rights," states Dr. Allison McGeer, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, with coauthors.
Most legal cases around vaccination policies have weighed in favour of patient safety.
"Vaccinate-or-mask policies for influenza vaccination in health care organizations result in substantial increases in the vaccination rates among health care workers, are supported by most health care workers and, based on decisions to date, are likely to be found in compliance with Canadian law. Physicians and employers should work together to find the best means to improve vaccination rates and protect both patients and providers from influenza," conclude the authors.
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Published: Sunday, 5/25/2014 - Updated: 1 day ago
BY TYREL LINKHORN BLADE BUSINESS WRITER
Health Care REIT revamped several parts of its executive compensation program last year after shareholders just barely approved the companys say-on-pay proposal at the 2013 annual meeting.
A provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, say-on-pay was meant to give shareholders a chance to voice their opinions on compensation packages for a companys top executives, which some saw as rising too quickly and often without merit.
The provision went into effect in 2011.
Though it has made big news when shareholders vote down proposals Chipotle shareholders made waves earlier this month when they overwhelmingly rejected the restaurant chains compensation package generally the proposals have passed by wide margins.
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According to Semler Brossy Consulting Group, just 2.5 percent of companies say-on-pay proposals failed in 2013, while 91 percent of companies passed with more than 70 percent approval.
Thats led some to say the votes, already nonbinding advisory actions, are nearly useless.
Not so, argues Todd Sirras, the managing director at Semler Brossy.
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May 26th, 2014 2:00 pm by TOM MURPHY, AP Business Writer
The wild hikes in health insurance rates that blindsided many Americans in recent years may become less frequent because of the health care overhaul.
Final rates for 2015 won't be out for months, but early filings from insurers suggest price increases of 10 percent or more. That may sound like a lot, but rates have risen as much as 20 or 30 percent in recent years.
The rates that emerge over the next few months for 2015 will carry considerable political weight, coming out before Republicans and Democrats settle their fight for Congressional control in next fall's midterm elections. Republicans are vowing to make failures of the law a main theme of their election push, and abnormally high premiums might bolster their argument.
In addition to insuring millions of uninsured people, the other great promise of the massive health care overhaul was to tame the rate hikes that had become commonplace in the market for individual insurance coverage.
No one expects price increases to go away, but some nonpartisan industry watchers say they do expect the big hikes to hit less frequently in the years to come, even though it's still early in the law's implementation. They point to competition and greater scrutiny fostered by the law as key factors.
Public insurance exchanges that debuted last fall and were created by the law make it easier for customers to compare prices. The overhaul also prevents insurers from rejecting customers because of their health.
That means someone who develops a health condition like high blood pressure isn't stuck in the same plan year after year because other insurers won't take her. She can now shop around.
The Urban Institute, a nonpartisan policy research organization, said in a recent report that competition will help restrain individual insurance prices next year.
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By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and JENNIFER AGIESTA Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama celebrated when sign-ups for his health care law topped 8 million, far exceeding expectations after a slipshod launch. Most Americans, however, remain unimpressed.
A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds that public opinion continues to run deeply negative on the Affordable Care Act, Obama's signature effort to cover the uninsured. Forty-three percent oppose the law, compared with just 28 percent in support.
The pattern illustrates why the health care law remains a favored target for Republicans seeking a Senate majority in the midterm elections.
The poll does have a bright spot for the administration: Those who signed up for coverage aren't reeling from sticker shock. Most said they found premiums in line with what they expected, or even lower.
But even that was diminished by another finding: More than one-third of those who said they or someone in their household tried to enroll, were ultimately unable to do so. For the White House, it's an uncomfortable reminder of the technical problems that paralyzed the HealthCare.gov website for weeks after it went live last fall.
The example of business owner Henry Kulik shows some of the cross-currents of public opinion.
Kulik is disabled as a result of Lou Gehrig's disease, a condition that destroys the brain's ability to control muscle movement. His family runs several stores that sell ice cream and other summer refreshments in the Philadelphia area.
Kulik says he doesn't believe the federal government should require people to carry health insurance, as the law does. And he can understand worries about the cost to taxpayers. On the other hand, he's been able to slash what his family pays for health insurance by purchasing coverage through the law's new insurance markets and by taking advantage of tax credits to lower the premiums.
Before the law, his family was paying $2,400 a month. Now it's several hundred dollars. And Kulik says the insurance for himself, his wife, and three children is comparable to what they had before.
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The U.S. Department of Justice should investigate allegations that delays in health care at military veterans hospitals were covered up, lawmakers from both political parties said today.
Only the Department of Justice and the FBI have the resources, the expertise and the authority to do a prompt and effective criminal investigation of the secret waiting lists, potential destruction of documents, falsification of records -- in effect, the cooking of books and covering up that may have occurred, Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Connecticut Democrat who sits on the Veterans Affairs Committee, said on CBSs Face the Nation program.
A Justice Department investigation would provide an outside independent authority that can offer accountability and the perception of accountability, said Blumenthal, a former federal prosecutor and state attorney general.
The Department of Veterans Affairs inspector general is investigating reports that some hospitals kept phony waiting lists designed to hide lengthy delays in providing health care.
President Barack Obama last week promised to punish any officials responsible for covering up delays while saying Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki will keep his job for now, amid calls that he be fired.
The Department of Justice needs to get involved in this, Representative Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican and Iraq war veteran, said on CBS. The president has got to show some intense outrage.
Blumenthal said that hes urged Shinseki publicly and privately to request a Justice Department investigation.
The Veterans Affairs department may need more funding after enrolling 2 million veterans in its system since 2009 and setting an ambitious goal of scheduling appointments within 14 days, said Senate Veterans Affairs Chairman Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent.
At the end of the day, when you have 2 million new veterans coming in to the system, some with very difficult and complicated problems, I do think we have to take a hard look and see if we have the resources, Sanders said on CNNs State of the Union program.
Representative Jeff Miller, a Florida Republican who is chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, said problems plaguing the veterans health-care system are an issue of manipulation and mismanagement.
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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama celebrated when sign-ups for his health care law topped 8 million, far exceeding expectations after a slipshod launch. Most Americans, however, remain unimpressed.
A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds that public opinion continues to run deeply negative on the Affordable Care Act, Obama's signature effort to cover the uninsured. Forty-three percent oppose the law, compared with just 28 percent in support.
The pattern illustrates why the health care law remains a favored target for Republicans seeking a Senate majority in the midterm elections.
The poll does have a bright spot for the administration: Those who signed up for coverage aren't reeling from sticker shock. Most said they found premiums in line with what they expected, or even lower.
But even that was diminished by another finding: More than one-third of those who said they or someone in their household tried to enroll, were ultimately unable to do so. For the White House, it's an uncomfortable reminder of the technical problems that paralyzed the HealthCare.gov website for weeks after it went live last fall.
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President addresses VA health care probe
President Obama has promised to get to the bottom of a scandal that started at the VA health care facility in Phoenix and has now spread to 26 VA centers nationwide.
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