Posted on July - 11 - 2010

Free Preventive Health Care Rules Announced Today

The Obama administration unveiled new rules, today, specifying which preventive health services will be free to consumers under the new health law after Sept. 23. Mandated preventive care seeks to correct the problem of under utilization of preventive care services because of out-of-pocket expenses for consumers. Americans use preventive services at about 50% the recommended rate, according to research cited by the White House.

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Posted on July - 10 - 2010

New Labor Figures Show Shrinking “Wage Gap” for Young Women

The “wage gap” between men and women – often said to be the equivalent of women earning 77 cents for each dollar a man earns – turns out to be a little more complicated, according to figures from the Labor Department. In terms of median weekly earnings for full-time workers in 2009, women aged 45 to 55 fared the worst, earning only 73.6 percent of equivalent men’s earnings.

For women aged 25-34, on the other hand, the gap was much smaller, at 88.7 percent of their male peers’ earnings, and women aged 20-24 had the best situation of any female demographic, pulling in 92.9 percent of the earnings of men in their age group.

While the pay gap will remain galling for women (and men) young and old, the Labor Department figures suggest that improvement may be on the way. Read more…

Posted on July - 09 - 2010

Spinal cord injuries can lead to health problems in the long term

If you look at the question, which would be part of his body, probably to protect the most, an intelligent man would certainly have chosen to protect his spine. One of the most important parts of our anatomy that contains the operation, the backbone of a lot of nerve, that our body has a connection to our brain and serves as a transmitter of messages between the two institutions to an incredible lightning stops. Without them, people are nothing but puppets property.

This is the bleak picturefor spinal cord injury patients. Just as there are many ways to get a person who causes an injury, is also a lot of resources, such as the spinal cord may be damaged.

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Posted on July - 08 - 2010

International Health Insurance

International Health Insurance is essential for travelers who are going abroad. No matter for what purpose one is travelling to a foreign country, health insurance is required to meet the medical bills in case of an unexpected hospitalization. International health insurance provides coverage for medical expense, emergency medical evacuation, repatriation of mortal remains, accidental death and dismemberment etc.

Indian Insurance Companies have designed International Health Insurance plans to meet the special requirements of overseas travelers during their international sojourn.

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Posted on July - 06 - 2010

Job Market Forecast for Second Half of 2010

From CareerBuilder.com:

Job market will “stay the course” in second half of 2010, according to CareerBuilder and USA Today

Hiring in the second half of 2010 is likely to mirror the first half, according to CareerBuilder and USA TODAY’s latest nationwide survey of employers. Forty-one percent of hiring managers plan to hire in the months of July through December. One-in-five plan to hire full-time, permanent employees in the third quarter, similar to the previous two quarters. The survey was conducted by Harris Interactive© from May 18 to June 3, 2010. More t

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Posted on July - 06 - 2010

Accounting, Engineering and Finance Hand Out Most Job Offers

A study by the National Association of Colleges and Employers found that accounting, engineering and financial services firms handed out the most job offers to 2010 college graduates, suggesting that despite the economic downturn, those sectors still offer the most stable prospects for employment.

Retail services and wholesale trade jobs were the fourth most common type of offer, while careers in the educational sector rounded out the top five.

Of those five, financial services jobs were unsurprisingly the most lucrative, with an average salary offer of $56,367, while educational jobs, true to stereotype, were the least well-paid, with an average salary of $33,682.

Accounting and engineering jobs clustered closely in the middle, with average initial salary offers of $50,402 and $49,703, respectively.

The fourth-place ranking of retail suggests that economic weakness continues to weigh on recent college graduates, forcing them to take jobs for which they are overqualified until the economy improves. Read more…