The New Year is off to a fruitful start for millions of Americans. Some 5.3 million workers will be receiving higher pay starting Jan. 1 as minimum wage increases kick in for the New Year, according to an analysis from the left-leaning think tank Economic Policy Institute. The EPI analyzed data from the Current Population… Read More »
Competition in commercial health insurance markets is shrinking for half the country. That’s the word from the American Medical Association‘s “Competition in Health Insurance: A Comprehensive Study of U.S. Markets” report. The findings showed half of all states had commercial health insurance markets that were less competitive in 2017 than in 2016. The report offers… Read More »
What is an autism-friendly city and how does one go about declaring an entire city to be autism-friendly? Thursday night, October 25 at 9 pm Eastern/6 pm Pacific, on our weekly Mental Health Social Interest Group call, my guest is Dr. Linda Barboa. Dr. Barboa is Co-founder of Stars 4 Autism, author of more than… Read More »