Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
User experience better on exchange websites, but more improvement needed – FierceHealthPayer
It is becoming easier for consumers to evaluate Affordable Care Act health insurance plans online, though more could be done to enhance the user experience on the exchange websites, according to a report from the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Every Office Needs a 79 Percent Clock – The Daily Best
Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, advised MTV on the policy issues and research studies relevant to the issue of gender-based pay quality. “The 79 percent number is known, but people don’t always consider the consequences. Reducing the median American income by $10,700 for women translates into 83 weeks of food, or 11 months of rent, or nine years of birth control,” she told The Daily Beast.
These Are The Best And Worst Places In The U.S. To Be A Working Mother – FastCompany
Data for these metrics was drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Child Care Aware of America, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Council for Community and Economic Research, National Partnership for Women & Families, and WalletHub’s own research.
Best Mother’s Day gift: paid maternity leave – Miami Herald Magazine
When Yalimar Panell gave birth to twin daughters, she felt sore from her Cesarean section, exhausted from running back and forth to the neonatal unit, and oddly grateful that her husband was unemployed and able to help. Yet, if it wasn’t for her employer offering 16 weeks of paid parental leave, Panell says she would have been less grateful and more frantic about the financial stress on her family.
10 inspiring moms changing the world for other moms and children – SheKnows.com
Making progress for women and families is at the heart of Vicki Shabo’s inspiration. As the vice president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, she’s doing just that as she works to create a more family-friendly and fair America.
How Our Country Fails Black Women and Girls – Elle
Black women work more than all other women, but reap fewer economic rewards. According to a December 2015 report by the National Partnership for Women and Families, a state by state analysis shows black women’s wages range from 48 to 69 cents for every dollar paid to white men.
The Pay Gap Is Costing Women $500 Billion Per Year – Mother Jones
“It is unacceptable that the wage gap has persisted, punishing the country’s women and families for decades,” wrote Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership, in a press release. “At a time when women’s wages are so critical to the economic well-being of families, the country is counting on lawmakers to work together to advance strong, fair and family friendly workplace policies that would promote equal pay.”
How the Tech Industry’s Women Problem Is Advancing Paid Family Leave – Bloomberg
Last week, Twitter became the latest tech company to announce an expanded parental leave policy, offering all new parents 20 weeks of paid time off. The tech industry seems to be leading the way among industries offering robust family leave—something most Americans don’t have access to—and it may be thanks to a counterintuitive factor: The industry’s notable lack of women.
The Gender Wage Gap Costs America’s Women Nearly $500 Billion Per Year, New Equal Pay Day Study Finds
If the Gap Were Closed, Each Woman Could Afford Food for 1.6 Years, Seven More Months of Mortgage and Utilities, or 11 More Months of Rent
Ness Praises ‘Smart, Compassionate’ Move by California Lawmakers to Expand State’s Paid Family Leave Program, Warns We Must Not Become ‘Two Nations’ When It Comes to Family Friendly Workplace Policies
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Paid parental leave: Finally coming to America? – CBS Moneywatch
“I’m optimistic that in not too long the U.S. will join the rest of the world,” said Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women and Families. “We are the only high-wealth developed country that doesn’t guarantee paid paternity leave, and one of two that doesn’t offer sick leave to workers. Of the whole world, we’re one of two countries — us and Papua New Guinea — that don’t guarantee paid leave for new moms.” Shabo cited a survey of 185 nations by the International Labour Organization.
San Francisco becomes first US city to mandate fully paid parental leave – The Guardian
Vicki Shabo, vice-president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, said the San Francisco measure could help boost momentum at the national level. “It’s great to see local leaders stepping up,” she said, noting that California’s first-of-its-kind law served as a model for other states. “There’s a growing consensus that the nation must do something to address this.”
Task force proposes Chicago employers offer 5 days of paid sick leave a year – Chicago Tribune
A report from Women Employed estimated 460,000 private-sector workers in Chicago don’t have access to paid sick days. Another report, from the National Partnership for Women & Families, put the number at 2.1 million people in Illinois.
New York state budget: wage hike, tax cut, paid family leave – Associated Press/Newsday
“This is history in the making,” said Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, who estimated that 6.4 million workers in the state who are currently without an employee-sponsored paid family leave benefit.
‘History in the Making’ as New York Lawmakers Agree to What Will Be the Nation’s Fourth and Strongest Statewide Paid Family Leave Program
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Shaping Health Policy for Millions, and Still Treating Some on the Side – New York Times
Consumer advocates like Debra L. Ness, the president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, see Dr. Conway as a kindred spirit who understands what is important to patients. “He has the experience of being a clinician, a direct provider of health care services, but also has an incredible grasp of the administrative and policy aspects of health care,” Ms. Ness said.
Is your doctor giving you accurate information? Not in Pa. – Philadelphia Inquirer
The National Partnership for Women and Families was very interested in our research as it relates to their“Bad Medicine”project that examines other areas of medicine where politicians have inserted themselves into the patient-doctor relationship.
Improve Information on Women’s Preventive, Reproductive Health Care in the ACA’s Summary of Benefits and Coverage, Women’s Health Group Urges
Noting that the existing Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) template is incomplete in critical ways, the National Partnership for Women & Families filed comments with the Office of Management and Budget today offering recommendations to improve it. Problems...
Testimony of Mark Savage: Opportunities and Challenges in Advancing Health Information Technology (March 22, 2016)
The National Partnership’s Director of Health Information Technology Policy and Programs Mark Savage’s testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Information Technology and Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits, and Administrative Rules
