Obama Planning to Require Paid Sick Leave for Contractors – Bloomberg Business
“An executive order that requires contractors to provide paid sick days is a substantial step in the right direction,” Vicki Shabo, vice president of the National Partnership for Women and Families, said in a phone interview.
Fight Over Planned Parenthood Funding Is Far From Over – U.S. News & World Report
“It would absolutely catastrophic for women’s health – that’s not an overstatement,” says Sarah Lipton-Lubet, the director of reproductive health programs at the National Partnership for Women and Families, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that focuses on access to health care and reproductive rights. “There’s nothing about this legislation that’s actually about protecting or enhancing or even maintaining health care services for women,” she says. “It’s about playing politics with women’s health.”
Key Senate Dem pushes case for paid sick leave – The Hill
But Murray and outside supporters, like the National Partnership for Women and Families and YWCA USA, have said the sort of economic security provided by paid sick leave is especially helpful to low-income and minority workers.
Pa. Workers, Businesses Need a Paid Sick Leave Law – Philly.com
The National Partnership for Women and Families reports that in San Francisco, the first American city to enact sick leave legislation, more than 70 percent of employers said there was no impact on their profitability.
Lots Of Other Countries Mandate Paid Leave. Why Not The U.S.? – NPR
“Here in the U.S., while the war was going on, you had women in jobs in factories and in all kinds of jobs the men had held. But women went home” when the soldiers returned from the war, explains Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
UCLA Health System Data Breach Affects 4.5 Million Patients – Los Angeles Times
Mark Savage, a health information technology expert at the National Partnership for Women & Families, a nonprofit advocacy group in Washington, said it’s too early to assess UCLA’s digital defenses until more details are known about what the hackers did and what protections were in place.
Lots Of Other Countries Mandate Paid Leave. Why Not The U.S.? – NPR
“Here in the U.S., while the war was going on, you had women in jobs in factories and in all kinds of jobs the men had held. But women went home” when the soldiers returned from the war, explains Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership on Women and Families.
Praise for Patient-Centered Payment Models, Bundled Payments – RevCycle Intelligence
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) apparently gets a big thumbs up this week. Leading consumer advocacy group, the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF), openly praises CMS for its efforts regarding patient-centered payment models.
Medicare Plans Big Payment Changes For Knee and Hip Replacements – Los Angeles Times
“This kind of innovation is a positive and promising step toward a healthcare system that rewards value instead of volume,” said Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Lawmakers Aim to Help People Balance Work, Family – Stateline
“Families are really struggling, and part of the reason they can’t get ahead is they lack basic protections,” said Vicki Shabo of the National Partnership for Women & Families, an advocacy group in Washington, D.C. “The challenges they’re facing are not their individual problems to face — they’re not alone. These are challenges that really sweep the country.”