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Feb 4, 2015 |
Vicki Shabo, vice president at the National Partnership for Women & Families, told Bloomberg BNA Jan. 23 that the organization opposes the bill because it offers workers a “false choice” between pay and leave time. “Workers need the wages to support their families and they need the time to care for themselves and their loved ones,” she said.
Feb 4, 2015 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Feb 3, 2015 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Feb 3, 2015 |
Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Feb 2, 2015 |
National Partnership for Women & Families President Debra Ness in a statement said the draft is a “very welcome, very promising and very smart next step” toward achieving interoperability.
Jan 30, 2015 |
Debra L. Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, also praised the roadmap, calling it a “very welcome, very promising, and very smart next step.”
Jan 30, 2015 |
National Partnership for Women & Families President Debra Ness in a statement said the draft is a “very welcome, very promising and very smart next step” toward achieving interoperability.
Jan 30, 2015 |
“We are especially pleased that the new roadmap focuses on interoperability not just among providers, but also patients and their family caregivers, recognizing them as equal partners in the continuum of care,” Debra Ness, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, said in a statement.
Jan 30, 2015 |
Debra L. Ness, president, National Partnership for Women & Families, also applauded the draft roadmap. It’s “a very welcome, very promising and very smart next step in the effort to create a health IT system that will make healthcare more patient- and family-centered in this country. We are especially pleased that the new roadmap focuses on interoperability not just among providers, but also patients and their family caregivers, recognizing them as equal partners in the continuum of care and in electronic access to and use of health information.”
Jan 30, 2015 |
In New Jersey, in the year after giving birth, women who take paid leave have been about 40 percent less likely to receive public aid or food stamps, a Rutgers study commissioned by the National Partnership for Women and Families found.
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