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Employees whose jobs do not offer paid leave to care for sick family and children may face “serious morale problems on how to cope with financial issues,” said Robert J. Blendon, director of the research program and a professor of health policy and political analysis at the School of Public Health...
...survey also found that almost half of businesses providing paid sick leave require employees to present physician notes, a proportion Blendon finds troubling...
Robert J. Blendon, a professor of health policy and political analysis at the Harvard School of Public Health and Kennedy School of Government, calls the timing of this study “terrific” in aiding the cause for universal health insurance...
...world of politics and policy, a study that comes out during the crisis of a debate that makes such a visible point on how people’s lives are lost is highly significant,” Blendon said...
Coburn, a practicing physician, disputes Blendon's analysis of his bill. "In the vast majority of cases, our credit will more than cover an employee's share of a health plan's cost, which is about a third of a plan's total cost, or $4,000," Coburn says. The plan would also aim to move people off of medicaid, giving low-income Americans subisidies to purchase their own coverage. "The people who will benefit the most are the people who need help the most - low-income families and the unemployed. If you don't have...