Word: medicale
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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But the union drive has its 17-year-old roots in issues, and the rallying points of the early seventies--child care, pensions, medical benefits, pay equity and salaries--are still drawing support staff to the union today.
Medical Benefits
Indeed, benefits are an issue that electrifies virtually all support staff. Ninety percent of the workers interviewed said they need better medical benefits; their main demand was that Harvard pay the full cost of health insurance premiums.
All of the workers who are dissatisfied with the medical plan say it ranks below the Yale benefit plan. Medical coverage available to employees at Yale and Harvard is equivalent. Yet Yale pays 100 percent of the premium on the in-house health plan, or spends the same dollar amount...
A consideration of equal importance in life-and-death decisions has to be the patient's quality of life. Will a few more hours, days, or even months of mere existence in either pain or complete unconsciousness really add to the life of the patient or his family? Some may...