Word: paperworkers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...mountain. That's not widely understood. Even less appreciated is the Federal Government's role as the sole underwriter of flood insurance since 1969. Almost any agent can offer the coverage on behalf of the government, but the agent gets only a handling fee that barely covers the paperwork. Insurers make money by collecting premiums and investing--not by shuffling paper for Uncle Sam. Without a financial motive, even the most thorough agents may view flood coverage as a bother, especially in low-risk areas...
...nearly half of a $10,000 distribution. But if a 30-year-old rolls that money over and cashes out at age 60, the account would total some $97,000 before taxes, and the worker would take home a good $60,000. Now that's worth a little paperwork...
...they would have. Luckily, the Registrar said yesterday that the fee would be waived. What's more, students are not going to have to present paperwork to claim the waiver. The Registrar is going to take students' word for it if they say they were late registering because of the storm...
...consumer side, the National Committee on Quality Assurance found that 26.5 percent of patients reported having trouble getting needed care and nearly half said they experienced problems with paperwork and customer service lines. This should come as no surprise, says TIME science and health contributor Fred Golden. "This is what managed care is all about: parceling less care to more people." In such a system doctors will not be able to do all that they want and patients will not be able to obtain all that they seek. "When doctors were in control," says TIME medical columnist Christine Gorman, "costs...
...quell worries like this, the A.M.A. has pre-emptively renounced its right to strike. It is even shying away from using the word union, preferring the squishier "national negotiating organization." The group says it will rely on tamer job actions like "slowing a bit on completing paperwork" required by HMOs. Yet representatives of other doctors' unions, such as the Union of American Physicians and Dentists, claim the A.M.A. is making a mistake by voluntarily giving up its most important bargaining tool...