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Insurance benefits are drawing actors back to the industry

January 16, 2017January 19, 2017 Julie Campbell

Mayim Bialik YouTube actor insurance benefits

Mayim Bialik, Ian Ziering and other celebrities are returning to acting for the coverage it provides. Over the last few years, actors that had been out of the spotlight for some time have been returning with insurance benefits as their motivator. Stars that had made big names for themselves but that had moved on to other things are stepping back on set to cover their families. The Big Bang Theory actress, Mayim Bialik recently made a YouTube video in which she discussed her return. Bialik had been a child star…

Are teacher insurance benefits expenses making the job cost prohibitive?

June 2, 2015May 30, 2015 H. Cutner

The latest increases for educators in Alabama have people wondering if the position will lose its appeal. Budget struggles in Alabama will likely be sending the out of pocket expenses for teacher insurance benefits upward, yet again, and while it may not have been as dramatic as some had predicted, it is still an added cost and there are worries with regards to the impact that this could have on the profession of the educator. The issue is that teachers will be paying higher insurance rates for their coverage which…

Insurance benefits for early retirees causes stress to the Tucson system

March 5, 2014March 3, 2014 G. Turner

City employees have been enjoying having the government pick up the tab, but it is an expensive one. In Tucson, Arizona, as is the case in many cities across the country, when workers retire before the point that they are eligible for Medicare – at the age of 65 years – they are able to avoid the cost faced by most private sector employees, in which they would have to bear the cost of their own health insurance plans during the span between retirement and Medicare eligibility. Last year, the…

Health care reform is causing public sector shift cuts

February 24, 2014February 22, 2014 Julie Campbell

In order to bypass the requirements of the insurance law, workers are becoming part time employees. According to local and state officials across the country, public employees are finding their hours cut back and limited to that of part time workers when they had previously been working full time, as their employers are trying to skirt the health care reform requirement to provide them with insurance. This has been the case in public schools, community colleges, cities, and counties. The public sector is an area that has yet to experience…

Disability insurance fraud in New York City could reach $400 million

January 14, 2014January 12, 2014 Julie Campbell

Fraudsters in the city have been found to have been scamming the system for decades. Last week, more than 100 former employees of New York City were charged with disability insurance fraud after having allegedly faked psychological issues in order to be able to collect their benefits. According to prosecutors on the case, the total that NYC has experienced in fake claims could reach $400 million. This total dates back over many years, to 1988. The prosecutors say that since that time there have been about $400 million in disability…