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  2. Sick leave in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States federal government requires unpaid leave for serious illnesses, but does not require that employees have access to paid sick leave to address their own short-term illnesses or the short-term illness of a family member. However, a number of states and localities do require some or all employers to provide paid sick leave to ...

  3. Medical certificate - Wikipedia

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    It can serve as a sick note (UK: fit note) (documentation that an employee is unfit for work) or evidence of a health condition. [4] A medical certificate can also be obtained online through telemedicine platforms, such as MedBond , which offer authentic medical certificates.

  4. United States Department of Health and Human Services

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    In the latest Center for Effective Government analysis of 15 federal agencies which receive the most Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests published in 2015 (using 2012 and 2013 data, the most recent years available), the DHHS ranked second to last, earning an F by scoring 57 out of a possible 100 points, largely due to a low score on its ...

  5. Self-funded health care - Wikipedia

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    Stop-loss insurance is a form of reinsurance that insures self-funded plans and their assets. Due to the limited assets at the disposal of an average employer as compared to an insurance company, an employer could easily bankrupt itself if its employees incur a large number of high-dollar claims and the employer is unable to fund them all. This ...

  6. Sick leave - Wikipedia

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    Sick leave (or paid sick days or sick pay) is paid time off from work that workers can use to stay home to address their health needs without losing pay. It differs from paid vacation time or time off work to deal with personal matters, because sick leave is intended for health-related purposes.

  7. The ‘age of selfishness’ is making us sick, single, and ...

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    Self-centeredness has been studied for centuries, with times of crisis known to pre-dispose us to selfish actions. The ‘age of selfishness’ is making us sick, single, and miserable.

  8. National health insurance - Wikipedia

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    Germany has the world's oldest national social health insurance system, [1] with origins dating back to Otto von Bismarck's Sickness Insurance Law of 1883. [2] [3] In Britain, the National Insurance Act 1911 included national social health insurance for primary care (not specialist or hospital care), initially for about one-third of the population—employed working class wage earners, but not ...

  9. History of health care reform in the United States - Wikipedia

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    After the American Civil War, the federal government established the first system of medical care in the South, known as the Freedmen's Bureau. The government constructed 40 hospitals, employed over 120 physicians, and treated well over one million sick and dying former slaves. The hospitals were short-lived, lasting from 1865 to 1870.