Tag: temporary disability

Close up of an arm in a cast next to a doctor holding a bottle of pills

It reduces Social Security applications and new beneficiaries. Enthusiasm seems to be running high for Family and Medical Leave programs.  My views are mixed: as a human I can see some benefit; as a person trying to run a small organization, extended leaves are just annoying.  Some critics have a more specific concern – namely,…

Autism Syndrome Person

Women receive less medical care for their health problems than men with the same conditions, research shows. And doctors are more likely to tell women their symptoms are emotional rather than physical. Differential treatment for men and women also exists in another corner of the healthcare system: workers’ compensation claims. Women injured on the job…