New England Compounding Center confirms job cuts have begun at company linked to deadly meningitis outbreak – Reuters

“The pharmacy company linked to the deadly meningitis outbreak has cut more than half of its workforce, affecting about 40 employees, according to people familiar with the situation”

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/12/usa-health-necc-meningitis-jobs…

 

Women fed up with their jobs ‘more likely to turn to comfort eating’

A fifth of women surveyed were found to suffer from work burnout
Such women were also more prone to ‘uncontrolled’ eating

Women who are fed up with their jobs are more likely to turn to food for comfort in times of stress, according to a Finnish study.

The study, reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found  women who reported work burnout were more likely to develop an ‘emotional’ eating habit. This [...]

The U.S. health care system is costing jobs

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Toyota, Moving Northward – New York Times

“…But education is only one reason Toyota chose Ontario. Canada’s other big selling point is its national health insurance system, which saves auto manufactur­­ers large sums in benefit payments compared with their costs in the United States.

You might be tempted to say that Canadian taxpayers are, in effect, subsidizin­­g Toyota’s move by paying for health coverage. But that’s not right, even aside from the [...]

FLASHBACK: Pelosi vows health care reform will create 400,000 ‘almost immediately’

Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the health summit: “It’s about jobs. In it’s life, it [the health bill] will create 4 million jobs — 400,000 jobs almost immediately.” Source

CBO Director Confirms the Health Law Causes a Reduction of 800,000 Workers

Testifying today before the House Budget Committee, Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Doug Elmendorf confirmed that the health care law will reduce the number of jobs in the labor market. The Budget and Economic Outlook released by CBO in August projected a 0.5 percent reduction in the labor market as a direct result of the health care law. Director Elmendorf responded in the affirmative when [...]