I want to thank Joy Paley, my guest contributor, for today’s post. Knowing that Joy works in the health care career
field, I requested an article explaining what impact the new Health Care legislation will have on salaries for health care workers. Thank you, Joy, for your well researched post.
By: Joy Paley, a writer on medical assistant careers for Guide To Healthcare Schools
At over 1000 pages long, it’s unlikely you’ve read through the entire Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that was signed into law in March. And while you know the bill greatly increases access to health care for millions of uninsured Americans, what about the doctors and other health care workers providing this increase in care? [click to continue…]
About the writer: This guest post was written by Garrett Driscoll from Debt Eagle. Give Garrett a visit if you need help with credit card debt, debt management, or bankruptcy.
Debt Settlement world has been under scrutiny
The debt settlement industry has been under a mountain of scrutiny as the U.S. economy continues to slump.
Consumers have been acquiring more debt as job losses rise and often turn to credit cards in order to pay the bills. Recently a flood of television, radio, and internet advertising has poured into the airwaves from debt companies that promise an easy fix for very complicated debt problems. Complaints about these companies to the BBB have grown and many consumers have gotten into serious financial trouble as a result of working with them. The New York Senator Charles Schumer is looking to change this with the 2010 “Debt Settlement Consumer Protection Act“. This act, as a part of the Obama administration’s overhaul of financial laws, should go into action on October 12, 2010. It will serve to fight predatory debt settlement companies that take advantage of this now booming market. Even though the debt industry is a magnet for bad business practices, not all debt settlement companies are predatory (Some even have triple A ratings from the BBB). There are still a good number that want to do good business and try to help their customers. Are these harsh new laws going to wipe out ethical debt companies as well? [click to continue…]