What is US Family Health Plan?November 12, 2023 – 02:03 pm
The US Family Health Plans treat TRICARE patients in six areas of the country, defined by zip codes. Care is provided through large local civilian health care networks of primary care physicians, hospitals and affiliated specialists. Patients choose a primary care physician who provides and coordinates care and referrals to specialists and hospitals. The US Family Health Plans offer an outstanding program of healthcare and wellness management built…
Family business Succession Planning ArticlesSeptember 11, 2023 – 09:51 am
Photographer: Getty Images For more than a half-century, Mr. Bartley’s Burger Cottage has been a Harvard Square institution. Six days a week, college students line up around the block for creations that include the People’s Republic of Cambridge, a hamburger topped with coleslaw and Russian dressing, and the Chris Christie, which is fortified with marinara sauce and mozzarella. General Manager Bill Bartley was born in 1960, the same year his father…
What are Family Planning?August 15, 2023 – 09:36 am
Under the Obama administration, US funding for family planning has grown significantly; in 2015, US bilateral disbursements totaled about $638 million, representing 47.5 percent of total bilateral disbursements. The increased investment has been good news for women, girls, and their families; access to contraception helps prevent millions of unintended pregnancies, reduce maternal and infant mortality, and empower girls to avoid adolescent pregnancies…
What was the Family Assistance Plan?July 27, 2023 – 10:56 am
President Richard Nixon, pictured here months after he publicly proposed his “Family Assistance Plan, ” in August 1969. Nixon himself refused to call the FAP a guaranteed annual income, saying that “a guaranteed income establishes a right [income] without any responsibilities [work] …There is no reason why one person should be taxed so another can choose to live idly.” But, despite Nixon’s rhetorical distinction, many conservatives opposed the president’s…
Importance of Succession Planning in Family businessMarch 2, 2023 – 01:04 pm
A written succession plan reassures your employees that your business - and their jobs - will continue. Images A smart small-business owner is a forward-thinker. He knows that at some point in the future there may come a time when he needs to pass the reigns of the company onto someone else, whether it s a family member or trusted employee. Succession planning is a logical step for a business owner who wants his company to keep running even when he…
What are Family Planning services?January 17, 2023 – 12:24 pm
Do you need condoms? Would you like to learn more about birth control? Have you seen your doctor this year? All of our services are private and confidential. Services pelvic and breast exams Pap smears HIV counseling and testing genetic screening options counseling Birth control supplies birth control pills Depo-Provera contraceptive patch IUDs (intra-uterine devices) spermicides (foam, jelly and film) ECP (emergency contraception pills) Insurance…
Family Succession PlanningJanuary 17, 2023 – 07:08 am
Family owned businesses are the engine of our economy, employing 60% of our workforce and contributing 64% to our total GDP (KPMG, 2013). Return on assets is greater in family businesses, averaging 6.65% more return than non-family owned businesses (University of Vermont Family Business Facts). And yet, the average lifespan of a family business is a mere 24 years (KPMG). About 70% of family owned businesses fail or are sold before being passed to…
What is the best Family Planning?January 16, 2023 – 07:47 am
Female doctors and nurses whose specialty is family planning are seven times more likely than women in the general population to use intrauterine devices (IUDs) for their own contraception, a new study suggests. Researchers surveyed about 550 female family planning providers — such as obstetricians, gynecologists, midwives and nurses — and asked whether they used contraception, and what type they used. Study authors then compared these results with…
What is Family Planning?January 13, 2023 – 06:41 am
2 March 2017: Since 1991, there has been mixed evidence as to whether using hormonal contraceptive methods increases a woman’s risk of acquiring HIV. To answer this question the World Health Organization (WHO) has continuously monitored the available evidence. In 2016, WHO commissioned an update of a 2014 systematic review of evidence to include new studies. The updated evidence was examined in December 2016 at a consultation that included a wide…
Family business and Succession PlanningDecember 26, 2022 – 06:20 pm
Succeeding with Succession Planning for a smooth succession starts with recognizing that it will be one of the most complicated transitions that a family business will experience. The family must also recognize that it is never too early to start discussing succession and that the costs of getting succession wrong will be nothing short of catastrophic for the business. These challenges mean that family members must focus strongly on succession planning…
What is Family Planning Medicaid?December 26, 2022 – 11:34 am
Family planning services and supplies have been a part of the Medicaid program since it was first established half a century ago. And over the past several decades, Medicaid has become the dominant public funding source for family planning in the United States. That should not come as a surprise, given the demographics of the population that Medicaid insures: According to unpublished tabulations of U.S. Census Bureau data, 20 percent of U.S. women…
Succession Planning for Family BusinessesJune 13, 2017 – 12:58 pm
Only 23 percent of family businesses have a robust succession plan in place, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, with 46 percent of the family businesses polled saying they are reluctant to pass the business to the next generation. The difficulties of succession planning in family businesses have come into stark relief with the high-profile case of Donald Trump. His decision to give control over his business empire to his sons Donald…
