On Monday, March 2, the New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority released the long-awaited "Navigant" report providing an evaluation of healthcare services in the Greater Newark area and recommendations for consolidation and reorganization of services. HPAE President Ann Twomey
From PolitickerNJ, March 3, 2015 Fourteen unions under the auspices of the New Jersey AFL-CIO announced today that they want to take Governor Chris Christie to court to compel him to make New Jersey Annual Required Contribution to the pension
From NJ Spotlight, March 3, 2015 A state-ordered report has recommended dropping inpatient services at three of the five Newark-area hospitals, turning them into ambulatory care centers. If the plan is adopted, many city residents would live farther from the
Rutgers has the money. Rutgers has raised more than $1 billion in donations and has another $700 million in unrestricted funds, so why are faculty and staff being told to accept tiny raises after years of frozen wages? What’s more,
Rutgers has the money. Rutgers has raised more than $1 billion in donations and has another $700 million in unrestricted funds, so why are faculty and staff being told to accept tiny raises after years of frozen wages? What’s more,
Rutgers has the money. Rutgers has raised more than $1 billion in donations and has another $700 million in unrestricted funds, so why are faculty and staff being told to accept tiny raises after years of frozen wages? What’s more,
From the Los Angeles Times, February 24, 2015 America’s uninsured rate plummeted last year, with the improvement driven by states that have fully implemented the Affordable Care Act, a new nationwide Gallup survey indicates. Led by Arkansas and Kentucky, which
From the Record, February 24, 2015 Rick Engler, who brought together an unlikely alliance of union groups and environmentalists to push for public access to information on dangerous chemicals used in factories in New Jersey, has been named by President
February 23, 2015 Superior Court judge Mary C. Jacobson has ruled that Governor Christie must reinstate a $1.6 billion cut he made to the state’s pension payments for the current fiscal year. HPAE and other public employee unions filed suit
From Kaiser Health News, February 23, 2015 The Obama administration has blocked health plans without hospital benefits that many large employers argued fulfilled their obligations under the Affordable Care Act. Companies with millions of workers, mainly in lower-wage industries such