Study: Paid Sick Days Could Lower Healthcare Costs
November 15th, 2011A new report issued by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research found that access to paid sick days could save $1 billion each year in medical costs. Right now more than 44 million American workers don’t receive paid sick days and even more than that are not allowed to use time off to take care of sick children or family members. “Taking time off work to see a primary care doctor is common sense, but over 40 million Americans cannot do so without losing pay or their job,” said Kevin Miller, Senior Research Associate with IWPR, and an author of the report. “Americ Read more…
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