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Three Easy Summer Plant-Based Recipes With American Sweet Potatoes – Osinga Nutrition

Looking for some easy, tasty and nutritious summer meal inspo? I got you! Save this post for three fantastic recipes made with American Sweet Potatoes and share them with a friend. Read more Why did I use sweet potatoes in these recipes? Sweet potatoes are a versatile vegetable that can be incorporated into many dishes, and American sweet potatoes bring healthy nutrients and flavors to meals. Due to a shorter growing season, there is a very limited supply of sweet potatoes grown in Canada. As a result, American sweet potatoes are more readily available and Canadians can find them year-round…
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Teamsters call off strike at trucking company with KC ties after deal to keep benefits

Teamsters from Yellow Corporation announced Monday that The Central States Health and Welfare fund will extend health care benefits for workers at the trucking company, at least temporarily averting a strike, according to a press release from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Union members had planned to strike starting midnight on Sunday due to the companies’ plans to end health care and retirement benefits for workers and their families. On Friday, The Star reported a federal judge in Kansas ruled in favor of the Teamsters, saying they had a right to strike as part of their labor dispute. The Central…
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Private equity and creating and fostering a culture of health care compliance

July 20, 2023 – Private equity investment in health care can be lucrative. Yet, health care and private equity can often seem antithetical: One is driven by patient care and compliance while the other is motivated to make a quick profit. To coexist successfully (and profitably), private equity must fully appreciate all the potential compliance risks and requirements of a target health care entity before making an investment and work to implement, overhaul or update a target’s health care compliance programs once acquired. Our four-part playbook for investors new to the health care sector provides an overview of precautions, a…
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Senators propose oversight of NIL, athlete health care

RALPH D. RUSSO Associated Press A bipartisan group of senators announced Thursday they are working on a college sports bill that would create national regulations for name, image and likeness compensation for players, establish an entity to oversee the enforcement of those rules and fund long-term health care for athletes. “Our goal is to stabilize college athletics and make sure that our athletes are fairly treated,” said Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) during a conference call with reporters. Moran and Democrats Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) and Cory Booker (NJ) are proposing the College Athletes Protection & Compensation Act. It is only a discussion…
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Mobile West Shore team pairs police, mental-health workers

The province is expanding its Mobile Integrated Crisis Response teams, also known as Car programs, to nine BC communities, including the West Shore A program where specialized police officers are paired with health-care workers to respond to calls where people are experiencing a mental-health crisis is coming to the West Shore. The province announced Monday that it is spending $3 million to expand its Mobile Integrated Crisis Response teams, also known as Car programs, to nine more BC communities. The teams are already in place in 10 communities, including Victoria and Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. The West Shore RCMP team…
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BC promises $3M to expand program that partners cops with health-care providers

British Columbia is spending $3 million to expand a program that partners health-care workers with police in mobile teams to respond to mental health-related calls. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said Monday that the program aims to connect people in crisis to the appropriate services in their community, while taking pressure off stretched police resources. “Currently, police have been the default first responders for people in the event of a mental health crisis and we know that in most cases, police-only involvement is not the most appropriate response,” he said. “More importantly, having police-only involvement can help contribute to the…
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Next steps on new health care deal tops agenda for premiers

OTTAWA – The last time all of Canada’s premiers sat down around the same table, their attention was focused on getting Ottawa to pay more to fix the understaffed, hospitals, shuttered emergency rooms, surgical backlogs and health-worker shortages threatening the viability of their health systems. When they sit down in Winnipeg for their annual summer gathering this week, the attention will turn more to how to use the new money Ottawa has now promised. After two years of provincial pleading and sabre rattling for a new health care deal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau finally put new money on the table…
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