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  December 19, 2022   - The majority of Americans are satisfied with their employer-sponsored health insurance and cited it as the most important benefit an employer can offer,   according   to a poll conducted by Seven Letter Insight for the Protecting Americans’ Coverage Together (PACT) campaign. The poll surveyed 2,334 individuals with employer-sponsored health plans between November 14 and November 19, 2022. Employer-sponsored health insurance was the most desired source of coverage, with 89 percent of respondents preferring health plans provided by an employer over coverage through other means, such as government plans Around three-quarters (76 percent) of employees said that the quality of their employer-sponsored plan was better than the quality of plans offered on the open market, while 83 percent thought their plan was more affordable. In addition, most respondents (95 percent) agreed that receiving coverage through employers was more convenient than lo...

  BISMARCK — Rachel Booth and her husband have tried without success for the past three years to have children. Like many couples in that situation, the Booths have turned to fertility treatment. They’ve been through two in vitro fertilization treatment cycles. Both failed. Booth and her husband have exhausted the $20,000 their health insurance provides for fertility treatment. The Fargo couple — she works as a high school teacher and her husband is a police officer — can’t afford the expensive treatment themselves. Booth testified in support of a bill that would mandate coverage for fertility treatment as well as fertility preservation for cancer patients under the North Dakota Public Employees Retirement System, or PERS. Nearly 60,000 current and retired public employees and their dependents are insured through PERS. In North Dakota, before new coverage is mandated for private insurance, it first must be tested through insurance for public employees, so passage could be a step to...

     Prominent   Wikipedia   editor Mark Bernstein has been detained in   Belarus   for editing   Wikipedia   articles about Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption of Belarus (GUBOPiK) has arrested Bernstein, according to Belarusian publication Zerkalo. The Verge reported that Bernstein's social media accounts, Wikipedia handle and place of work had been shared in GUBOPik's channel on the Telegram messaging app. A video of Bernstein's arrest was also posted, along with his photo and personal details. Bernstein is accused of "distributing fake anti-Russian information" in the photo. Bernstein is one of the top 50 editors of Russian Wikipedia. A Wikimedia Foundation spokesperson said: "The Foundation's Trust and Safety and Human Rights teams have been monitoring the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. "We are in close touch with our communities in the region to ensure their saf...

  Hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing   Ukraine   as the Russian   invasion   continues, with the vast majority heading west to Poland, Romania and Slovakia as temperatures fall below zero Celsius. So far more than 500,000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Eastern Europe, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and many recent arrivals are sheltering at temporary camps. “UNHCR is working with partners and local authorities to provide humanitarian aid and support those in need,” the UN agency added in a tweet. France has asked the European Commission to give all Ukrainians seeking refuge in the EU “temporary protection,” granting them a simplified asylum application process. The EU will vote on Thursday on France’s proposal,   the likes of which has never been enacted before. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement that Europe would “welcome with open arms those Ukrainians who have to fl...