Recent accomplishments: Lowenstein and the VNS Health government affairs team (working with many others) played key roles in recent New York state initiatives to support seniors and people with disabilities. These include restoring quality incentive funding for managed long term care pl...
A crucial policy question for the government is whether publicly funded insurance programs effectively improve access to care. Using 2015 and 2018 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) data, we first estimated the effect of government dental insurance for seniors on promoti...
The health, dental, life insurance benefits and vacation days are standard for government/crown employees. Vacation starts at 3 weeks a year, increases to 4 weeks a year after 8 years of service, and so on. The pay is quite generous once you move past the clerical positions. Compared to ...
In addition to unclaimed money or tax refunds, you might have money available to you in the form of old pension plans. If you or someone in your family worked for a company that provided a pension but hasn’t collected those benefits, you might still be eligible for that money. You can...