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Banking. A credit union is a member-owned nonprofit cooperative financial institution. They may offer financial services equivalent to those of commercial banks, such as share accounts ( savings accounts ), share draft accounts ( cheque accounts ), credit cards, credit, share term certificates ( certificates of deposit ), and online banking.
Banking in theUnited States. Credit unions in the United States served 100 million members, comprising 43.7% of the economically active population, in 2014. [1] [2] U.S. credit unions are not-for-profit, cooperative, tax-exempt organizations. [3] The clients of the credit unions become partners of the financial institution and their presence ...
National Nurses United (NNU) is the largest organization of registered nurses in the United States. With more than 225,000 members, it is the farthest-reaching union and professional association of registered nurses in the U.S. Founded in 2009 through the merging of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, the United American Nurses, and the Massachusetts Nurses ...
The Alliance of Health Care Unions (Alliance) is a union federation of 21 local unions representing roughly 52,000 Kaiser Permanente (KP) employees. [1] [2] The Alliance is one of two union federations that are part of the largest and longest running Labor Management Partnership in the U.S. [3] [4] [5] In 2021, more than 40,000 Alliance members ...
Universal health care. Universal health care (also called universal health coverage, universal coverage, or universal care) is a health care system in which all residents of a particular country or region are assured access to health care. It is generally organized around providing either all residents or only those who cannot afford on their ...
The Health Services Union (HSU) is a specialist health union with around 102,000 members working in the healthcare and social assistance industries across Australia.. The membership of the union includes doctors, and allied health professionals such as physiotherapists and radiographers, ambulance officers, clerical and administrative staff, managers and support staff.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ( HIPAA or the Kennedy – Kassebaum Act [1] [2]) is a United States Act of Congress enacted by the 104th United States Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton on August 21, 1996. [3] It aimed to alter the transfer of healthcare information, stipulated the guidelines ...
www.hpae.org. The Health Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE) is a health care labor union in New Jersey and Pennsylvania that represents registered nurses and other health care workers in hospitals, nursing homes, blood banks and clinics in the public and private sector. It is an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and ...