California Summer Fun Collides With Coronavirus Danger as Hospitalizations, New Cases Keep Rising

The California tradition of summer fun — barbecues, garden parties, group excursions to beaches and mountains — is colliding with the state’s desperate efforts to prevent new surges of coronavirus cases as the economy opens up and people begin freeing themselves from months of stay-at-home rules.

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Small Businesses Could Receive Second PPP Loan Under New Proposal

Small businesses still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic and the related economic lockdown could receive a second loan through the Paycheck Protection Program under new legislation introduced by a group of Democratic lawmakers.

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With California’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Rising, Gavin Newsom Says Mask Order Isn’t Optional

California is seeing a growing number of COVID-19-related hospitalizations and intensive care unit cases, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday, making it all the more necessary that people follow his mandatory mask order in public.

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Treasury and SBA Agree to Disclose Details About Many Small Business Loan Recipients

The U.S. Small Business Administration and Treasury Department announced Friday that they would release a data set showing which businesses received many taxpayer-funded Paycheck Protection Program loans, walking back an earlier stance that all of the business names would remain hidden because the Trump administration considered them proprietary.

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Appeals Court Says Trump Administration Can’t Force Drugmakers to Disclose Prices

A federal appeals court ruled against the Trump administration on Wednesday, finding that it does not have the legal authority to mandate that drug manufacturers display the prices of their medicines in television advertisements.

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Pandemic Forced Insurers To Pay For In-Home Treatments. Will They Disappear?

After seven days as an inpatient for complications related to heart problems, Glenn Shanoski was initially hesitant when doctors suggested in early April that he could cut his hospital stay short and recover at home — with high-tech 24-hour monitoring and daily visits from medical teams.

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Moody’s: US Healthcare System Rebounds From COVID-19 in May, But a Bumpy Road Lies Ahead

Large sections of the healthcare sector all but shut down during the spring as the coronavirus led to nationwide shelter-in-place orders. However, as states and municipalities slowly reopen, so are the doors for hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, clinics and other integral components of healthcare delivery.

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Bipartisan Bills Aim To Prevent Price Gouging For Taxpayer-Funded COVID-19 Drugs

Two new bipartisan bills aim to prevent price gouging for taxpayer-funded treatments and vaccines for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

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How Unemployment Will Impact the Way We Access Health Insurance

The economic impact of job losses relating to COVID-19 will create a dramatic shift in how individuals access health insurance.

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Insurers Should Prepare For ‘Volatile’ Individual Market Due To COVID-19 Pandemic: Study

The individual market next year is likely to be volatile due to the COVID-19 pandemic as new enrollees could cause adverse selection, a new report said.

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