COVID: Nearly Half of California Adults Have Received a Vaccine Shot

Nearly half of Californians 18 and older have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot, an encouraging metric as some experts watch with concern spiking case rates in Michigan, New Jersey and elsewhere in the country.

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Healthcare Reform Sees Growing Support From Employers

As businesses look to get back to normal in a post-pandemic world, they’re eager to make changes to help them better support and deliver healthcare to their employees.

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California Lifts COVID-19 Limits On Indoor Worship Services

California on Monday lifted its limits on indoor worship services in the face of U.S. Supreme Court rulings that struck down the coronavirus public health mandates. However, the state Department of Public Health guidelines still said indoor gatherings were “strongly discouraged” and advised limiting the numbers to 25% of a building’s capacity for the two-highest ...

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3 Major Health Items Included In Biden’s Budget Request

President Joe Biden proposed an ambitious budget for the next federal fiscal year that includes more money for fighting the opioid epidemic, bolstering public health and several other healthcare items. The budget request to Congress, released Friday, acts as essentially a wish list of priorities for the administration for the next year. It is doubtful ...

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Health Care Legislation Drives HSA Adoption

The IRS isn’t the most nimble of organizations, and it would be a stretch to say that health benefits organizations savor oversight. However, what we have seen recently from the IRS (and Congress) is a dedicated and purposeful movement to expand health savings options.

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Orange County Hospital Seeks Divorce From Large Catholic Health System

In early 2013, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Orange County, California, joined with St. Joseph Health, a local Catholic hospital chain, amid enthusiastic promises that their affiliation would broaden access to care and improve the health of residents across the community. Eight years later, Hoag says this vision of achieving “population health” is dead, and it wants ...

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Covered California IFP Re-Opens Enrollment for Health Insurance Coverage

California on Monday re-opened enrollment for its state health insurance exchange, hoping more people will buy coverage now that the federal government is offering new assistance that could lower monthly premiums by $1,000 or more in some cases. Normally, people can only buy health insurance through the state exchange — known as Covered California — once ...

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MetLife Research Shows Generational Disparity On Which Benefits Matter Most

Baby boomers and their younger colleagues disagree on how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted their work-life balance. Fifty-one percent of millennial and Gen Z workers say their work-life balance is better now than before the pandemic, while only one-quarter of baby boomers say the same, according to MetLife’s 19th annual employee benefit trends study. Employees ...

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As Employees Catch Up on Their Delayed Health Care Needs, Claims Could Surge

At the height of the pandemic, employee health care claims dropped steeply when people avoided visiting doctors' offices. Now as coronavirus vaccinations are widely available, Americans are expected to seek long-delayed care.

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U.S. Urges Pause On Use Of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine After Rare Blood Clotting Cases

Federal authorities on Tuesday recommended that states stop using Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine while an investigation is conducted into six serious cases of clotting problems — one of which was fatal — that were reported among women who received the vaccine. The blood clots are similar to those reported by several European countries after use ...

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