Month: May 2021
For many people suffering from chronic illnesses, the out-of-pocket costs for medication can be exorbitant. In a bid for relief, drug manufacturers sometimes supply coupons to cover costs until the patient’s insurance kicks in. But those coupons don’t help like they used to. Some insurance companies use a copay accumulator program, which denies the use ...
More young Nevadans are expected to be able to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as early as Thursday now that the federal government has given another OK to expand shot eligibility down to age 12. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed the Pfizer-made vaccine today for children ages 12-15, two days after the Food ...
People fully vaccinated against Covid-19 do not need to wear masks or practice social distancing indoors or outdoors, except under certain circumstances, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday.
President Biden announced Monday that his administration would affirm that workers cannot turn down a "suitable" job they are offered and continue to take federal unemployment benefits.
U.S. job openings climbed to a record high in March, highlighting the growing demand for workers as more Americans are vaccinated and states reopen their economies.
A year after tackling what state finance officials projected would be a record budget shortfall, California’s government is rolling in so much money that it could be forced to give some cash back to taxpayers.
Sunday on ABC News, Fauci was asked whether it's time to start relaxing indoor masks requirements. Fauci replied, "I think so, and I think you're going to probably be seeing that as we go along, and as more people get vaccinated."
In late December 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) was signed into law. The bill’s $2.3 trillion price tag is one of the largest spending measures ever enacted in American history, and also the longest bill ever passed by Congress. The CAA contained some of the most significant COVID-19 relief since April 2020’s CARES (Coronavirus ...
A U.S. appeals court on Thursday said California’s state-run individual retirement account program for workers is not governed or preempted by the federal law on employee benefits, even if its mandatory contributions are “irritating or even burdensome” to some employers. A unanimous three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the CalSavers ...
On May 5, 2021, the Ways and Means Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives showed a rare sign of bipartisanship by unanimously passing the Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2021 – more commonly known as SECURE 2.0. The bill builds on a number of items that were included in the SECURE Act that ...