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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Newsom Moves to Slash School, Health Spending — But asks Feds for a Rescue

Newsom is taking a strategic, if risky, approach by tying many state budget cuts to aid from the federal government. Will it work?

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Tax Surprise Awaits Small Businesses That Can’t Deduct Some Expenses Covered by PPP

A tax surprise could be around the corner for business owners who participate in the federal government’s forgivable loan program — unless Congress intervenes.

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1 in 3 Primary Care Doctors Fears Having to Close Practice Over Coronavirus

More than a third of primary care doctors in California surveyed this month by an Oakland foundation worried they will be forced to close their practice or clinic because of financial impacts from the coronavirus pandemic.

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