Author: Scott Welch
When California voters legalized recreational marijuana use in 2016, workplace regulations were left in the hands of employers. A new bill proposed by Assembly Member Bill Quirk, D-Hayward, would change that.AB2188 would prevent employers from penalizing workers who use cannabis outside of work hours. Employees could still be fired for being impaired while on the ...
Hearing aids are too expensive, too clunky and too hard to get, which means many Americans go without devices that would substantially improve their quality of life. That is why the Food and Drug Administration’s Tuesday announcement that it is finally shaking up the hearing aid market is such a big deal. The FDA finalized a rule ...
Strong opposition from the California Chamber of Commerce helped to secure amendments that removed some of the most onerous aspects of two job killer bills last week. As a result of these changes, the CalChamber has removed the job killer tag from SB 1044 (Durazo; D-Los Angeles) and SB 1162 (Limón; D-Goleta). While numerous harmful ...
President Joe Biden signed into law a sweeping health, climate and tax bill Tuesday that includes funding for drought-plagued states like Nevada, measures to lower prescription drug prices for seniors and tax credits to bolster solar and other clean energy.
COVID-19 in Clark County and the entire state has plummeted to low levels, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as hospitalizations and reported new cases declined for the sixth straight week.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is shaking up operations to get out data faster and move more nimbly to respond to emerging outbreaks, according to a report from the Associated Press. The new initiative, announced Wednesday in an internal message, comes as the agency has faced criticism for a slow response to ...
A dramatic pickup in the pace of change for payers in the last year has created new priorities for health plan leaders, a new survey has found. The survey, conducted by payment integrity solution HealthEdge, reached more than 300 health plan leaders. Common themes, per a report of the survey results, included the move to ...
President Biden on Tuesday signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, an ambitious measure that aims to tamp down on inflation, lower prescription drug prices, tackle climate change, reduce the deficit and impose a minimum tax on profits of the largest corporations.
Now that the approximately $700-billion package is set to become law, what will it mean for you? Here’s a look at how the bill’s provisions could impact Californians.
US employers expect health benefit cost per employee to rise 5.6% on average in 2023, according to early results from Mercer’s National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans 2022, which launched June 22 this year and remains open.