Vegas-Area Teacher Health Trust Reports Claims Fund Shortage

A health insurance trust providing medical coverage to about 34,000 Clark County teachers and their dependents is telling medical providers it doesn't have funds to cover claims made prior to July, a newspaper reported.

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Wildfire Smoke Leads To Worst Air Quality On Record In Nevada Counties

Wildfires continuing to spread across California have pushed smoke across to neighboring states, with several Nevada counties reporting their worst air quality index (AQI) levels on record this week.

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Special COBRA Notice Deadline For Employers Approaching Fast

The deadline to send a new COBRA notice required under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) is approaching quickly. Employers and COBRA administrators will need to send those notices no later than September 15, 2021, to satisfy that obligation. Under ARPA, certain COBRA qualified beneficiaries are entitled to subsidized COBRA coverage through September ...

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California Strikes Down California’s “Gig Worker” Proposition 22

An Alameda County Superior Court judge on Friday struck down Proposition 22, the 2020 voter-approved initiative that allows ride-hailing companies to classify their drivers as independent contractors. In a 12-page ruling, Judge Frank Roesch wrote that a provision of the tech industry-backed law illegally infringes on the Legislature’s constitutional authority to decide which workers must be ...

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Democratic Lawmakers Drop Idea For A California Statewide Vaccine Mandate

Democratic lawmakers have dropped a controversial proposal to mandate vaccines in the state, a move that would have been challenging to pass in the final weeks of the legislative session and was already providing fodder for the upcoming recall election.

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Survey: Quarter Of Couples Who Married In 2020 Did So For Health Insurance

Of the estimated 1.3 million couples who were married in the U.S. in 2020, 26% said they did so because either they or their partner needed health insurance, according to a new survey from AffordableHealthInsurance.com.

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