Lawmakers in the California Senate advanced a bill Wednesday that would raise the minimum wage for health care workers and support staffers to $25 an hour. The union-supported bill, introduced by Los Angeles Democratic Sen. Maria Elena Durazo, would require any “covered health care facility” to pay the new minimum wage to all workers on ...

There are concerns about the deal to raise the debt ceiling struck over Memorial Day weekend. One hang-up some conservatives have is the insufficient amount of provisions stipulating that individuals must engage in employment, job training, or community service to qualify for certain government-assistance programs.

Democratic lawmakers say they agreed to fine Californians without health insurance on the condition the state use that money to lower costs for residents purchasing coverage on the state exchange. They say Gov. Gavin Newsom has reneged on the deal.

The bill would require PBMs to meet new transparency requirements and would ban spread pricing in Medicaid. The (PATIENT) Act mandates that PBMs compile annual reports for employers with a slew of key information, including their drug spending, out-of-pocket costs, rebates, formulary placement and acquisition costs.

Health savings accounts (HSAs) offer a tax-advantaged way to save money to pay for certain medical expenses. Your HSA contributions are tax-deductible, so they potentially help reduce your taxable income. But contributions to your health savings account are limited each year by the IRS,

As flexibilities rolled out during the COVID-19 pandemic wind down, there will be plenty of factors at play that could impact uninsured rates in the coming years. Analysts at the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) project that while the rate will increase from current levels, it will decline over the next decade from pre-pandemic levels. They ...