Health insurance companies are calling on Congress to provide more funding to help people keep coverage, citing the more than 44 million who have filed for unemployment since the coronavirus crisis started.

From nursing homes in New York and a landfill in Utah to Disney World and the Las Vegas Strip, employers are wrestling with workplace safety in the age of COVID-19 and making fraught calculations about how to safeguard their businesses and their employees.

The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury jointly released additional frequently asked questions (“FAQs”) regarding implementation of the health coverage provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”);

HHS on Friday announced plans to send an additional $3 billion in provider COVID-19 relief grants to safety-net hospitals that were left out of a prior funding tranche, and will give $1 billion to an assortment of rural and smaller hospitals.

CMS Administrator Seema Verma: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services needs help from Congress to make temporary flexibilities permanent.

High Deductible Health Plans (HDHP) are causing some individuals to avoid seeking medical treatment because they cannot afford the out-of-pocket expenses, some experts suggest. The implication of this position is employers should only offer higher premium, traditional PPO style plans.