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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Business Groups Withdraw Suit Challenging Health-Price Transparency Rule

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a Texas affiliate withdrew a suit filed to block parts of a federal rule requiring insurers and employers to disclose prices they pay for healthcare services and drugs.

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Companies Move To Mandate Coronavirus Shots As FDA Grants Full Approval To Pfizer Vaccine

A growing number of companies were moving to impose vaccine requirements as the Food and Drug Administration issued full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, eliminating one of the central remaining arguments used by the vaccine-hesitant.

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Disney Reaches Deal With Unions To Require COVID-19 Vaccinations For Unionized Employees

Disney has reached a deal with its unions to require all of its unionized employees working at Walt Disney World in Florida to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by October 22, 2021. The move comes nearly a month after Disney mandated that all of its salaried and non-union hourly employees in the U.S. needed to be fully ...

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Complex Health Care Benefits Can Have Negative Impact On Employee Wellbeing, Productivity

New research reveals that consumers encounter multiple challenges when accessing health care. In turn, that complexity has a compounding effect on wellbeing and work life. Quantum Health, a leading health care navigation and care coordination company, announced the results of its latest survey by calling them “groundbreaking” and emphasizing that they illustrate how consumer knowledge ...

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