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Tech Lobby Zeroes In on AI Bill in CA Opponents of a first-of-its-kind bill ( SB 1047 ) in California aimed at regulating major developers of artificial intelligence outnumbered supporters of the measure...
CA Nears Restricting Private-Equity Healthcare Acquisitions The California Legislature passed a bill ( AB 3129 ) that, if signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), would require the state attorney general’s...
In at least parts of the country, unions are on the upswing. After last year’s hot labor summer , The New Yorker in April declared President Biden “ the most pro-labor president since F.D...
CA Lawmakers Approve Potentially Standard-Setting AI Bill The California Legislature passed a bill ( SB 1047 ) that could become the national standard for regulating artificial intelligence. The measure...
CA Lawmakers Pass PBM Legislation California joined a nationwide movement to tighten restrictions on pharmacy benefit managers with the approval of SB 966 days before adjourning its legislative session...
Maryland’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board could soon impose price limits on up to eight drugs on state-run health insurance plans, including diabetes and weight loss medication Ozempic, ADHD medication Vyvance and asthma medication Dupixent. All of the drugs cost more than $100 a month or $30,000 a year, meeting the board’s definition of being cost prohibitive. (WYPR)
The percentage of physicians employed by hospitals and other corporate entities reached a new high of 77.6% this year, continuing its significant rise over the past decade, according to a new report commissioned by the Physicians Advocacy Institute. In 2012 the rate was 25.8%.
“Corporate entities are assuming control of physician practices and changing the face of medicine in the United States with little to no scrutiny from regulators,” Kelly Kenney, PAI’s CEO, said in a statement. (FIERCE HEALTHCARE)
The nonprofit group R.I.P. Medical Debt estimates it has eliminated over $11 billion of consumer medical debt with the support of philanthropists and city governments. But a study by a group of economists found that debt relief didn’t improve the credit scores or mental health of those whose bills were paid, or make them any less likely to forgo medical care than those whose bills weren’t paid. (NEW YORK TIMES)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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