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NH, AZ Authorize Crypto Reserves Two months after President Trump signed an executive order establishing a federal strategic bitcoin reserve and digital asset stockpile, New Hampshire and Arizona have...
FL Condo Bill Raises Insurance Concerns Florida lawmakers passed a bill ( HB 913 ) intended to provide condominium owners some relief from the high cost of bringing properties up to code, as a result...
State Lawmakers Shift from PBMs to PSAOs in Fight Against High Drug Costs For a while now state legislators have targeted pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, for contributing to the high cost of prescription...
TX Taking Tougher Stance on Social Media for Kids The Texas House passed a bill ( HB 186 ) that would ban social media accounts for anyone under the age of 18. The measure would also allow parents to...
IA Enacts Law Addressing Shortage of Birth Centers Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed a bill ( HF 887 ) exempting freestanding birth centers from having to obtain a certificate of need from the state’s...
This month the legislatures of Connecticut (SB 3) and Nevada (SB 370) have both passed and sent to their respective governors measures aimed at protecting the privacy of consumer health data, including information associated with abortion and transgender procedures.
New York’s Senate passed similar legislation (SB 158) this month, but it failed to win approval in the Assembly before it adjourned on June 8.
The three states are following in the footsteps of Washington, where Gov. Jay Inslee (D) signed a consumer health data privacy measure (HB 1155) into law in April. (PLURIBUS NEWS, STATE NET)
Over a million Americans have lost their Medicaid coverage since states began resuming their continuous eligibility checks and disenrollments, which were suspended during the pandemic. Most of the individuals dropped from the program failed to submit the required paperwork, according to federal and state data. (KFF HEALTH NEWS)
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo (R) signed a bill (SB 232) extending postpartum Medicaid coverage for new mothers for up to 12 months after giving birth. Nevada is the 35th state to extend such coverage for a full year, and five other states—Mississippi, New York, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming—are planning to do the same (PLURIBUS NEWS, NEVADA CURRENT, KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION).
Healthcare spending will grow faster than the U.S. economy over the next decade, according to actuaries at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The actuaries predict that health spending will increase by an average of 5.4 percent per year between 2022 and 2031, compared to an estimated annual GDP growth rate of 4.6 percent. (FIERCE HEALTHCARE)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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