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DOGE-Like Effort in FL Could Impact Insurance Industry The wave of housecleaning that’s swept through the federal government courtesy of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency appears...
Judge Permanently Blocks OH Social Media Access Law A federal judge issued an injunction permanently blocking an Ohio law that requires parental consent for those under the age of 16 to have a social...
State Lawmakers Target PSAOs After targeting pharmacy benefit managers for years for contributing to the high cost of prescription drugs, state lawmakers have begun setting their sights on pharmacy services...
Two years ago, California enacted first-of-its-kind legislation allowing residents to demand that data brokers delete the personal information the brokers have collected about them. Known as the California...
MN Considering Taxing Social Media Apps Minnesota’s Senate Taxes Committee heard a bill ( SB 3197 ) last week that would make the state the first in the nation to tax social media apps. The measure...
The U.S. Department of Justice and Democratic attorneys general of Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey and New York filed an antitrust lawsuit aimed at blocking UnitedHealth Group from acquiring the home health company Amedisys. UnitedHealth, the nation’s largest health insurer, acquired one of the nation’s largest home health companies, LHC Group, last year. The future of the suit is unclear with President Trump expected to replace top Justice Department officials when he takes office next year. (NEW YORK TIMES)
Eli Lilly & Co. filed a lawsuit in D.C. federal court last week claiming the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is unlawfully blocking it from changing its rebate model for the 340B prescription drug discount program to prevent hospitals and retail pharmacy chains from claiming duplicate discounts instead of passing cost savings on to patients. Johnson & Johnson filed a similar suit days earlier. (LAW360)
Michigan’s Democrat-controlled House passed a bill (HB 4224) that would eliminate work requirements for Medicaid, sending the measure to the state’s Democrat-led Senate. Republicans enacted legislation in 2018 imposing the work requirements, but a federal court struck down the law a few months after it took effect. If Democrats don’t remove the requirements, however, the U.S. Supreme Court could allow them to go back into effect. (MLIVE, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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