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‘Unauthorized Alien’ Limits Among Trio of Auto Insurance Proposals Under Consideration in LA House Three auto insurance bills cleared the Louisiana House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure...
Social Media Bill Dodges Veto Override in CO Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’ (D) veto of a social media bill ( SB 86 ) survived an override attempt. The state’s Democrat-controlled Senate voted...
WA Enacts Law Keeping Medical Debt Off Credit Reports Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson (D) signed a bill ( SB 5480 ) prohibiting collection agencies from reporting unpaid medical debt to credit agencies...
In 2022, there were about 22 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births in the United States. That’s the highest rate of maternal deaths among high-income nations worldwide. That sobering statistic...
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...
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed over half a dozen bills dealing with healthcare and family support. The measures include SB 790 and SB 791, allowing home help caregivers to unionize, and SB 929, increasing pay for healthcare workers and expanding low-income residents’ access to healthcare. (MICHIGAN ADVANCE)
The Republican attorneys general of 20 states filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa aimed at overturning a Biden administration rule setting minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes. The Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Rule requires nursing homes that receive payments from Medicare or Medicaid to provide 3.48 hours of direct nursing care per resident per day. The nursing home industry says it couldn’t afford to meet that requirement, even if it could find the staff needed to do so in the midst of a national healthcare workforce shortage. (KENTUCKY LANTERN)
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) announced a pilot program to test the use of drones to deliver medical supplies to rural areas. Pennsylvania and Virginia and tribal nations in North Dakota are conducting similar programs. (PLURIBUS NEWS)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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