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Bill Setting Rounding Rules for Cash Transactions Advances in FL The Florida Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee advanced a bill ( SB 1074 ) that would direct retailers how to round cash transactions...
NH Bill Aimed at Banning Political Discrimination in Workplace New Hampshire Rep. Terry Roy (R) has introduced a bill ( HB 1464 ) that would prohibit employers from refusing to hire, barring from employment...
ACA Health Insurance Enrollments Down by More Than 800,000 About 830,000 fewer Americans have signed up for Affordable Care Act health insurance plans than last year, according to data from the Centers...
What a difference a year makes. In March of last year, we reported that many states were considering requiring insurers to cover popular weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Victoza....
State Lawmakers Target Data Centers State lawmakers are considering legislation to protect consumers from rising energy prices as data centers drive up demand. A bill [ HB 3546 (2025) ] passed in Oregon...
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The three largest pharmacy benefit managers—CVS Health, Cigna and UnitedHealth Group—often “steer patients toward pricier drugs, charge steep markups on what would otherwise be inexpensive medicines and extract billions of dollars in hidden fees,” according to an investigation by The New York Times. And as a result of recent mergers, the PBMs now collectively handle about 80% of prescriptions in the United States, up from less than 50% in 2012. (NEW YORK TIMES)
A federal district court ruled that the Department of Health and Human Services exceeded its authority last year when it issued guidance informing hospitals that tracking visitors to their websites violated health privacy rules. The American Hospital Association filed a lawsuit challenging the guidance in November. (POLITICO)
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) signed a bill (SB 1677) providing for workers’ compensation coverage for the treatment of firefighters and peace officers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder with MDMA, or ecstasy. But Hobbs also vetoed a bill (SB 1570) that would have authorized psychedelic-assisted therapy centers where individuals could receive treatment with psilocybin. (ARIZONA REPUBLIC, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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