| DOL Releases Emergency Guidance Regarding COVID-19 in the Workplace |
| While the emergency rule primarily focuses on healthcare workers, the rule also includes a carve-out for certain workplaces where all workers are fully vaccinated and people who may have COVID-19 are barred… Read More |
| NAHU Submits Letter to Senate Finance Committee on Lowering Prescription-Drug Costs |
| In our comments, we highlighted some recent proposals to lower drug costs and noted how they may result in cost-shifting from Medicare to employer market, in addition to recommending some solutions that we believe could lower drug costs for all consumers… Read More |
| Supreme Court Issues Decision in Highly Anticipated ACA Case |
| So what does this week’s decision mean? The Supreme Court found that the plaintiffs had not suffered a harm by the enforcement of the individual mandate under the ACA, even though the mandate penalty was effectively zeroed out under a 2017 budget bill. With this ruling… Read More |
| Observation-Status Bill Introduced in the Senate; HHS Secretary Acknowledges Issue |
| In a House Education and Labor Committee hearing earlier this week, Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT), who is co-sponsoring H.R. 3650, asked HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra about the observation-status issue… Read More |
| State Spotlight: Connecticut Ends Legislative Session without a Public Option or Health Insurance Tax |
| “Although we see there is a need to expand access to affordable healthcare, the proposed tax on health insurance coverage is not the way to achieve it,” a statement from our Connecticut chapter read… Read More |