The Biden administration rewarded private insurers with an 8.5% hike in Medicare Advantage payments in April, despite new evidence that these companies profiteered at Medicare’s expense during the first year of the pandemic. While 2020 may have been a bad year for Americans, it was a great one for America’s […]
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Viewpoints: Why Did Florida Stop CDC Survey Assessing Teen Health?; It’s Past Time For Paid Sick Leave
Editorial writers weigh in on these public health topics. Tampa Bay Times: Florida Spurns Youth Survey Without adequate justification, Florida officials have made a poorly timed decision to pull out of a wide-ranging national survey measuring health and behavior risks among the state’s teenagers. The survey polls high school students […]
New Employment Laws in Maryland – Paid Family and Medical Leave, Expanded Definition of Harassment, Disability Accommodations and More (and a Webinar!)
The Maryland General Assembly’s 2022 session ended at midnight on Monday, April 11. There were a number of bills passed of significance to employers, including the creation of a paid family leave program, an expanded definition of illegal harassment, an extension of the statute of limitations for employment discrimination and […]