IN CALIFORNIA Californians With Mental Health Issues Face Discrimination Many California residents with mental health issues report discrimination in personal relationships and in the workplace, according to a RAND Corp. study. Just 41% of those […]
Insurance Commissioner, Dave Jones, has come out against a specialty drug proposal by Covered California. Under the plan, Californians would pay up to $500 a month (per prescription) for specialty drugs needed to treat chronic […]
At the fifth anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, Senate Democrats criticized Republicans for trying to roll back progress. U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), leader of the Senate Democrats’ #ACAworks campaign, together with U.S. Senator Charles […]
The National Education Association released a report analyzing a key tax provision—the excise tax on high-cost health plans—of the Affordable Care Act. The report, produced by the actuarial firm Milliman, finds that although the excise […]
HEALTHCARE Insurers Fall Short in Mental Health Coverage Health insurance plans are falling short in coverage of mental health and substance abuse conditions according to a report by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). […]
HEALTHCARE Final Rule On Excepted Benefits The U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury published a final rule to amend the definition of benefits under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Generally, […]
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