NAHU Washington Update 6/18/2021

NAHU Washington Update 6/18/2021

 

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