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Blog Post:
Most States Considering Drug Price Control Measures
Mary Peck
At least 40 states have introduced legislation in 2019 aimed at reducing the cost of prescription drugs, according to LexisNexis State Net ’s legislative tracking system. Fifteen of those states have enacted such measures.
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14 Jun 2019
Blog Post:
Independent Contractor Legislation Active in States
Mary Peck
At least 189 bills dealing with independent contractors have been introduced in state legislatures this session, according to LexisNexis State Net’s legislative tracking system . Fifty of those measures have been passed by one or both chambers of their originating legislatures, including California’s...
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28 Jun 2019
Blog Post:
States Still Attending to Medical Balance Billing
Mary Peck
When SNCJ reported in August 2017 on medical balance billing - the direct charging of patients by healthcare providers for services that aren’t fully covered at the providers’ rate by the patients’ insurance - nearly half of the states had passed legislation addressing the practice...
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9 Aug 2019
Blog Post:
Hackers Targeted WV Mobile Voting System in 2018
Mary Peck
A person or persons attempted to breach West Virginia’s mobile voting system for military and overseas voters during last year’s midterm election, state and federal officials announced last week. The attack is believed to have come from inside the United States rather than from a foreign...
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4 Oct 2019
Blog Post:
Texas, California Among Hardest Hit by Wildfires in 2018
Mary Peck
In 2018 Texas had the most wildfires of any state, 10,541 of them, and the sixth highest number of acres burned, at 569,811, according to data compiled by the Insurance Information Institute from the National Interagency Fire Center. California had the second highest number of wildfires, at 8,054, and...
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15 Nov 2019
Blog Post:
With Feds Distracted, States Will Have Much to Ponder in 2020
Mary Peck
It’s the holiday season, and if most voters are thinking about politics at all they are probably pondering more about how to get through family festivities without a major blowup over differing political philosophies than they are about next year’s legislative agendas. But rest assured...
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22 Nov 2019
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