Workers can access up to 20 weeks of combined leave, funded through a new payroll tax shared by employers and employees.
It’s about governance and whether these systems can avoid reinforcing existing inequities. States, local governments and agencies need to move to embed fairness, transparency and accountability into every stage of AI use.
Billings Clinic’s residency programs are training new doctors in the communities that need them most, countering national shortages in primary care and psychiatry.
New work rules and other reforms could help break the cycle of dependency. But to implement them, states need to move beyond a patchwork of programs that don’t talk to each other. Federal policymakers could help.
With hospitals operating on margins as low as 1 percent, new federal policy changes could undercut care access in rural communities.
The federal funding reductions and new eligibility rules will have severe consequences for those with substance use disorders and returning from incarceration. States have ways to keep many of them covered.
An NIH-funded study found deep learning tools could forecast next-day relapse risk with high accuracy, giving clinicians time to intervene.
The Living Donor Support Program will cover up to $14,000 in expenses under a statewide initiative expected to assist up to 500 people annually.
The possibility that Congress could reach a deal on ACA subsidies has thrown this year’s open enrollment period into chaos. State leaders are gaming out strategies just in case.
With some counties lacking a single dentist and Medicaid reimbursements covering less than half of costs, Alabama’s pediatric dental-care system depends on a few practitioners stretched to the breaking point.
Proposition 36 — which made certain repeat drug and theft crimes into felonies — did not allocate funding to expand treatment slots or coordinate referrals.
As demand for GLP-1 medications for weight loss surges and drug costs exceed $990 per month, state policymakers wrestle with coverage decisions and affordability concerns.
With the CDC’s dashboards and analysis paused, states are forced into DIY surveillance just as respiratory illness season begins.
Not much for now, with next year’s insurance premiums jumping far more than general inflation and tax revenues. Employers’ only hope to begin stemming these costs long term is a stronger, unified front at the state and national levels. There also could be an important role for public pensions.
The new federal rules will stress-test our systems. It’s a chance to stop rewarding routine over improvement.
Not enough instructors and limited hospital placements are throttling capacity, despite surging interest and urgent workforce needs.
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