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Hospitals, Doctors to Get Faster Medicare Payments During Crisis
The federal Medicare agency is expanding its advance payment program for health-care providers to ensure they have enough funds and resources to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
Trump Says Two Companies Responding to Forced Production Threat
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EPA’s Relaxed Enforcement Amid Virus Draws Mixed State Reaction
State regulators are giving mixed responses to the EPA’s relaxed enforcement on a range of environmental obligations by facilities affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump Signs $2 Trillion Virus Bill, Largest Ever U.S. Stimulus
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Virus Serves as Catalyst for Congress to Fix ‘Retail Glitch’
It took a pandemic for Congress to fix the 2017 tax law’s retail glitch, which inadvertently penalized the kinds of businesses that have been temporarily forced to close during the new coronavirus outbreak.
Workers Watching 401(k)s Tumble See Employers Squeeze Them Too
Companies are starting to suspend, defer or shrink the amount of money they match in workers’ 401(k) accounts, with
Opportunity Zones: Will Tax Break for Investors Benefit Communities Too?
The 2017 tax overhaul included incentives to invest in distressed communities. Investors benefit from tax breaks and the designated opportunity zones benefit from economic investment, but critics say already-wealthy investors don’t need these breaks.
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