Anthem Cos. and two subsidiaries lost their bid for an early win in a would-be class case accusing them of misclassifying nurses who review authorization requests as exempt from overtime protections.
Two doctors who argue they should be able to dispense patient prescriptions without a pharmacist license lost their appeal because the Texas ban doesn’t violate their rights under the state constitution.
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Flooding is the most common weather hazard globally and 83% of the damage it causes isn’t covered by insurance. A startup technology company on Thursday launched a new global flood-risk data service that its founders say will help narrow this “protection gap.”
The North Carolina employee health insurance plan’s blanket refusal to pay for gender-conforming care sought by transgender state employees or employees’ transgender dependents is being considered by the Fourth Circuit following oral arguments Wednesday.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) proposes to cancel a planned $750 million payment to the US Treasury to pay back what it borrowed during the pandemic, when the state doled out billions of dollars in jobless benefits. Business leaders and their advocates in the Legislature suggest that keeping the state in debt could threaten job growth in California and harm the private sector as they face rising compliance costs.
