The report was written by Matt Broaddus, senior research analyst in the Health Division, and Aviva Aron-Dine, vice president for health policy:. The Census Bureau today advised against using data from the other survey it released, the Current Population Survey, to look at health insurance changes for 2019.. Reduced response rates, especially among lower-income…
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Don Beyer, D- Virginia, issued the following statement on Sept. 28:. Don Beyer, who serves on the House Committee on Ways and Means and its subcommittee with jurisdiction over taxation, issued the following statement today on New York Times reporting that Donald Trump avoided paying income tax for 10 years and paid only $750 in the year of his election and the first…
On September 18, 2020, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away at the age of 87, vacating a Supreme Court seat she held for 27 years. Prior to the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016, the last Supreme Court vacancy that occurred during a presidential election year happened in 1968, when Chief Justice Earl Warren submitted a resignation letter less…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency has issued the following news release:. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency announced that four new members were selected for the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors. Nicole Berg, Kenneth Selzer, Scott Silveus and Pat Swanson will serve four-year terms…
Healthy US Economy Failed To Narrow Racial Gaps In 2019
—The solid growth that the United States enjoyed before the viral pandemic paralyzed the economy this spring failed to reduce racial disparities in Americans' income and wealth from 2016 through 2019, according to a Federal Reserve report Monday. The survey found that income for the typical U.S. family rose 5%, adjusted for inflation, from 2016 to 2019 to…
Enterprise and Society, a journal that says it offers a forum for research on the historical relations between businesses and their larger political, cultural, institutional, social and economic contexts, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2020 edition:. *Crop Insurance and the New Deal Roots of Agricultural…
LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 29– The University of California issued the following research brief:. The percentage of low- and middle-income families with children that had burdensome out-of-pocket health care costs fell following the 2014 implementation of the health insurance marketplaces and Medicaid expansion provisions of the Affordable Care Act,…
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story:. Michael W. Beck, research professor, and head of the Coastal Resilience Lab, University of California at Santa Cruz, discusses Engineering With Nature and his work examining how to create incentives for investing in nature and nature-based solutions for reducing flood and…
The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 28:. The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of $8 million for three projects relating to Unemployment Insurance. These projects will continue operations of the UI Integrity Center of Excellence, provide funding for the continued…
The National Council on Disability issued the following news:. A presidential executive order given Sept. 25 on protecting vulnerable newborn and infant children touches upon many themes in the bioethics and disability report series issued last year by the National Council on Disability. The National Council on Disability- an independent federal agency-…
Merle J. Bushkin, founder and CEO of MedKaz by Health Record Corp., Brownsville, Vermont, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed rule entitled “Medicare Program: Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology and Definition of Reasonable and Necessary”. The comment was written on Sept. 14, 2020, and posted on Sept. 23,…
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service today issued final regulations updating the federal income tax withholding rules for certain periodic retirement and annuity payments made after Dec. 31, 2020. This guidance specifies that the Treasury Department and the IRS will provide the rules and procedures for determining the…
NYC Health+ Hospitals today announced that its Accountable Care Organization- a group of doctors and other providers who coordinate care for patients under the Medicare Shared Savings Program- will earn $4.62 million from the federal government for reducing costs and meeting high standards of quality care for patients. “Providing high-quality, high-value…
Lindsay Watson, co-founder and CEO of Augment Therapy Inc., Chagrin Falls, Ohio, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed rule entitled “Medicare Program: CY 2021 Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program…
The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization issued the following news release:. National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization's Chief Advocacy Officer, Hannah Yang Moore, was honored to attend a briefing at the White House hosted by President Donald Trump this afternoon. The President and members of his Administration marked this event by…
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29– The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation issued the following news release on Sept. 28:. The report finds that President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden have very different approaches to technology and innovation policy–Trump focusing more on reducing government barriers in the economy, and Biden…
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and a group of Western Democratic senators sent a letter to President Donald Trump asking him to provide additional federal assistance to improve the response to wildfires and assist the states, Tribes, and communities grappling with fires and their aftermath. Ensure FEMA is responsive to Governors' and Tribal leaders'…
Keith F. Safian, CEO advisor at Safian& Co. LLC, Armonk, New York, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed rule entitled “Medicare Program: CY 2021 Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; etc.”
The American Subcontractors Association issued the following news release:. ASA is excited to announce a newly formed collaboration with COMPASS, powered by Bespoke Metrics. COMPASS is a suite of construction software, focused on preconstruction, which aims to provide a comprehensive solution to the ever-increasing demand for data and risk management…
