Why Prescription Drugs Aren’t Part of Obamacare Morning Consult After six years, the Affordable Care Act has extended health care coverage to millions of people. But affordability problems remain, most […]
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Health Headlines for Thursday, March 24
One of New York’s largest health insurers on verge of expansion Albany Business Review One of New York’s largest health insurers, which has doubled its Albany workforce to more than […]
Health Headlines for Wednesday, March 23
Justices Divided Over Health Law Birth Control Plan New York Times The Supreme Court seems deeply divided over the arrangement devised by the Obama administration to spare faith-based groups from […]
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Coverage of Albany and New York State government – March 18, 2016 What’s Inside State Budget Update Governor Announces Plan to Combat Zika Virus Governor Announces Photonics Companies Moving to […]
JCOPE Names New Executive Director
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) announced today that it has appointed Seth Agata to serve as its Executive Director after a lengthy search. From JCOPE’s press release: Mr. […]
Health Headlines for Tuesday, March 22
More medical marijuana companies, broader access, information about doctors, among proposed tweaks Albany Business Review The slow progress is because the law enacted by the legislature and the regulations implemented […]
JCOPE to Meet — Tuesday, March 22nd
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE), the state’s ethics and lobbying regulator, holds its next meeting tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. The meeting agenda is here. Unfortunately, it does not […]
Health Headlines for Friday, March 18
Zucker issues exemptions to e-prescribing mandate Capital New York State health commissioner Howard Zucker issued a blanket waiver for the state’s new e-prescribing law, allaying some concerns that the software […]
Health Headlines for Thursday, March 17
Cuomo scoffs at Health Republic bailout Democrat and Chronicle Gov. Andrew Cuomo offered little sympathy to health insurers and hospitals looking for a bailout after the demise of Health Republic […]
Court Rejects Effort to Close ‘LLC Loophole’
A state judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the way that the state Board of Elections (SBOE) treats limited liability companies (LLCs). Under a 1996 opinion, the SBOE determined that […]