According to a January 17, 2012 article published in the New York Times, under the new health care law, if a company has just one product covered by Medicare or Medicaid, it will have to report all payments made to doctors other than its own employees. The payment information will be posted by the federal [...]
Parents of children killed in teen-related crashes joined today to mark “National Teen Driver Safety Week”, October 16-22, and to urge Congress to pass federal legislation to protect new teen drivers. Bipartisan legislation known as the STANDUP Act (Safe Teen And Novice Driver Uniform Protection Act) (H.R. 1515/ S.528) has been introduced in the House by [...]
Laws that ban texting while driving and that improve safety for teen drivers top AAA’s agenda nationwide as state legislatures convene across the country for their 2011 sessions. AAA looks to build on a relatively successful campaign of traffic safety law improvements last year. “Last year showed states’ strong commitment to traffic safety as nearly [...]
At an event marking the one-year anniversary of FocusDriven, the first national nonprofit organization dedicated to advocating for victims of distracted driving, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today reaffirmed his commitment to putting an end to the deadly epidemic of distracted driving. Joined by family members of distracted driving victims, including FocusDriven President Jennifer Smith, [...]
The following letter was sent today to Chairs and Members of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform from Alliance for Justice, Center for Justice & Democracy, Center for Medical Consumers, Consumer Watchdog, CT Center for Patient Safety, National Consumers League, Public Citizen, Texas Watch and USAction: The undersigned consumer and patient safety organizations [...]
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is encouraging CEOs of 14 major retail companies to take precautions to prevent worker injuries during Black Friday and the holiday season’s other major sales events. Toward that end, OSHA has sent a letter and fact sheet on “Crowd Management Safety Tips for Retailers” to [...]
Governor Schwarzenegger has signed legislation – AB 1597 (authored by Assemblyman Dave Jones) to maintain California’s innovative auto insurance program for low-income Californians with good driving records. The California Low Cost Auto Insurance program (CLCA) (http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0100-consumers/0060-information-guides/0010-automobile/lca/index.cfm), which was set to expire this year without AB 1597′s 5-year extension, has provided car insurance to more than [...]
Senator Janet D. Howell(D) from Senate District 32 is the chief patron sponsor of new legislation in the Virginia General Assembly that adds critical care specialists to the list of specialists who can make the determination of when a patient is brain dead. It has passed the Senate and has been referred to the Committee [...]
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act bans employers from asking employees or job candidates to take genetic tests or disclose the results of genetic tests already completed. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will assume responsibility for enforcing Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). GINA, signed into law in May 2008, prohibits [...]
In the first legislative expansion of its jurisdiction since passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on Saturday will assume responsibility for enforcing Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). GINA, signed into law in May 2008, prohibits discrimination by health insurers and [...]