Not exact matches
If the availability of Affordable
Care Act options has made it easier for you to hire contractors or full - time employees
without buying them
health insurance — or if you're using it for your own insurance — the
law's repeal might be a big headache.
When saying Merry Christmas has become a bad thing, when we can no longer have the peoples vote counted and respected by judges and elected officials, when
health care for aids and other associated dieses is covered, when kids in school have to be subjected to demonstrations of gay bedroom life when the mayor of NY will no longer
without reason and against the
law rent churches public buildings, when teen pregnancies up 45 percent will be paid for by us the people of the US with all the cost completely covered.
Pursuant to the President's Executive Order and Executive Branch policy, and in keeping with the Attorney General's religious liberty guidance, HHS proposes this rule to enhance the awareness and enforcement of Federal
health care conscience and associated antidiscrimination
laws, to further conscience and religious freedom, and to protect the rights of individuals and entities to abstain from certain activities related to
health care services
without discrimination or retaliation
Cuomo wants the power to shift money after the budget is approved and
without legislative consent, ostensibly in order to make it easier for the state to respond to federal
health care law changes.
Faso believes the existing
health care law should be repealed and replaced with a plan that allows for flexible spending or HSA accounts for all people — not just those who work for big companies or government; that there should be more insurance options with fewer mandates that drive up premiums but also cover catastrophic
care without crippling deductible payments; and that there should be more incentives for doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
With their bill to repeal and replace the Affordable
Care Act in tatters, U.S. Senate leaders today pushed to vote on a different measure that would repeal major parts of President Barack Obama's
health law without a replacement — but that plan appeared also to collapse.
Using a current -
law baseline measure, the state budget gap for fiscal 2018 - 19 alone was last projected by DOB at $ 4 billion, a figure the governor himself began citing recently (
without further explanation) in his recent warnings about the implications of federal
health care spending cuts.
In a setback to President Barack Obama's
health care law, a federal judge ruled that the administration is unconstitutionally spending federal money to fund the measure
without approval from Congress.
Shadow
Health Secretary Andy Burnham has said that Efford's Bill will remove «the most noxious elements of the
Health & Social
Care Act», though private members bills are usually short - and rarely become
law without government support.
If signed into
law, the bills would leave 2.7 million New Yorkers
without health insurance, and would include $ 7 billion in cuts from the
health care system.
Walker also said over the years he has heard more school administrators say they have been able to use the Act 10 collective bargaining
law to benefit school districts by saving them
health care and pension costs and thereby keeping property taxes down
without the confines of union contracts.
A provision of the ACA designed to facilitate preventative
care and which was put into effect immediately upon enactment of the
law is its coverage of certain preventative
care screenings — these procedures have been made available to all
health insurance policy holders
without charge, and
without payment of normal co-pay fees or charges.
Last week,
without any notice or warning, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (USDA - APHIS) shuttered its Animal
Care Information System, an online database of documents related to the enforcement of federal animal welfare
laws.
Without the rule of
law, citizens lose access to
health care, education and economic security.
While following the latest
health care industry reforms and rules can make even the healthiest folks queasy,
laws can help keep your personal
health information and records confidential
without giving you a headache.
This site does not provide specific legal advice and you should not use the information contained on this site to address your specific situation
without consulting with legal counsel that is well versed in
health care law and regulation.
Mr. Wasserman has represented a diverse group of
health care providers and entities including hospitals, hospital medical staffs, long - term
care facilities, physicians, physician specialty organizations, and other
health - related entities in matters of
health and hospital
law, including,
without limitation: the analysis of
health care fraud and abuse matters, JCAHO matters, reimbursement issues, tax - exempt issues, and other corporate compliance and federal and state regulatory matters.
To ensure that covered
health care providers may make disclosures of protected
health information
without individual authorization to employers when appropriate under federal and state
laws addressing work - related injuries and illnesses or workplace medical surveillance, we include a new provision in the final rule.
Uses and disclosures that would have been permitted
without individual authorization included uses and disclosures for national priority purposes such as public
health,
law enforcement, and research (see proposed § 164.510) and uses and disclosures of protected
health information, other than psychotherapy notes and research information unrelated to treatment, for purposes of treatment, payment, and
health care operations (see proposed § 164.506).
According to a number of
health care associations who commented on this topic, current practices already include adequate mechanisms for informing
law enforcement, oversight and legal counsel of possible violations
without the need for patient identifiable information; thus, the provision allowing whistleblowers to share protected
health information is unnecessary.
The July 1977 Report of the Privacy Protection Study Commission recommended that «each medical -
care provider be considered to owe a duty of confidentiality to any individual who is the subject of a medical record it maintains, and that, therefore, no medical
care provider should disclose, or be required to disclose, in individually identifiable form, any information about any such individual
without the individual's explicit authorization, unless the disclosures would be» for specifically enumerated purposes such as treatment, audit or evaluation, research, public
health, and
law enforcement.
Section 164.512 (k) of the final rule states that while individuals are in a correctional facility or in the lawful custody of a
law enforcement official, covered entities (for example, the prison's clinic) can use or disclose protected
health information about these individuals
without authorization to the correctional facility or the
law enforcement official having custody as necessary for: (1) The provision of
health care to such individuals; (2) the
health and safety of such individual or other inmates; (3) the
health and safety of the officers of employees of or others at the correctional institution; and (4) the
health and safety of such individuals and officers or other persons responsible for the transporting of inmates or their transfer from one institution or facility to another; (5)
law enforcement on the premises of the correctional institution; and (6) the administration and maintenance of the safety, security, and good order of the correctional institution.
Comment: One commenter recommended that when information from
health records is provided to authorized external users, this information should be accompanied by a statement prohibiting use of the information for other than the stated purpose; prohibiting disclosure by the recipient to any other party
without written authorization from the patient, or the patient's legal representative, unless such information is urgently needed for the patient's continuing
care or otherwise required by
law; and requiring destruction of the information after the stated need has been fulfilled.
This new provision permits covered entities to make disclosures necessary for the effective functioning of OSHA and MSHA requirements, or those of similar state
laws, by permitting a
health care provider to make disclosures
without the authorization of the individual concerning work - related injuries or illnesses or workplace medical surveillance in situations where the employer has a duty under OSHA and MSHA requirements, or under a similar state
laws, to keep records on or act on such information.
Others noted that some state
laws did not allow
health care information to be disclosed to family or friends
without consent or other authorization.
The requirement also did not apply to uses and disclosures made: pursuant to the compliance and enforcement provisions of the rule; as required by
law and permitted by the regulation
without individual authorization; by a covered
health care provider to a
health plan, when the information was requested for audit and related purposes.
Section 164.502 (g)(3)(ii) provides that the parent is not the personal representative of the minor under the rule if the minor may obtain
health care without the consent of a parent and the minor, a court, or another person authorized by
law consents to such service.
(ii) The minor may lawfully obtain such
health care service
without the consent of a parent, guardian, or other person acting in loco parentis, and the minor, a court, or another person authorized by
law consents to such
health care service; or
The first two exceptions, whereby a parent is not the personal representative for the minor and the minor can act for himself or herself under the rule, occur if the minor consents to a
health care service, and no other consent to such
health care service is required by
law, or when the minor may lawfully obtain a
health care service
without the consent of a parent, and the minor, a court, or another person authorized by
law consents to such service.
The conflicting case
law under review focused on Drady v. Canada (Minister of
Health) and Attis v. Canada (Minister of
Health), where a more direct connection between a regulator and the plaintiff was required, and Sauer v. Canada (AG), where a duty of
care was found
without a strong connection.
As of January 1, 2014, most U.S. citizens and legal residents are required by
law to have qualifying
health care coverage or pay an annual tax penalty for every month they go
without insurance.
Kim Rodgers - Weeks would be bankrupt
without former President Barack Obama's
health care law.
The percentage of U.S. adults
without health insurance rose in 2017 for the first time since former President Barack Obama's
health care law took effect.
Another reason that states adopted this
law was to ensure that those individuals with no
health insurance are also able to get immediate medical
care without having to wait to complete lengthy formalities.
Speaking of trends in medical sales: Under the new
health care law, many preventative
health care services are covered
without requiring a copay from the patient, including screenings for diabetes, cancer, STDs, HIV, and more.
Last week, over protests from thousands of Ohioans statewide, Governor John Kasich signed a budget into
law without exercising his line - item veto to strike a Targeted Restriction of Abortion Providers (TRAP) provision prohibiting transfer agreements with public hospitals, a mandatory ultrasound provision, as well as a measure designed to block funds for preventive
health care at Planned Parenthood
health centers in Ohio.
Calling the Affordable
Care Act «the greatest advance in women's
health in a generation,» Planned Parenthood said the
law will provide access to birth control and cancer screenings
without co-pays, guaranteed direct access to OB / GYN providers
without referrals, and an end to discriminatory practices against women, such as charging women higher premiums and denying coverage for «pre-existing conditions.»
In addition, a crucial provision in the
health law may soon require coverage of all FDA - approved contraceptives as preventive
care, allowing women to fully access the birth control method of their choice
without co-pays.
This provision of the
health care law is still in effect which means that birth control is still covered
without a copay.
A: This provision of the
health care law is still in effect which means that some birth control is still covered
without a copay.
With the New York State
law allowing teens to consent to confidential family planning services and reproductive
health care, we are able to provide certain services
without requiring your parents» permission.
Under California
law, minors can access reproductive
health care, obtain birth control, and receive abortion services
without parental notification or consent.
Without a president who cares about access to health care, without a leader who stands with Planned Parenthood patients, this bill would beco
Without a president who
cares about access to
health care,
without a leader who stands with Planned Parenthood patients, this bill would beco
without a leader who stands with Planned Parenthood patients, this bill would become
law.
Sparked by the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton that legalized abortion nationwide, federal and state governments have enacted
laws that allow
health care professionals and institutions to refuse to provide services related to reproductive
health without facing legal, financial or professional consequences.