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Kauai County Hawaii’s top law enforcement officer may have broken more laws than she has enforced. Kauai County Prosecuting Attorney Shaylene Iseri-Carvalho broke federal law, according to the EEOC. According to published reports, Iseri-Carvalho and has also entangled the county in other lawsuits. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced a $120,000 settlement was reached […]
Continue reading …By JAY HANCOCK, KHN Staff Writer— The attraction of the 2010 health care law for insurance companies is obvious: Millions of new customers and billions in new spending. Those dollars will flow through state exchanges, online marketplaces where customers can shop for insurance. “This is the largest expansion since the Medicare program in 1965,” said […]
Continue reading …Under the Affordable Care Act, if your plan covers children, you can now add or keep your children on your health insurance policy until they turn 26 years old. What This Means for You Before the health care law, insurance companies could remove enrolled children usually at age 19, sometimes older for full-time students. Now, […]
Continue reading …A federal judge found that an Arizona state constitutional amendment controlling how employees choose a union – the so-called “secret ballot” amendment – may be preempted by the National Labor Relations Act. Whether the Arizona legislation will conflict with the NRLA will depend on how the amendment is actually used. U.S. District Court Judge Frederick […]
Continue reading …By Mary Agnes Carey, KHN Staff Writer– The Supreme Court Thursday, 28 June 2012, upheld the 2010 federal health care reform law, dismissing the challenge by states to the law’s requirement that individuals get insurance. The justices, however, did give states the right to opt out of a critical provision requiring them to expand Medicaid […]
Continue reading …By PHIL GALEWITZ and MARILYN WERBER SERAFINI, KHN Staff Writers– The Supreme Court has given states a way out of expanding their Medicaid programs under the health law, and top Republican officials in several states were quick to say they want to take that step. But governors will be under strong pressure to take the […]
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