Former pharmaceutical executive Alex Azar is promising he’ll use his new role as secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to tackle the rising costs of prescription drugs, taking on the pharmaceutical industry’s promotion of expensive name-brand products.
New HHS Secretary Azar Pledges to Focus on Prescription Drug Costs
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Health Care 'Cadillac Tax' Delayed Until 2022
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President Donald Trump signed into law a two-year delay on the 40 percent excise tax on high-value health care...
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Fewer Jobs Created in 2017 Than Preceding Year
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U.S. employers created approximately 2.1 million jobs in 2017, coming up short compared with the 2.2 million jobs added...
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Video: Some Workers Would Take Drastic Steps for Immediate Pay Raise
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Many U.S. workers are willing to take extreme measures if it means getting a 10 percent annual wage bump,...
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Revised IRS Mortality Tables Will Raise Pension Costs
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The IRS has released a new set of final mortality tables for single-employer defined benefit plans, to take effect...
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IRS Issues New Withholding Tables for 2018
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The IRS has released updated income-tax withholding tables for 2018 that reflect changes made by the tax reform law...
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California Supreme Court Departs from Federal Overtime Calculations
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Although most states follow federal law in calculating overtime and other wage and hour issues, California does not. The...
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Fired day after genetic testing, following cancer treatment, employee to get trial on ADA claim
Janet L. Heins|Blog, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
By Kathleen Kapusta, J.D. Fired for insubordination one day after taking medical leave for genetic cancer testing, and after...
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