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2023 forecast: Employers who self-insure face new responsibilities and opportunities

Fierce Healthcare

2023 forecast: Employers who self-insure face new responsibilities and opportunities. Wed, 12/14/2022 - 08:56.

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Our New Remote Workplace Culture Creates Opportunities for Disabled Employees

Bill of Health

While the COVID-19 pandemic has taken an enormous toll on the nation, it has also opened an unprecedented opportunity to transform our workplaces and offer greater flexibility for employees with and without disabilities. Employers also welcome remote work as an opportunity to “ access new pools of talent with fewer locational constraints.”.

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Injustice Anywhere: The Need to Decouple Disability and Productivity

Bill of Health

Before any meaningful movement can be made when it comes to the employment of people with disabilities — whether in the form of workplace accommodations, flexible work settings, recruitment practices, or limitations on earnings — the underlying assumption about the value of their presence in the workforce needs to change.

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Eight Opportunities to Use the Law to Address Social Determinants of Health

Bill of Health

From that work we identified and published 84 opportunities for US drug policy reform at the federal, state, and local levels across four domains: drug policing, harm reduction, social determinants of health, and health care. It ultimately provides a tool to address these misalignments directly. Code § 32) by making the tax credit monthly.

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ICHRA is having a moment. VCs are taking notice and looking to invest in the emerging space

Fierce Healthcare

Venture capital firms are looking toward the ICHRA market as a potential opportunity because of its growing popularity among small employers and remote companies. Individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements, otherwise known as ICHRA, are enjoying a surge in popularity.

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Achieving Economic Security for Disabled People During COVID-19 and Beyond

Bill of Health

Census Bureau , people with disabilities have low rates of employment, low median annual earnings, and high rates of poverty. Moreover, research indicates disabled people of color have decreased educational attainment and employment and increased levels of poverty, food insecurity, and medical debt. According to the U.S.

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Public Health Law and Civil Rights Laws Must Work Together to Rise to the Challenge of Long COVID

Bill of Health

The Americans with Disabilities Act The ADA was enacted to address widespread discrimination against people with disabilities and to ensure equal opportunity in all areas of American life. Title I of the ADA prohibits discrimination based on disability in employment. The accommodation requirement also is subject to limitations.