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Gov. Reeves vetoes two health insurance bills
Gov. Tate Reeves last week axed two health care bills that passed the Legislature with bipartisan support and that health experts say could improve health care. Senate Bill 2622 would have sped up the prior authorization process, which insurance companies use to tell providers whether a drug or procedure is covered for certain patients. Reeves said while the bill itself was a “good idea,” he referred vaguely to mistakes in its language, including that administrative hearings were in “an incorrect place in the bill” and what he said would be increased costs for Medicaid as his reasons for vetoing. Senate Bill 2224 would have given State Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney…
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NY Gov Kathy Hochul on rehiring unvaccinated health care workers: Not the ‘right answer’
Democrat New York Gov. Kathy Hochul suggests rehiring unvaccinated well being treatment workers is not the “right answer” despite the vaccination mandate staying overturned and the state struggling from a key wellbeing care worker scarcity. “I never think the response is to have another person who arrives in, who’s unwell, be exposed to another person who can give them COVID-19. I don’t know if which is the appropriate remedy, but I’m very absolutely sure it really is not. So, we’re exploring our selections,” Hochul instructed local media Tuesday just after remaining asked about bringing back again unvaccinated overall health care personnel. “But I imagine everybody who goes into a wellbeing…