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[Guidance Overview]
"[T]he Amendments impose [1] a new notice requirement that employers must comply with by October 30, 2020, and [2] a requirement, effective September 30, 2020, that New York City-based employers include information about accrued and used safe and sick time on employees' pay stubs." 
Epstein Becker Green
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80 pages, audio also available. Justice Gorsuch, to the attorney for the State of Arkansas [referencing Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co.]: "[If] reporting relates to health plans, why wouldn't the payment for drugs? That would seem to be one of the central functions of a healthcare plan." ... Justice Kagan, to the U.S. attorney, appearing as amicus curiae: "[O]ne of the main drivers of ERISA's preemption provision was a concern about uniformity. And, here, we have 45 different states that have passed all kinds of laws with respect to these PBMs. And I'm
wondering why that doesn't raise exactly the specter that the drafters of ERISA were concerned about, where the PBMs ... are trying to do 45 different things in 45 different states ... in a way that really does affect plan administration." [Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Mgmt. Assoc., Nos. 17-1609 and 17-1629 (8th Cir. Jun. 8, 2018; oral arg. Oct. 6, 2020)] 
Supreme Court of the United States
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"A lawyer for Arkansas faced stiff questioning from the Supreme Court on Tuesday as to how the state can regulate drug prices where federal law already applies.... At a press briefing following arguments, Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said the state shed 16% of its pharmacies because druggists could not make up the difference in cost from prescription drug reimbursements." [Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Mgmt. Assoc., Nos. 17-1609 and 17-1629 (8th Cir. Jun. 8, 2018; oral arg. Oct. 6, 2020)] 
Courthouse News Service
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"Among the public overall, 63% of U.S. adults say the government has the responsibility to provide health care coverage for all, up slightly from 59% last year. Roughly a third (37%) say this is not the responsibility of the federal government[.]" 
Pew Research Center
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14 pages. "[As] many as 7.7 million workers lost jobs with ESI as of June 2020 because of the pandemic-induced recession. The ESI of these workers covered 6.9 million of their dependents, for a total of 14.6 million affected individuals." 
Employee Benefit Research Institute [EBRI]
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