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Government Actions Can Protect Workers from Extreme Heat

The Network for Public Health Law

The Network for Public Health Law (the Network) has released a guide on “Law and Policy Considerations for Workforce Protections from Extreme Heat,” detailing federal, state, and local legal and policy protections for both indoor and outdoor workers exposed to extreme heat on the job. heat deaths.

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Readers Offer Solo Agers Support and Reflect on Ancestors

KFF Health News

In 2010, I created the First Friday Ideas Salon. I live in Los Angeles with famously poor public transportation. 2), more Americans are living on their own as they age, relying on a patchwork of health care services to get by. It’s difficult to find unbiased health-related articles nowadays. I am 85, retired at 55.

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Will anger at health insurers spur action? Democrats pessimistic

The Hill

Democrats are pessimistic that Congress will enact new rules around the health insurance industry, even as they try to appear responsive to growing calls for reform following the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. health system, and insurance companies specifically. health system, and insurance companies specifically.