States Make Progress on Affordable Care
The Affordable Care Act has just passed a new milestone: All states have committed to what kind of health insurance marketplace, also referred to as an exchange, will be running…
Merchants Want Mystery Taken Out of Swipe Fees
For merchants, accepting credit cards comes with a sense of mystery — they never know what swipe fees they will have to pay for processing that transaction. The Merchants Payments…
API Appeals E15 Decision to Supreme Court
The American Petroleum Institute (API) and other groups have appealed a D.C. Circuit Court decision rejecting a challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) grant of partial waivers for…
State Department Reports on Keystone Pipeline’s Impact
The U.S. State Department released a draft supplemental environmental impact (SEIS) assessment of the Keystone XL pipeline last week, suggesting that the project will not have a huge impact on…
NATO Asks FDA to Clarify Violation Form
On Feb. 22, 2013, NATO filed a supplemental set of comments asking the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products to review the recently approved Potential Tobacco Product Violation Report form and…
One in Six Americans Can’t Afford Enough Food
Millions of Americans continued to struggle to afford enough food in 2012, according to new food hardship data from the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC). More than one in…
E-Cigarette Regulatory Talk Heats Up
An anti-smoking group is reigniting its pressure on the FDA to study the safety, ingredients, and potential health impacts on consumers of electronic cigarettes. The Hill reports that the request…
Mandatory FMLA Posting Due March 8th
Private employers with 50 or more employees must display the updated Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) posting by March 8th, 2013. The poster, Employee Rights and Responsibilities Under the Family…
How (Not) Sweet It Is
Some health advocates are targeting sugar as the next bad thing to eradicate from our diet, Advertising Age reports. Big campaigns are coming that could make sugar public enemy number…
Ethanol Mandate Proving Costly for Oil Refiners
A sharp increase in ethanol-credit prices in the past few months has made the cost of complying with a federal mandate to use corn ethanol much more expensive, the Wall…