There was a time when human resources practitioners and employment attorneys could list the “protected classes” — groups of people protected from discrimination and harassment in the workplace — like ...

Medicare Part D does not allow plans to exclude drugs in six protected classes from their formularies, which may limit plans’ ability to negotiate rebates and lead to higher spending. We estimated the ...

MIAMI – The Florida Third District Court of Appeal ruled that white men are a protected class. In this criminal case in which the defendant was found guilty of trespass of a conveyance – the lesser ...

When people think of a “protected class,” they often think of age, race, gender, or disability. While those are some of the classes protected by anti-discrimination laws, often-overlooked classes ...

Removing protected class regulation from Medicare prescription drug policies could greatly reduce the United States' prescription drug spending—this could have saved potentially $47 billion between ...

The Trump administration has shelved a proposal that would have stymied egregious price hikes in the Medicare prescription drug program. It’s a major win for the drug industry, and a defeat for ...

NEWS LEADER SOME IOWA LAWMAKERS ARE TRYING TO GET GENDER IDENTITY RECOGNIZED AS A PROTECTED CLASS A BILL WAS INTRODUCED IN T HOUSE THIS MORNING. IOWA’S SAFE SCHOOLS SAYS IT FULLY SUPPORTS THE BILL ...

If finalized as proposed, protected-class drugs would be subject to a more competitive pricing and coverage environment. The additional flexibility builds on strategies already being used to empower ...

The federal government has backed off a proposal that would have let Medicare Part D prescription drug plans deny coverage for therapies in six "protected" classes of drugs, including those for cancer ...

There are well-documented examples of AI systems making decisions that affect protected classes, such as housing assistance or unemployment benefits. AI can be used to screen resumes; banks apply AI ...