The Senate has passed Reese’s Law, a week after the child safety bill passed the House of Representatives. It will now go to President Joe Biden for his signature. The law will require the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to adopt product safety standards for button cell, lithium coin and other small batteries that could injure or kill children who swallow them.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) ensured a safer future for millions of American patients late Monday with the release of its final rule on the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS). The final rule excludes a proposed provision that would have “suppressed” the calculation and publication of the CMS Patient Safety and Adverse Events Composite (Patient Safety Indicator 90), which reveals how well hospitals have prevented serious patient injury.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Equifax sent to lenders millions of incorrect credit scores for consumers applying for auto loans, mortgages and credit cards. The Journal reports that the scores, sent during a three-week period from mid-March through early April, were sometimes off by 20 points or more in either direction. The Journal says Equifax called the error a “technology coding issue.” We’re calling on regulators to investigate Equifax to get to the bottom of this.
Methane gas is a fossil fuel that pollutes our air and poses risks to public health. But you wouldn’t know it from the way the gas industry portrays it.
If passed, this bill would reinstate one of several “polluter pays” taxes that was allowed to lapse 26 years ago
