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Trump Administration Moves to Oust Arbitrators as Doctor Payouts Soar

The two companies settled billing disputes between doctors and insurers, keeping patients out of the middle. One let doctors win 96 percent of the time.

Β© Demetrius Freeman for The New York Times

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid in Baltimore this year. The agency oversees the program.

Flouting Consumer Law, Insurers Refuse to Pay Medical Bills for Emergency Care

A law to end surprise medical bills has generated millions of high-dollar payouts for doctors. Health plans are now fighting back by frequently withholding money.

Β© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

A Flight for Life medical helicopter crew prepares for takeoff in Waukesha, Wis., last month. A major insurance company has refused to pay the company more than $2 million for its services.

Flouting Consumer Law, Insurers Refuse to Pay Medical Bills for Emergency Care

A law to end surprise medical bills has generated millions of high-dollar payouts for doctors. Health plans are now fighting back by frequently withholding money.

Β© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

A Flight for Life medical helicopter crew prepares for takeoff in Waukesha, Wis., last month. A major insurance company has refused to pay the company more than $2 million for its services.

Trump Administration Said to Plan Rolling Back Pregnancy-Related Job Protections

The Biden era law was meant to help women stay in the workplace, but some conservatives say rules to enact it went too far with coverage for abortion and fertility treatment.

Β© Paul Morigi/Getty Images

A rally on Capitol Hill to support the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which passed with bipartisan support in 2022.

Why Kalshi Wants to Repeal a 1958 Law About Onions

A law enacted after a brazen scheme to rig onion prices in the 1950s puts the vegetable, as well as box office receipts, off-limits for prediction markets.

Β© Dado Ruvic/Reuters

You can find these onions at a supermarket, but not in prediction markets.

Weil Gotshal, a Legal Power Player, Is Fighting to Survive

The prominent law firm has been rocked by an exodus of high profile lawyers, a failed succession plan and a scuttled deal to merge with a rival firm.

Β© Andrew Kelly/Reuters

Founded nearly a century ago, Weil Gotshal had once been the marquee for bankrtupcy advice but has more recently had difficulty competing with giant law firms.

California’s Potential Quartz Ban Pushes Contractors and Retailers to Alternatives

Manufacturers and their customers are using materials made without the clouds of dust that have sickened workers in quartz-cutting shops.

Β© Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times, via Getty Images

A fabrication shop in Sun Valley, Calif. The state is poised to ban the production and installation of quartz countertops.
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