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Pharmacies Ask for Lots of Info to Book a COVID-19 Vaccine. What Happens to That Data?
Rebecca Gluskin, [Measure of America's Chief Statistician and Deputy Director,]...pointed out that it would be legal for companies such as life insurers to decline to do business with someone based on health information. Gluskin also expressed concern that outside websites that offer to help find available vaccines could sell patient data. — Consumer Reports April 16, 2021Youngest workers facing financial crisis
According to SSRC’s research, the national youth disconnection rate fell for 8 consecutive years, from 14.7 percent in 2010 following the Great Recession to 11.2 percent in 2018. That translated into roughly 1.5 million fewer young people “cut off from pathways that lead to independent, rewarding adulthoods,” said the report. However, SSRC expects the pandemic to erase those gains. — Benefits Pro April 12, 2021
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