Lauren Clason

Covering health insurance for Bloomberg @BLaw. #Hoosier. Off the record: No comment. E pluribus unum. DM for Signal. lclason(at)bloombergindustry(dot)com

[Lauren Clason @LaClason]

#legacyblue

[Alexia Fernández Campbell @AlexiaCampbell]

Working on this story with @LaClason made me realize that workers who have long-term disability insurance are often screwed if they need to use it. https://t.co/mpIq9bl0yP

[Lauren Clason @LaClason]

https://t.co/oJOMSSk1pJ

[Bloomberg Law @BLaw]

Court battles by workers with long Covid are a new test of the nation's private insurance system, which lawyers and academics say is stacked against them. https://t.co/TtG3aWOpVG

[Lauren Clason @LaClason]

Disability insurers and the doctors they hire to review claims have a history of courts overturning their denials. Alexia Fernández Campbell and I read hundreds of opinions naming doctors who are now being tapped to review claims from Long COVID patients.
https://t.co/VrCrpCq37p

[Lauren Clason @LaClason]

Many of these doctors never examine patients in person. And Long COVID patients frequently suffer from symptoms that are hard to measure on paper, including chronic fatigue and brain fog.

[CQ Roll Call Guild @CQRollCallGuild]

(1/5): Today, the CQRC Guild will be entering decisional bargaining with management over the proposed layoffs of four of our unit members. Laying off our members without bargaining with the Guild is illegal and these layoffs never should have been attempted in the first place.

[Lauren Clason @LaClason]

@rachelcohrs Terrifying doesn't begin to describe this. So glad you're ok!

[Lauren Clason @LaClason]

Current Bloomberg INDG openings here: https://t.co/CCy86HczDT

[Lauren Clason @LaClason]

@PressClubDC offering free memberships to laid off journalists: https://t.co/hrkmLtGFrU

[Lauren Clason @LaClason]

Still waiting to hear a decent explanation for why this happened in the first place @IUMediaSchool

[Indiana Daily Student @idsnews]

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IDS to continue printing after IU reverses course. https://t.co/wsDQvg2SD2

[Lauren Clason @LaClason]

@idsnews @midwestlost @IUMediaSchool The @IUMediaSchool has achieved the impossible — bringing Purdue and IU students together. Here’s the special edition @purdueexponent distributed in Bloomington.

https://t.co/C4Q3GnW40B

[Lauren Clason @LaClason]

@idsnews And some history of the tensions. Eagerly awaiting more details from David Tolchinsky (@midwestlost @IUMediaSchool).

https://t.co/xUqMKMVfJE

[Indiana Daily Student @idsnews]

IU previously directed the Indiana Daily Student to stop printing news coverage in our paper. Upon pushback, IU fully cut print, including our special editions. The IDS was not involved in the decision. Letter from the editors to come.

[Victoria Knight @victoriaregisk]

Some news: Aug. 28 will be my last day at Axios.

I'm proud of the work I've done these past three years covering & breaking congressional health policy news. I'm now looking for health care & Congress reporter roles.

Please reach out if you are hiring or know of anyone who is!

[Lauren Clason @LaClason]

New: A federal judge mostly dismissed an ex-J&J employee's lawsuit over high prescription drug costs in its employee health plan. https://t.co/8gYAhKcr9q

[Keren Landman @landmanspeaking]

I just got laid off from @voxdotcom along with 11 other talented and delightful people. I'm leaving with a deep bench of sources and a million ideas.

Editors assigning work on public health, misinfo, $/religion in healthcare, please reach out! Gonna go have cookies for lunch

[Lauren Clason @LaClason]

The way courts treat ERISA -- the law that governs most health/disability benefits denials -- stacks the cards in favor of insurers. But that could be changing. Long COVID patients are the newest wave of litigants testing the limits. https://t.co/C9pd106oej

[Nyah Phengsitthy @nyahphengsitthy]

The Third Circuit Wednesday wrestled with the constitutionality of a government drug price negotiation plan, hearing arguments from three drugmakers and the Biden administration over alleged industry harm and violations of property and speech. https://t.co/BGECQUZULW

[Lauren Clason @LaClason]

@ChelseaCirruzzo "My best quality is my stable lifestyle."

The bar is low.