For almost 10 years now, New Jersey lawmakers have been grappling with the issue of what to do about surprise medical bills.
They are the invoices sent by doctors and other health care providers who are not part of your insurance company’s network. So when your insurance does not cover the full amount of what they charge for their services, they come after you to pay the difference. Hence the term “balance billing.”
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Radburn residents who have been battling for years to have a greater say in the governance of their planned community, gained ground earlier this month when new by-laws that would have undermined their voting rights were thrown out by the state.
The NJ Department of Community Affairs (DCA) on March 2 notified the Radburn Association board that amendments it approved last May were invalid because they were never filed with the county clerk, as required by state law. As a result, Radburn members get to elect four trustees to the nine-member board rather than the two that would have been allowed under the by-law changes.
Continue reading STATE INVALIDATES ANTI-DEMOCRATIC RADBURN BY-LAWS
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