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Americans held $33 trillion in individual retirement accounts in 2022, and many of those IRA holders have yet to withdraw their funds and pay taxes on them.
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield is backing down from a plan that would have set limits on the amount of time it will pay for anesthesia in certain surgeries.
The Nov. 5 election is now history, and the nation and the financial services industry is looking ahead to see what a new administration and a new Congress will do after taking office in January.
The age wave means more older Americans need long-term care – and that need will only increase.
With an increasing number of Americans needing care, states are looking at how they can mitigate these costs without any significant federal action.
More older Americans have severe cognitive impairments or are unable to perform at least two activities of daily living. At the same time, this aging and vulnerable population has fewer people who are available to help them with their needs.
Carriers in the Medicare space saw a number of disruptions as changes to the program take effect for 2025, said Dan Mangus, vice president of sales with Senior Marketing Specialists.
Research shows that employers are offering a greater array of benefits, but workers often don’t understand or use them.
Affordable Care Act marketplace coverage will cost consumers an average of 7% more for 2025 than it did last year. Meanwhile, there are questions about whether Congress will let enhanced premium subsidies expire next year.
Health care affordability and corrections to SECURE 2.0 are issues that have support from both parties.
Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act are two health care issues most likely to be impacted in the new administration.
The use of AI has skyrocketed in the few short years it has been in existence, and AI usage has reached the point where is outpacing regulation, NAIC’s Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (H) Working Group was told.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is using algorithms that “seem to go after good agents who are minority agents and, therefore their minority communities,” the CEO of a health insurance agents association told a National Association of Insurance Commissioners working group.
The Medicare open enrollment period already was off to a rocky start and it just became a bit rockier.
An advisor is forming a coalition of professionals to support underserved groups and said he was inspired to do so by the Nov. 5 election results and concerns from clients about what policy changes a new administration and a new Congress could mean for them.
The post-election period provides advisors to engage in a discussion with their clients on financial issues that are impacted by the election and issues that are not.
Strong economic growth, moderating inflation, declining interest rates and easing monetary policy is leading to robust returns, Morningstar strategists said.
Open enrollment season for Medicare as well as Affordable Care Act health plans is in full swing and many agents are finding it difficult – if not impossible – to enroll people in coverage.
Judith Lee is living her American dream while her daughter Simone is helping her build a practice dedicated to serving those who are building their own dreams.
Individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements represent a sliver of the group health market, but that segment is poised for growth.
