Voya Financial’s newest product is a suite of health saving and spending accounts to be offered as optional workplace benefits.
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The business to be transferred, which has been marketed under the Great-West Financial brand, includes bank-owned and corporate-owned life insurance, single premium life insurance, individual annuities, and a portion of Great-West’s closed block life insurance and annuities.
Democratic state attorneys general from 18 states filed a motion Monday night challenging a Texas federal judge’s ruling that struck down the Affordable Care Act. The motion, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, asks the court to clarify the impact of the ruling and confirm that the ACA is still the law of the land.
The Trump administration wants to see the nation’s health-care system move away from government mandates and toward a more free-market direction. A report outlines some recommendations, including expanding availability of health savings accounts (HSAs).
Under this new guidance, states are empowered to innovate new health care programs aimed at strengthening their health insurance markets, expanding choices of coverage, and targeting public resources to those most in need.
Through this new fully integrated platform, consumers and brokers will be able to go directly to the approved enrollment partner’s website to for the entire application and enrollment experience without being redirected to HealthCare.gov.
Humana and Walgreens are reportedly in talks to expand their current partnership, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Legislation introduced Wednesday by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., would cap the size of the largest financial institutions so that a company’s total exposure is no more than 3 percent of GDP, about $584 billion today. The bill faces tough opposition from controlling Republicans.
The stock market began the current bull market run on March 9, 2009 and will set a record Wednesday. Still, some analysts are concerned about the potential for a downturn amid several economic disruptions.
Paid subscribers, which account for about 90 percent of the company’s sales, are more profitable for Spotify than free users. But Spotify reported fewer users of the advertising-supported tier than a quarter ago, which is making investors nervous.
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The EM index is also down 16 percent from its high on Jan. 26, just shy of the 20 percent decline that signals a bear market.
The GOP needs to move on from its nearly decade-long obsession with killing the Dodd-Frank Act, a top Republican congressman says. Supporters of the legislation simply do not have the votes, the lawmaker adds.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said state health insurance marketplaces are increasingly failing to cover people who do not qualify for federal subsidies even as the exchanges remain relatively stable.
In a case with billions of dollars at stake, a federal appeals court ruled that the federal government doesn’t have to pay health insurers money they say they are owed under the Affordable Care Act.
