We use data from the 2022 National Health Interview Survey to conduct multivariate analyses to compare the odds of having Long COVID among four different disability subpopulations and their working-age reference groups: working-age Medicare beneficiaries, single working-age adults without children who were receiving Social Security Disability…
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department today released a study on pharmacy benefits managers' activities across Pennsylvania's commercial, fully-insured insurance markets. In July 2024, Governor Josh Shapiro signed into law the Pharmacy Benefit Reform Act, a state law that expanded PID's authority over PBMs to increase fairness and transparency of…
After a Grand Island Economic Forum on Thursday, DJ Eihusen said he and other directors of the Fed' s Omaha branch would be touring the Nebraska State Fair grounds. "Inflation's too hot, and it's been over target for too long," said Jeff Schmid, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's Omaha Branch hosted the…
Property owners in predominantly Black and Hispanic corners of the country pay higher home insurance premiums than those in mostly white areas, even when factoring for environmental risk, the Consumer Federation of America found in a report released this week. Washington had one of the country’ s worst gaps between white and Hispanic homeowners, a finding…
Each election, legislative and county office candidates are limited to $1,200 contributions from individuals, Political Action Committees, unions and corporations. Legislative District 39, State Rep. Pos. 1. Three candidates are running for the 39th Legislative District Position 1 seat in the state House of Representatives: Republicans Sam Low and Dusty…
The State Health Plan's decision not to choose Atrium Health as a preferred provider healthcare system could derail Atrium's plan to acquire WakeMed. The Wake County Board of Commissioners will have the final say on Atrium's bid to acquire WakeMed, the N.C. Justice Center said on Wednesday. Although Atrium and WakeMed had been in talks for at least two years, the…
