We recognize that changes to health care benefits can impact City of Dallas employees, retirees and their families. Without adjustments, an increasing share of City of Dallas resources would be directed to health care costs rather than essential city services, employee compensation, and staffing. The PPO plan will be discontinued while the City will continue…
'I knew what I was doing': Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to shooting health insurance chief
Luigi Mangione confessed himself a cold-blooded killer on Friday when he pleaded guilty to two charges in federal court in his case relating to the shooting death of UnitedHealthCare executive Brian Thompson. "I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan and he died," Mangione told U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett, who had warned him if he pleaded guilty he could be…
Your home is a major financial investment, and protecting it is non-negotiable. However, everything from utilities to groceries seems to cost more than it did just a few years ago. As Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance's chief actuary, I spend a lot of time looking at the numbers behind insurance costs.
More than 15,000 Kentuckians lost their health insurance in the first four months of this year after falling behind on their premiums— roughly three times as many as the same period in 2025.. As a functional nutritionist, I clearly see the driving forces behind this crisis. Every week, I meet with people who are taking expensive medications.
Most adult Americans take at least one prescription drug, and for too many, getting that prescription filled means battling the very system that's supposed to help them. Insurance denials have become alarmingly routine. And even when patients manage to access treatment, affordability remains a major challenge: nearly 60 percent of U.S. adults worry about…
CHEYENNE— The Health Insurance Affordability Task Force met Thursday to discuss ways to make health insurance more affordable for people across Wyoming. Wyoming ranks fourth in the nation concerning hospital availability, but 36th for affordability. REDi Health has been acting as a consultant with rural Wyoming hospitals, helping them understand costs…
The exemption had been expected to drop as soon as last Friday, but the SEC canceled the open meeting where it was set to be discussed, industry sources told CoinDesk. Two forces combined to slow the SEC down. SEC staff have also grown increasingly focused on whether the agency has the legal authority to issue such sweeping relief, including whether it completed…
Luigi Mangione, accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan in December 2024, is expected to plead guilty at a federal court hearing Friday morning, sources familiar with the matter told multiple news outlets. The hearing is set for 11 a.m. at the 40 Foley Square courthouse in Manhattan. Thompson, 50, was shot and killed on Dec. 4,…
The report, shared with The News Tribune early this month, found that 13.6% of the 286,500 insured through the Exchange in 2025 dropped their coverage. Tara Lee, chief of communications for the Exchange, told The News Tribune in a phone call that many people dropped following the expiration of the federal enhanced premium tax credits. “They could have been paying…
A sprawling, highly automated warehouse on Northwest Drive in Plainville that was supposed to supply Stop& Shop supermarkets across Connecticut with frozen food products has been closed and will be sold, according to federal filings made by the facility's owner. Atlanta- based Americold Realty Trust said in a pair of Securities and Exchange Commission…
