North Dakota is part of a multistate $15.5 million settlement with one of the nation’ s largest mortgage servicers. Pennsylvania- based NewRez LLC improperly imposed“ force-placed” insurance costs on more than 4,200 borrowers who already had active homeowners insurance policies, according to the state Department of Financial Institutions.
Johnson County property owners could see an increase in their county property tax rate next year as commissioners work to close a $17.5 million budget shortfall driven in part by rising health insurance costs and declining jail lease revenue. Commissioners unanimously voted Monday to express their intent to increase the county’ s tax rate from 38.9 cents…
Premium increases would affect Minnesotans who purchase either individual or small group health insurance directly from insurers or through MNsure, Minnesota's health insurance marketplace. Preliminary rate filings from the Minnesota Department of Commerce indicate that the state's insurers are seeking average premium increases ranging from 10…
Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down a health insurance executive on a Manhattan sidewalk, is expected to plead guilty in a federal case charging him with stalking, the New York Times reported Thursday, citing two people with knowledge of the matter. A guilty plea, which is not guaranteed, would avert a trial in the closely watched case over the Dec. 4, 2024,…
New U.S. Census Bureau data shows that the number of uninsured adults in Bartholomew County was roughly cut in half as the Affordable Care Act was implemented. An estimated 5,976 Bartholomew County adults under age 65 lacked health insurance in 2024, or 8.6% of the population, down from 10,396 in 2010, or 16%, according to the new figures, which were released last…
NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin has more. SELENA SIMMONS-DUFFIN, BYLINE: The first action on transgender youth came on Tuesday, when the Department of Health and Human Services issued a final rule to block federal dollars from paying for gender-affirming care for young people who are enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program.
Victoria County's proposed 2027 budget is moving toward a September adoption vote as officials weigh rising health insurance costs and employee raises against concerns about increasing the burden on taxpayers. County Judge Ben Zeller said the budget filed with the Victoria County Clerk this week remains largely unchanged from the proposal…
Grief accompanied Amanda Neidermyer's first few months as an independently practicing physician. To become a doctor in the United States is notoriously rigorous. ,' "said Neidermyer, who is the primary care doctor for Mercy Hospital's satellite clinic in Bayfield.
A Slocomb man has been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty in April to charges of providing false information in connection with a federal crop insurance application, said U.S. Attorney Thomas Govan this week. Jonathan Lawrence Eubanks, 46, is sentenced to 18 months in prison for making a false statement to the Federal Crop Insurance…
