Ned Lamont and Hamden state Rep. Josh Elliott are offering Democratic primary voters two vastly contrasting visions on healthcare for all. To Elliott, the health insurance industry should not exist, and he is proposing what he calls "a real public option" that gradually moves Connecticut to a single-payer system by first slowly bringing more working people…
After years of losing out on the federal dollars, Colorado has been approved to tap a well-known Medicaid financing tool that is expected to bring more than $450 million to hospitals. Colorado did not pursue the financing tool until more recently, with hospital system executives earlier saying that decision had "set Colorado back." "In Colorado, Medicaid pays…
A former New Haven firefighter and his wife are accused of staging an armed robbery in West Haven to support an insurance claim for expensive jewelry. Reginald Blakey, 46, and Eunice Blakey, 47, of Washingtonville, New York, each face charges of insurance fraud and conspiracy to commit first-degree larceny, according to The New Haven Register.
IPSWICH— A local woman is continuing her three decades-long fight for insurance companies to cover the cost of wigs for Massachusetts residents with alopecia areata. Heidi Bratt, 65, who also has special needs due to brain damage she sustained at birth, was first diagnosed with alopecia as a teenager. Like others living with this autoimmune disease, her hair…
Lawrence County residents are invited to learn about their flood risk and new flood maps at an open house hosted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency July 22 at Lisbon Town Hall. On April 10, FEMA released a preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map for St. Lawrence County for the public to see and comment on. FEMA, the New York State Department of Environmental…
Quick links: 5- years of insurer losses/profits| Reader poll: Expensive insurance| Denver plans for 10,000 jobs| Cash App's $1.7 M settlement with state| Aurora job fair. Colorado has adopted new laws and programs to address rising insurance costs and the scarcity of homeowners policies in risky areas. "To address the affordability challenges that we have in the…
Nevada— and the country at large— are experiencing a decline in enrollment in the marketplace created through Obamacare. For Nevada, that change was 6 percent from February 2025 to February 2026. In the report released in late June, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services suggested the drop could be attributed to a federal crackdown on fraudulent or "…
Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the NYC Health Department and NYC Health+ Hospitals on July 1 announced an expanded outreach effort to help more than 200,000 New Yorkers affected by changes to the Essential Plan following federal funding cuts. Those impacted can enroll in a qualified health plan through the New York State of Health Marketplace during a special…
