Maura Healey stopped in Haverhill on Tuesday morning to announce a new statewide effort to help Medicaid recipients who could be at risk of losing their healthcare coverage simply because they missed a letter, deadline or new requirement. Andy Vargas and Ryan Hamilton, Health Care For All Executive Director Jennifer Lemmerman, Community Action Inc. CEO…
A coalition of 10 Democratic-led states, including Oregon, sued the Trump administration Tuesday over a new rule that could cost homeowners hundreds or even thousands of dollars by preempting state laws that require mortgage lenders to pay interest on the money borrowers deposit into escrow accounts to cover taxes and insurance. Oregon Attorney General…
Able-bodied adults insured through the Healthy Indiana Plan may soon be required to make copayments. The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration intends to seek a five-year waiver through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to revive a modified version of the agency's cost-sharing model under a new iteration of HIP, known as HIP 3.0.
The following information was released by the Human Rights Campaign:. WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, the Trump administration's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued an outrageous new rule barring Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program benefits from being used on behalf of transgender youth to pay for best-practice health care…
much of U.S. health care is already socialist. In fact, the government's role is so large that U.S. health care is better described as partially privatized socialism than as anything resembling a free market… by the raw numbers, then, U.S. health insurance looks as much public as private.
Many homeowners assume their insurance policy provides complete protection, only to discover coverage gaps after filing a claim. As life changes and property values evolve, it's important to make sure your homeowners insurance keeps pace. Brennan& Stuart Insurance Agency encourages homeowners to review their policies annually to help identify potential…
For the third year in a row, global reinsurers generated returns well above the cost of capital due to positive underwriting results driven by repricing and derisking of reinsurance portfolios, according to a new AM Best report. The Best’ s Market Segment Report,“ Reinsurers’ Returns Exceed Cost of Capital Despite Softening Market,” is part of AM Best’ s look at the…
As a result, Louisiana hospitals are reporting a surge of uninsured patients seeking treatment. The Advocate reported that Louisiana was among the states that saw the biggest proportion of ACA Marketplace enrollees dropping their coverage. KFF is a prominent Washington- based healthcare think tank that says affordability is a key issue in the Nov. 3 midterm…
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has stated emphatically that curbing inflation is job one and he has curbed forward guidance. But it’ s high time the Fed started talking about how federal and state policies constrain its ability to deliver price stability and solid growth. Russia’ s invasion of Ukraine and Western sanctions, COVID-19 lockdowns, climate…
