DTRIC Insurance Co., one of Hawaii's local carriers, last week announced its impending exit from the market, citing rising insurance costs. Those at the state Capitol who are most familiar with the economic landscape rightly believe that more must be done to strengthen insurance availability and affordability for the long term. Scot Matayoshi, who chairs the…
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Rural Oregonians have fewer Medicare options than their urban counterparts. No, I'm not talking about back-to-school season, holiday season or fall leaves. In Oregon— as in many other states— the quality of your health insurance coverage may change from this year to next.
Just weeks after flash flooding killed more than 100 people in Kerr County, many of the first responders who served on the front lines of the crisis for the City of Kerrville got another gut punch: They learned that health insurance premiums for their families could be going up as much as $5,000 a year. "You are looking at a mass exodus of first responders," one…
The Crawfordsville/Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce was pleased to host a ribbon cutting for Clore Insurance. Clore Insurance, a trusted provider of insurance services, moved to a new location at 111 N. Washington St. in downtown Crawfordsville. Clore Insurance is an independent agency, where they work with a wide variety of top carriers to help customers…
About 300 people attended a Modesto forum Friday to hear about changes to the federal Medicare program starting in January. UnitedHealthcare announced recently it was discontinuing a long-standing Medicare Advantage HMO in Stanislaus County, effective Jan. 1. Once called Secure Horizons, the AARP United Healthcare HMO provided access to Sutter Health…
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread is sounding the alarm on the significant increase to health insurance facing tens of thousands of North Dakotans if the federal government doesn't renew tax credits by the end of the year. Unless the federal government takes action, premiums may rise between $378 and $3,735 in 2026, depending on a person's…
County commissioners voted unanimously on Wednesday, Oct. 15, to eliminate floodplain construction requirements adopted two decades ago after FEMA threatened to withhold federally subsidized flood insurance due to the county's failure to prevent illegal living space in unincorporated Monroe. Monroe County Administrator Christine Hurley and staff…
SPRINGFIELD— People in Illinois who buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace are likely to see big increases in the cost of their premiums next year, but state officials are encouraging them to reach out for help before they decide to drop their coverage. Come and talk to a navigator, " Illinois Insurance Director Ann Gillespie said in an…
The county has two Veteran Services Offices that carry out the federal mandate of helping veterans file their disability claims, one in Littleton and the one in Aurora, but that task isn't all they do, and now the Aurora office can provide "a more holistic kind of approach to our veterans," said Arapahoe County Veteran Services Supervisor Josh Medina, a Marine Corps…
Mary Landwehr, and I am a family physician from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Our monthly premium for a three-person family basic health insurance plan is $1,792, and it may rise by another $961 as the Premium Tax Credit ends. Currently we pay $21,504 annually in health insurance premiums.
RAPID CITY— The government shutdown has made it difficult for the Federal Reserve to gain access to necessary data for monetary policy decisions, and therefore visits from fed representatives to various parts of the country have become even more important than ever, Neel Kashkari, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis, said on Thursday.
California has approved a package of new laws meant to stabilize the state "s faltering home insurance market and help property owners protect their homes from wildfires and recover when they lose everything in a blaze. The legislation, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom this month, is the state "s latest effort to tackle an insurance crisis that" s left thousands of…
The Commonwealth Fund, a research nonprofit focused on health care, on Thursday released a report grading how well Medicare works for people in each state and the District of Columbia. "In some states, beneficiaries can see doctors quickly and afford their prescriptions," Gretchen Johnson, vice president at the Commonwealth Fund, said in a statement.
The following information was released by the Federal Reserve Board:. The Federal Reserve Board on Friday denied an application by Canandaigua National Corporation, of Canandaigua, New York. The firm provided a complementary activity notice to the Board proposing to engage in certain activity that would obligate it to acquire real property.
"With health insurance companies adjusting their plan portfolios and coverage areas in 2026 amid an increasingly dynamic health care market, consumers need clear and trustworthy information about the companies providing their health insurance and the features of the plans they offer," said Sumita Singh, executive vice president and general manager of…
The following information was released by the Independent Institute:. The Federal Reserve has long been a target of libertariansand for good reason. The libertarian argumentvoiced by Ron Paul and othersis that the Fed, and money supply itself, should be replaced with private "sector alternatives, a development now seen with crypto.
The following information was released by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.:. Yonatan Ben-Shalom, Ankita Patnaik, and Kirsten Miller. Human Services Disability Employment and Training Economic Well Being and Income Support Federal State and Local Analytics and Operations Advanced Analytics.
MADISON, Wis. As the GOP refuses to continue health care funding and has shut the government down over it, experts are ringing the alarm bells that Wisconsinites across the state are going to see their health care costs go up or lose coverage entirely. The GOP's plan to skyrocket health care premiums for millions of Americans has been wholeheartedly embraced by…
BOSTON- Bay Staters who receive insurance coverage through the Massachusetts Health Connector are learning how much their premiums will rise in 2026 if Congress does not extend subsidies that are at the crux of talks over reopening the federal government. U.S. Senate Democrats this month have rejected stopgap spending. Households earning above 400 percent…
