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The Association of British Insurers issued the following news:. Most people are unprepared for the possibility of a social care financial time bomb, new research for the Association of British Insurers has revealed. Publishing polling research from Populus alongside analysis from the Pensions Policy Institute, the ABI said that a massive new campaign was…

Lamar Alexander, R- Tennessee, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement after the Trump administration announced an executive order to increase price transparency in the health care industry and expand access to direct primary care:. “This Executive Order is consistent with bipartisan efforts in…

Bill Cassidy, R- Louisiana, issued the following news release:. U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. and Michael Bennet and U.S. Representatives Gus Bilirakis and Charlie Crist, today introduced the Shelter Act, legislation to help Americans protect their homes or businesses against hurricanes, tornados, floods, drought, and wildfires, creating a first-of-its-kind…

Charlie Crist, D- Florida, issued the following news release:. Today, U.S. Representatives Charlie Crist and Gus Bilirakis, and U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Bill Cassidy, introduced the Shelter Act, to help Americans protect their homes or businesses against hurricanes, tornados, floods, drought, and wildfires. The Shelter Act would create a first-of-its-kind…

-Federal Declaration Would Provide Disaster Loans for Flood Victims in Mecklenburg, Catawba and Surrounding Counties. Governor Roy Cooper signed a letter requesting that the U.S. Small Business Administration issue a disaster declaration for Mecklenburg County and Catawba County, and the contiguous counties of Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Gaston,…

AIR also announced that it has updated the storm surge component of its coastal flood model for Great Britain, which is now incorporated into the AIR Extratropical Cyclone Model for Europe. “The AIR Inland Flood Model for Central Europe is a fully stochastic, event-based flood model designed to support both individual risk selection and portfolio risk…

Expanding Medicaid would bring $11.7 billion in additional federal dollars into the state during a three-year period, according to the study by the Greensboro- based Cone Health Foundation and the Winston-Salem- based Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust. The numbers cover the expected impact in Guilford, Randolph and Davidson counties. Laura Gerald, president…

The Education and Labor Committee issued the following statement by Chairman Robert C. Scott, D- Virginia, at a hearing entitled “Do No Harm: Examining the Misapplication of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act”:. In 1779, Thomas Jefferson, in my home state of Virginia, introduced and helped pass the nation’s precursor to the First Amendment, which states,’ Our civil…

Mitsui& Co., Ltd., China Resources Group, and HOPU Investments have agreed to establish a joint venture, CMH Healthcare Holding Co., Limited, through their respective subsidiaries, and to establish a joint investment company for fund schemes, CMH Healthcare Fund L.P. through CMH Healthcare, and concluded related contracts today. With a total scale of about US $1…

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D- Maryland, issued the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office released its report on the long-term budget outlook:. “The Congressional Budget Office’s long-term budget outlook released today paints an alarming picture of compounding interest payments, an aging population, and rising health costs.

-A Medicare Claims Study Conducted by the Alliance for Aging Research and Milliman, Published in the Journal of Managed Care and Specialty Pharmacy, finds that Families and State Medicaid Programs, Not Medicare, Are Burdened with the Costs of Alzheimer’s Disease. Today, the Alliance for Aging Research announced the results of a Medicare claims study which…

Families USA issued the following statement by Executive Director Frederick Isasi regarding the White House’s executive order on health care pricing transparency:. “To lower health care costs and improve quality, Families USA encourages efforts to improve the transparency of health care cost information, such as those outlined in President Trump’s…

The AIDS Foundation of Chicago, in partnership with Illinois advocates, implore Governor Pritzker to revise currently proposed Medicaid regulation. It is also a move that helps bring Illinois in line with the majority of states- at this moment, Illinois is one of just eight states that prohibit Medicaid coverage for gender affirming procedures.

Ten presidential candidates, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, are set to converge on the debate stage on the first night of Democratic debates to offer their pitches to the American people and attempt a breakout moment for their campaigns. Warren, the sole top-tier candidate appearing at Wednesday’s debate, will take center stage. But she could still face challenges. The other candidates aren’t as well known and could use the moment to make aggressive moves to find a breakout moment.

Jun. 26– Damages from spring floods, while qualifying the county for recovery aid, are well below thresholds to qualify individual homeowners in the county for federal assistance, emergency management officials advised. Emergency Management Director Adam Weishaar and Road and Bridge superintendent Don Brittain updated the county commission Tuesday…

WASHINGTON– Last night, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood’ s legislation to protect the Affordable Care Act passed the House of Representatives. The legislation passed as a part of the House appropriations package for Fiscal Year 2020, and would prevent the Department of Justice from spending federal funds on litigation that undermines the health care law,…