Jan. 24– HAMLET– According to some counts, more than one million rallied in America’s largest cities– and in cities around the globe– in support of the Women’s March on Washington, D.C. on Sunday. The march, organized to protest several of President Donald Trump’s campaign trail promises, called attention to a large swath of issues including women’s reproductive…
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Jan. 26– SELINSGROVE– To Michael Seno and other Valley church members, no other issue is bigger than the right to life for unborn children. On Friday, the Selinsgrove- based St. Pius X Catholic Church member will drive a 20- person bus filled with like-minded individuals to the nation’s capital to participate in the 44th March for Life. The peaceful demonstration has…
Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs: Eligibility Notices, Fair Hearing and Appeal Processes for Medicaid and Other Provisions Related to Eligibility and Enrollment for Medicaid and CHIP. In proposed rule document 2016-27848, appearing on pages 86467-86488 in the issue of Wednesday, November 30, 2016, make the following corrections:.
Jan. 26– Now that President Donald Trump has advanced from Twitter to the executive order, we might be tempted to think he’s governing instead of continuing to campaign. Not exactly, based on at least two early Trump decrees– the one that supposedly pulls back on Obamacare and the two head-scratchers the White House issued Wednesday on immigration and sanctuary…
Jan. 26– In the past nine years, the number of uninsured students on the Santa Rosa Junior College campus has decreased dramatically, going from nearly a third of students in 2007 to less than 8 percent of them in 2016, something Susan Quinn, director of the college’s student health services, attributes directly to the passage of the Affordable Care Act.
Jan. 25– Mayor Bill de Blasio revealed more details of his $400 million investment in Vision Zero projects aimed at reducing traffic accidents and pedestrian deaths. You have a responsibility for our children and our seniors, “he said at a news conference outside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, which has seen several accidents over the years.
Shortly after winning the election in November, Trump outlined policy plans for his first 100 days in office, laying out his ideas on what will put “America first” in a video released on YouTube. Plans: “I will direct the Department of Labor to investigate all abuses of visa programs that undercut the American worker,” Trump said in his executive actions YouTube video…
A.M. Best has withdrawn the Financial Strength Rating of A+ and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of“ aa-” of Fireman’ s Fund Insurance Company of Ohio. The sale has resulted in A.M. Best withdrawing the Credit Ratings. A.M. Best is the world’ s oldest and most authoritative insurance rating and information source.
Jan. 26– RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK– President Donald Trump’s move this week to freeze federal grants and contracts at the Environmental Protection Agency could have broad repercussions at Triangle universities, nonprofits and federal agencies that conduct research on climate change, health care and other policies that have been Obama administration…
Hylant Group, a brokerage firm, issued the following news release:. Hylant, one of the nation’s largest privately owned insurance brokerage firms, announces the addition of two new roles within the leadership team at its headquarters in Toledo, Ohio, in support of its long-term strategies for growth and commitment to exceptional customer service.
Jan. 26– WASHINGTON– It expanded expanded telepsychiatry, prioritized care of the most seriously mentally ill, eased prescribing limitations for psychiatric drugs, increased outpatient treatment, fixed a rule keeping Medicaid recipients from physical and mental health treatment on the same day, and focused federal funding on proven treatments.
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PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 26, 2017/ PRNewswire-USNewswire/– Hospitals and health systems in New Jersey have already absorbed nearly $1.5 billion in funding cuts since the Affordable Care Act was enacted in 2010, with the promise of expanded healthcare coverage to mitigate these losses. Individual hospitals have experienced funding cuts as high as $74 million from…
Jan. 26– Puget Sound Energy doesn’t know where its decommissioned gas lines are and is in talks with the state about a plan to find them and make sure they were properly cut and sealed. That comes after a state investigation into a gas explosion that leveled several businesses and damaged many more in Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood last March.
–International Medical Group ®, a leader in global benefits and assistance services, today announced that it has named Craig Peters as chief revenue officer. Peters brings to the position more than 28 years of experience and expertise in the international medical insurance industry, including expatriate assignments in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia and…
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26, 2017/ PRNewswire-iReach/– Lowcostcarsinsurance.com has released a new blog post presenting the most important things to consider when renewing an auto insurance policy. When renewing a policy, it is important to consider certain aspects. In most cases, the insurance provider will send the client an offer for renewal.
In terms of vaccine options, the flu mist, a popular alternative to the flu shot, has never been recommended for aging seniors, but that’ s especially true this year since the mist proved ineffective for all age groups in treating the flu last season, according to Jay Moore, M.D., senior clinical medical director at Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Missouri.
Jan. 26– Wendy Chappell-Dick has a strong memory of attending the 1982 nuclear freeze rally in New York City. It’s believed to be the largest protest in New York City history, drawing 1 million people. She had traveled to New York City on a charter bus from Bluffton with other Mennonites and with people who weren’t Mennonite, people of all ages and races and faiths who…
PEMBROKE, Bermuda& MIAMI—- AXIS Capital Holdings Limited today announced the formation of AXIS Specialty Underwriters Inc., based in Miami, to operate as the Company’ s Latin American and Caribbean regional coverholder for AXIS Syndicate 1686. Latin American reinsurance industry veteran Eduardo Hussey will lead AXIS Miami as Chief Underwriting Officer,…
