Jan. 25– CARSON CITY– Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval said today that President Donald Trump should talk with governors before taking action on such issues as health reform, road construction and tax reform. Sandoval was speaking at the National Governors’ Conference in Washington, D.C..
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Mark Dayton and Republicans who control the Legislature. If the House and Senate pass it on Thursday as expected, Gov. Mark Dayton said he will sign it– giving both the DFL governor and Republican legislative majorities a bipartisan accomplishment early in the five-month legislative session.
Illinois Auditor General Frank J. Mautino issued the following audit report digest about Office of State Treasurer-College Savings Program-Financial Audit:. At June 30, 2016, assets in this fund totaled $8,127,549,486. Our auditors stated that the June 30, 2016 financial statements of the Office of the Treasurer- College Savings Program are presented…
Byron D. Goebel and Eric Buttner are joining XL Catlin’s Dallas team as Senior Underwriters and Alan F. Short joins as Senior Underwriter in Kansas City. Mr. Goebel joins XL Catlin with nearly 30 years of underwriting and broker experience most recently serving as Excess Underwriter at CNA Financial, where he developed a diverse portfolio of Lead Umbrella and…
A $100,000 check was presented for Del Mar’s continuing education Safety Institute by Texas Mutual Insurance. Texas Mutual Insurance provides workers’ compensation insurance. The company donated the funds and Woody Hill, Texas Mutual Insurance’s vice president of safety and Information, presented the check during the Wednesday event.
So far, his nominees requiring Senate confirmation aren’t helping that cause. Equally troubling is the attempt by Trump and his Senate supporters to rush confirmations through even though several nominees have yet to be properly vetted as required by the independent Office of Government Ethics. Retired generals James Mattis and John F. Kelly deservedly…
The National Federation of Independent Business issued the following news release:. The National Federation of Independent Business today thanked Sen. We are grateful to Senator Thune and Representative Noem, and we hope that their legislation becomes part of the larger reform effort, “said NFIB President and CEO Juanita Duggan.
Jan. 25– HARRISBURG– Brad Hollinger and Michael Fiaschetti founded Vibra Health Plan in 2016, and began signing up Medicare Advantage customers in the Lehigh Valley and elsewhere in Pennsylvania beginning in October. While Capital Blue Cross offers a wide variety of health insurance, including Medicare Advantage plans, Vibra Health Plan is focused only on…
Jan. 25– The Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County announced in January the addition of Tyann McDaniel as manager of membership and events. Abigail Harsch has been named a fellow of the Scleral Lens Education Society, Nittany Eye Associates recently announced. Harsch, who sees patients at Nittany Eye Associates’ Windmere office in State College,…
Jan. 26– A fire that destroyed a Hubert home earlier this week was deemed an accident, Onslow County Fire Marshal Brian Kelly said. According to Kelly the homeowners reported the structure on Mullens Road in the Bear Creek Community of Hubert was on fire at 3 a.m. Tuesday. Onslow County Fire Rescue, Hubert, Swansboro, Piney Green, Stella and Western Carteret all…
Jan. 25– Arizona’s Medicaid program will hold a public hearing Friday morning in Tucson about putting a work requirement and a lifetime limit on enrollees who are physically and mentally capable of working. Arizona’s Medicaid program is called the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System and is a government health insurance program for low- income people.
Jan. 26– Four suspects have been transferred from Florida to Arizona to face charges in what Arizona officials are calling one of the biggest health insurance fraud schemes they’ve seen. Nicholas Scaffidi, 35, bought health insurance policies on Affordable Care Act exchanges from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona for himself, his wife Jolene, 28, and seven…
—The New Mexico Legislature approved a $216 million budget solvency plan Wednesday that would fix a current-year deficit and help shore up reserves, as the state wrestles with plunging tax revenues. A measure that calls for tapping tax payments by insurance companies immediately instead of waiting for the next fiscal year also won final approval in the…
The National Partnership for Women and Families issued the following statement by President Debra L. Ness on H.R.7:. Mere weeks into the new Congress and already we’ve seen extremist leaders hell bent on taking away women’s health care by working toward repealing the Affordable Care Act and defunding Planned Parenthood and now- just days after the historic…
Pittsburgh officials estimated about 25,000 women and men marched Downtown on Saturday during an event coinciding with the reportedly 500,000- plus-strong March for Women in Washington. The night before, about 1,000 luminaries flickered against misty rain alongside a smaller, more somber group of men and women gathered at Kennedy Square along Highway 18…
The Trump administration is supporting the idea of switching Medicaid to a block grant system, which it says would free states to manage the program as they think best, without federal overhead. In the existing model, federal government guarantees to match state funds for qualifying Medicaid expenditures. Additionally, the Department of Human Services on…
Health insurer Aetna misled the public about why it pulled out of the health care law marketplace in 11 states including Pennsylvania, a federal judge concluded this week. “Aetna tried to leverage its participation in the exchanges for favorable treatment from DOJ regarding the proposed merger,” United States District Judge John D. Bates wrote in a ruling that…
Mark Dayton and Republican lawmakers overcame their differences this week. Just a few final steps remain before the $325 million relief package becomes law. Mark Dayton says he likely would sign it into law “as soon as I get my hands on the bill.”
Jan. 25– One study says Texas will be the state least affected by the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare.. While people across the nation express concern over a lack of replacement or clear timeline of implementation, Texas will be least impacted, according to the study. An analysis by WalletHub released this week said Texas ranks at the very…
