Health/Employee Benefits News

Texas faces a dual challenge when it comes to delivering health care. Some members of Congress want to limit tax-free benefits and slap a federal tax on employer-sponsored insurance premiums above government-defined thresholds. Levying a tax on the insurance premiums of hard-working Texans could lead to families earning $100,000 per year facing an…

Congressional Republicans are targeting Medicaid, the government health insurance program for low-income Americans, for hundreds of billions of dollars in savings to help pay for sweeping tax cuts, but the extent of reform is creating intraparty divisions. House Speaker Mike Johnson, Louisiana Republican, insists his conference does not plan to cut…

Innovative legislation to expand affordable health care access to rural Ohioans has been introduced in the Ohio Legislature and has garnered the full support of Ohio Farm Bureau. "The cost of health care is impacting the financial stability of family farms and rural communities, especially when you add the recent trends of lower farm income and higher…

Recently, Wendell Potter, a former health insurance executive who left the industry in 2008 and now advocates for a government-run health care system, made waves in Utah media. Joe Jarvis has also been a vocal proponent of universal health care in Utah. Common Sense Health Care for Utah also advocates for a comprehensive single-payer health care plan.

WASHINGTON- In their quest to pay for President Donald Trump's policy priorities, Republicans are eyeing Medicaid, the largest health insurance program for more than 70 million low-income Americans, as a program ripe for cuts. Among those obstacles: public opinion, members of their own party in competitive districts, governors who worry about impacts to their…

HARTFORD– This week, the CEO of CVS Health expressed confidence that the company would turn around its embattled health-insurance business, the Hartford- based Aetna. "People used to refer to Aetna in Connecticut as' Mother Aetna.' They were always present and engaged. New earnings show Aetna' s predicament.

Feb. 12— Consumers with some employer-sponsored Cigna health insurance plans may find themselves out-of-network with Mercy Health facilities on April 1 if the two health care organizations are not able to reach a deal on contract negotiations by then. Mercy Health, which has locations in Springfield, Urbana and southern Butler County, is one of the largest…

For those who don't qualify for long-term care insurance or can't afford it, the Medicaid Asset Protection Trust can protect your assets from the high cost of long-term care in your home or in a facility. The MAPT sets up two roadblocks that Medicaid cannot break through. First, you cannot be your own trustee.

Shelly Boshart Davis, R-Albany, told a legislative committee of nine men and women Tuesday that she'd rather be driving a tractor on her family's farm than talking to them about her struggles to get hormone replacement therapy as her body approaches menopause. In 2024, Louisiana passed a bill. California's legislature also approved a bill last year, but Gov.

Long-term care is an important component of financial and personal wellness planning. Planning for long-term-care can help aging individuals maintain their independence and quality of life into their golden years. According to the National Institute on Aging, long-term care involves a variety of services that accommodate a person's health or personal…

Republican lawmakers in several states have Medicaid expansion in their crosshairs, energized by President Donald Trump's return to the White House and a GOP- controlled Congress set on reducing spending on the public health insurance program for low-income people. Legislators in Idaho have introduced a bill that would repeal voter-approved expansion,…

Medicaid, the government program that covers health care for nearly a million Connecticut residents, has become a focus of controversy both in Hartford and Washington, D.C., this winter as costs continue to grow. Care for Medicaid patients cost $9.8 billion in Connecticut in 2024, according to health data site KFF, with the federal government paying for about…

Anne Donnelly, District attorney, Nassau County. The Nassau County District Attorney's office announced on Feb. 10 that a Nassau County corrections officer has been charged with grand larceny for allegedly stealing more than $100,000 in New York State Empire Plan health insurance reimbursement benefits intended for his estranged wife's medical bills.

2025 FEB 14– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– Researchers detail new data in Health and Medicine. Financial support for this research came from Arnold Ventures. The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Brown University,“ Yet the program’ s association with out-of-pocket spending and use among enrollees is unknown.

2025 FEB 14– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– A new study on Oncology- Cervical Cancer is now available. Financial support for this research came from National Institutes of Health- USA. Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Purdue University,“ We examined reported cervical cancer cases among females using…

The ripple effects of this hasty, shortsighted cost-cutting policy threaten medical progress, the United States' scientific superpower status and state economies like Minnesota’ s, which are reliant on both world-class research centers and the business ecosystem that takes breakthroughs from lab to market. On Friday, the National Institutes of Health…

Feb. 14— HARTFORD— This week, the CEO of CVS Health expressed confidence that the company would turn around its embattled health-insurance business, the Hartford- based Aetna. "People used to refer to Aetna in Connecticut as' Mother Aetna.' They were always present and engaged. New earnings show Aetna' s predicament.

Republican lawmakers in several states have Medicaid expansion in their crosshairs, energized by President Donald Trump's return to the White House and a GOP- controlled Congress set on reducing spending on the public health insurance program for low-income people. Legislators in Idaho have introduced a bill that would repeal voter-approved expansion,…

New York Attorney General Letitia James released a guide to help New Yorkers use the state's Exempt Income Protection Act to protect their money from debt collectors. The law automatically protects a certain amount of money in people's bank accounts from being frozen or seized, and also protects vital government benefits like Social Security, disability…