Health/Employee Benefits News

MINNEAPOLIS- Even as UnitedHealth Group workers have been wrongly made to feel unsafe by a barrage of threats and vitriol over the past nine days, CEO Andrew Witty said in a New York Times op-ed Friday that insurers must do better in being transparent with patients when coverage for care is denied. UnitedHealth Group confirmed Thursday night that shooting…

TRENTON, NJ— Legislation that would require health insurers to cover biomarker testing has advanced in the New Jersey State Senate. The measure, sponsored by Senators Troy Singleton and Vin Gopal, would ensure that state-regulated insurance plans cover biomarker testing for patients when it is supported by medical and scientific evidence, removing…

By far, Texas has the most DACA recipients of any state on the list, with more than 87,000 "Dreamers," according to the filing. Opponents to the health care expansion, including Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, celebrated the judge's ruling. In May, the federal Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services announced a rule change that allowed "Dreamers"- DACA recipients…

May 31 of this year was a bittersweet day of sorts. That's the day my license as an insurance producer in the state of New Jersey expired. No, these changes have come about because even a $20 billion a year industry couldn't get insurance if it continued to pay out class action lawsuits to former players— and their families/victims— who suffered early onset dementia…

By far, Texas has the most DACA recipients of any state on the list, with more than 87,000 "Dreamers," according to the filing. Opponents to the health care expansion, including Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, celebrated the judge's ruling. In May, the federal Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services announced a rule change that allowed "Dreamers"— DACA recipients…

MINNEAPOLIS— Even as UnitedHealth Group workers have been wrongly made to feel unsafe by a barrage of threats and vitriol over the past nine days, CEO Andrew Witty said in a New York Times op-ed Friday that insurers must do better in being transparent with patients when coverage for care is denied. UnitedHealth Group confirmed Thursday night that shooting…

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn't defending last week's targeted execution of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson, but believes companies like his act in a way that many people might see as life-threatening. She recalled going to a free clinic for blood work she couldn't afford while campaigning to represent New York's 14th District.

Many Americans currently get health insurance through their jobs. Losing their jobs, they also lose their insurance. Given recent advances in artificial intelligence, which may destroy many jobs, Americans could therefore be in for a lot of pain.

At that time, the TV talk show host owned between $280,000 and $600,000 in UnitedHealth Group and between $50,000 and $100,000 in CVS Health, both of which provide health insurance plans under Medicare Advantage. He owned between $5 M and $25 M in a digital health company called Sharecare and received dividends between $100,000 and $1 M. Nick Clemens, Oz's…

With Donald Trump's return to the White House and Republicans taking full control of Congress in 2025, the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion is back on the chopping block. More than 3 million adults in nine states would be at immediate risk of losing their health coverage if the GOP reduces the extra federal Medicaid funding that's enabled states to…

FireflySci Inc., a trusted provider of premium cuvettes, calibration standards, and spectrophotometer accessories, today issued a statement highlighting the significant challenges the company is facing due to increased import tariffs and skyrocketing health insurance costs. HIGHLAND PARK, N.J., Dec. 15, 2024/ PRNewswire-PRWeb/– For years, FireflySciInc. has…

Sign up by Dec. 18 for coverage starting Jan. 1, 2025. Minnesotans who need health insurance have just one week left to enroll in a full year of coverage through MNsure, Minnesota's official health insurance marketplace. Wednesday, Dec. 18 is the deadline to enroll for coverage starting January 1.

BOSTON— Nearly two decades after Massachusetts started requiring every resident to carry health insurance, advocates say they’ re building support to again transform the state’ s health care system. Voters in Gloucester, Rockeport, Essex and Manchester-by-the-Sea approved the measure by an average of 61%, according to the group. “Given the uncertainties of…

Dec. 14— The horrible murder of UnitedHealthcare's CEO in New York City tore the scab off a torrent of public anger against the health insurance industry. Western New York's voice in Congress, Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney, wasted no time trying to get ahead of the winds of anger.

Over Christmas, I plan to bring my typical holiday joy to the proceedings by asking everyone who joins us to share an experience they had with their health insurance provider. Of course it was the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week that brought health insurance to the top of my mind, as it did for millions of others across the country.

Peter Abbarno, R- Centralia, has renewed efforts to modify the program. Joe Schmick, R- Colfax, Abbarno prefiled legislation that would allow spouses to share the program's benefits and reopen the opt-out exemption for those with private long-term care insurance. The tax costs about $290 annually for those who make $50,000 a year.

"Wanted" posters with the names and faces of health care executives have been popping up on the streets of New York. An internal New York Police Department bulletin warned this week that the online vitriol that followed the shooting could signal an immediate "elevated threat." "Wanted" posters pasted to parking meters and construction site fences in Manhattan…

With Donald Trump's return to the White House and Republicans taking full control of Congress in 2025, the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion is back on the chopping block. More than 3 million adults in nine states would be at immediate risk of losing their health coverage if the GOP reduces the extra federal Medicaid funding that's enabled states to…

Friends and co-workers of Thompson, 50, remember him as a strong leader and loving father who used humor and compassion that traced back to his roots as an Iowa farm boy. While they recognize the anxiety over the current state of health care and UnitedHealth’ s outsized role as the nation’ s largest health insurer, they said it’ s wrong to make Thompson the focus of…

With Donald Trump's return to the White House and Republicans taking full control of Congress in 2025, the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion is back on the chopping block. More than 3 million adults in nine states would be at immediate risk of losing their health coverage if the GOP reduces the extra federal Medicaid funding that's enabled states to…