More than 500 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services personnel are engaged in today in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to address residents’ medical and public health needs as part of the Trump Administration’s government-wide response to the devastation caused by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. “We are fully committed to ensuring the local…
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The American Insurance Association issued the following joint statement with the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America and Reinsurance Association of America commending the release of the federal tax reform framework entitled “Unified Framework for Fixing our Broken Tax Code,” which…
Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release:. As a result of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services will make available special enrollment periods for all Medicare beneficiaries and certain individuals seeking health plans offered through the…
Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release:. As a result of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services will make available special enrollment periods for all Medicare beneficiaries and certain individuals seeking health plans offered through the…
Jeb Hensarling, R- Texas, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release:. Dennis Ross and Kathy Castor, would correct a longstanding problem in how homeowners are insured against flood damage. Currently, many homeowners in Florida and across the country face unaffordable flood insurance premiums and a lack of coverage…
Pete Sessions, R- Texas, issued the following news release:. U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions, Chairman of the House Committee on Rules, released the following statement after the passage of a measure to provide tax relief for those impacted by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, make pro-consumer flood insurance reforms, and extend the funding of the Airport and…
As congressional Republicans discuss repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, most Californians say they should instead work with Democrats to improve the law. Majorities of Californians say Republicans in Congress should work with Democrats to make the 2010 health care law better. Across parties, solid majorities of Democrats and independents…
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, an interagency body empowered to prescribe uniform principles, standards and report forms for the federal examination of financial institutions by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, National Credit Union Administration, Office of the…
Keith Rothfus, R- Pa., issued the following statement after the House passed bipartisan legislation to encourage the creation of private flood insurance markets:. I commend my colleagues, Representatives Dennis Ross and Kathy Castor for their leadership on this issue. She noted in her testimony to the Financial Services Committee that in one instance a…
DEAKIN, Australia, Sept. 28– The Public Health Association of Australia issued the following news release:. PHAA joined a consortium of health organisations including the South Austr alian Council of Social Service, Australian Health Promotion Association, Anti- Poverty Network SA and People’s Health Movement Australia to express serious concern over the…
U.S. Senators John McCain and Mike Lee today introduced legislation that would permanently exempt Puerto Rico from the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, or the Jones Act, to aid recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Maria and encourage long-term economic growth. While the Trump administration today granted a 10- day Jones Act waiver for Puerto Rico, the…
Wisconsin candidates for US Senate have their focus on Senator Baldwin’s record of picking Washington over Wisconsin. Both Leah Vukmir and Kevin Nicholson penned op-eds critical of Senator Baldwin’s decision to cosponsor Bernie Sanders’ government-run health care plan- becoming the only red-state senator to do so. And unfortunately, it is hardly the first…
The U.S. federal government is coordinating a massive and complex network of emergency aid for Puerto Rico, as the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria continues to cause untold hardship for the people. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is coordinating all aid and recovery in Puerto Rico, announced on September 27 that a power task force,…
The Alliance for Retired Americans issued the following statement by Executive Director Richard Fiesta on President Trump’s tax reform plan:. “Congress and President Trump showed their hands and their real agenda with their proposed budget and failed attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. “President Trump’s claims of middle-class tax relief ring…
RSA Insurance Group issued the following news release:. The intensive seven-month programme, which is CPD accredited by the Chartered Insurance Institute, enables 12 future leaders from some of RSA’s key broking partners to take part in management and leadership training tailored specifically for the general insurance market. Owen Thomas, sales&…
Scott Taylor, R- Va., issued the following news release:. Today, the House of Representatives passed the Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2017, introduced by Representatives Kevin Brady and Bill Shuster, on September 25, 2017. “As I have stated before, the recovery period for Hurricane victims in the gulf and the southeast United States…
Rand Paul, R- Ky., issued the following news release:. For several months, U.S. Senator and physician Rand Paul has been working with the administration to achieve such a change by expanding existing federal regulations concerning association health plans, which would allow more Americans to obtain quality, lower-cost coverage. The executive action gives the…
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety issued the following news release:. The 2017-18 Mercedes-Benz GLC, a midsize luxury SUV, earns the highest award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, thanks to good ratings in all the IIHS crashworthiness tests, a superior-rated standard front crash prevention system and available good- or…
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 29, 2017/ PRNewswire-iReach/– Onlinequotesautoinsurance.com has released a new blog post explaining how to get cheap car insurance premiums. Reducing car insurance costs is a priority for any car owner. It is possible to compare different policies to find the most affordable coverage options.
