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The Arizona Republican Party’s liability insurance paid $1 million in legal fees for the GOP electors who falsely asserted that Donald Trump won the state’s 2020 electoral votes, former chair Gina Swoboda told members of the party’s executive committee, Axios has learned. Why it matters: The payouts caused sky-high rates that left the party’s directors and officers "effectively…

A coalition of Tennessee lawmakers, including Republican leaders in the state House and Senate, is sponsoring legislation to rein in what it sees as unfair business practices by companies such as healthcare giant CVS.

The Bank of England left interest rates unchanged but hinted that reductions could arrive later this year, a shift that suggests relief may be coming for households and businesses after a long squeeze from high borrowing costs.

Image Source: Unsplash.com Louisiana drivers now carry the most expensive auto insurance bills in the country, and the numbers refuse to sit still. Rates keep climbing, households keep adjusting, and frustration keeps building. While drivers in other states grumble about rate hikes, people in Louisiana stare at premiums that often double the national average and…

Hotel owners are facing a profitability crisis that extends well beyond rising interest rates. Brent Jaynes, Managing Partner at Leisure Real Estate Advisors, says operators are contending with sharp, simultaneous increases in insurance, labor, and commodity costs that cannot be offset solely by raising room rates. This squeeze on cash flow is fundamentally changing both […]

Florida is facing a quiet, but deeply urgent coverage crisis – and it’s showing up every day in our breast cancer outcomes. In 2026 alone, an estimated 183,100 Floridians will be diagnosed with cancer. Of those, nearly 24,700 will be breast cancer cases, and approximately 3,360 Floridians will lose their lives to this disease. These are not abstract numbers.…

Florida is facing a quiet, but deeply urgent coverage crisis – and it’s showing up every day in our breast cancer outcomes. In 2026 alone, an estimated 183,100 Floridians will be diagnosed with cancer. Of those, nearly 24,700 will be breast cancer cases, and approximately 3,360 Floridians will lose their lives to this disease. These are not abstract numbers.…

Data: Commonwealth Fund; Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios Health insurance costs ate up 11% of median family income in California in 2024, according to a new analysis. Why it matters: The findings show how tough it can be to afford health care, even with insurance, for many of the estimated 167 million Americans who get coverage through an employer. The state-by-state breakdown of federal…

Data: Commonwealth Fund; Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios Health insurance costs ate up almost 9% of the median family income in Minnesota in 2024, according to a new analysis. Why it matters: The findings show how tough it can be to afford health care, even with insurance. Zoom in: The state-by-state breakdown of federal data by the Commonwealth Fund looked at how much people spent on…

A coalition backed by health insurers and employers is launching a new a new effort to showcase hospital pricing as a central driver of rising health care costs, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Health care affordability is emerging as a key election-year issue, with the Trump administration and many in Congress increasingly questioning why drug prices and insurance premiums are…

House Judiciary Committee Republicans have subpoenaed eight Affordable Care Act health insurers for documents as part of a widening investigation of potential fraud surrounding the use of premium subsidies in the individual market, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Enhanced premium tax credits for ACA coverage expired on Jan. 1. But Republicans are pressing forward with their…

Cardano Risk Management B.V. boosted its stake in JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM – Free Report) by 2.4% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 876,716 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 20,457 shares…

BridgePort Financial Solutions LLC lifted its position in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL – Free Report) by 131.7% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 18,560 shares of the information services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 10,548 shares…

Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT trimmed its stake in shares of Salesforce Inc. (NYSE:CRM – Free Report) by 7.5% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 46,190 shares of the CRM provider’s stock after selling 3,754 shares during the period. Bradley…

Newswise — In most states, Medicaid eligibility rules shift at age 19, when individuals transition from child to adult classification. A new study led by the University of Chicago finds that this policy threshold coincides with a sharp spike in Medicaid disenrollment, exposing millions of young adults — including those with significant health needs —…

At least some people in medicine− doctors, for example− are cheering legislators and regulators on. Ron DeSantis of Florida and the Democrat-led Maryland government against President Donald Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California: How should health insurers use AI?

For clients who initially seek free debt counseling at GreenPath, the average monthly budget shortfall skyrocketed to $904 a month in 2025– up from $439 in 2020. Those seeking counseling at GreenPath now, Bialobrzeski said, are in worse financial shape than in 2020, including dealing with more debt relative to their incomes and far lower credit scores, which…

Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter & Paul Home v. Pennsylvania, __ U.S. __, Nos. 19-431 and 19-454, 2020 WL 3808424 (July 8, 2020) The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires employers to provide women with “preventive care and screenings” without cost sharing, and requires the Heath Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)…

The Arizona Republican Party’s liability insurance paid $1 million in legal fees for the GOP electors who falsely asserted that Donald Trump won the state’s 2020 electoral votes, former chair Gina Swoboda told members of the party’s executive committee, Axios has learned. Why it matters: The payouts caused sky-high rates that left the party’s directors and officers "effectively…