INSURANCE: A bill giving the Illinois Department of Insurance authority to review and regulate premiums for both auto and homeowners insurance passed the House March 19 and now awaits Senate action. Insurance industry advocates contend the proposal would end up harming Illinois consumers, stating it represented "one of the most sweeping and harmful…
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And contra Ronald Reagan, in this case there's reason to think the government truly can help. To address soaring insurance premiums and coverage gaps in an age of worsening climate-fueled disasters, the Brookings Institution has proposed creating a federal reinsurance company to cover U.S. home insurers. It would be, as proposal co-author Benjamin Keys of the…
The following information was released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office:. The Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System is a forum for sharing best practices and working on climate-related financial risk. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the…
The following information was released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office:. The Federal Emergency Management Agency administers three primary programs that mitigate flood risk for properties insured by the National Flood Insurance Program. A small number of these propertiesknown as repetitive loss properties, which have flooded and received…
Attorney General Dave Sunday announced charges against a York County man accused of buying scrapped vehicles at a bargain, insuring them, and reporting accidents that never happened to receive lucrative insurance payouts. Taofiq Salami, 30, of York Haven, is charged with numerous felonies, including insurance fraud, identity theft, forgery, and title washing,…
In 1986, Congress passed the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, which requires every hospital that accepts Medicare funds to treat a patient regardless of their ability to pay or their immigration status in the U.S. In 2010, the Affordable Care Act, or "ObamaCare," was passed into national law, ensuring that all Americans have access to health insurance,…
A groundbreaking new analysis from the California Department of Insurance and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners reveals that rebuilding the communities destroyed by the January 2025 Palisades and Eaton fires to the IBHS Wildfire Prepared Home standard could reduce projected wildfire losses by one-third on average— a finding with…
Kim Reynolds on Thursday signed into law a measure temporarily increasing taxes on certain private health insurers to help close a growing Medicaid budget shortfall, setting up a debate over whether the move will stabilize care or drive up costs for Iowans. The legislation, House File 2739, raises the tax on health maintenance organizations from about 0.9%…
Kim Reynolds on Thursday signed into law a measure temporarily increasing taxes on certain private health insurers to help close a growing Medicaid budget shortfall, setting up a debate over whether the move will stabilize care or drive up costs for Iowans. The legislation, House File 2739, raises the tax on health maintenance organizations from about 0.9%…
Kim Reynolds on Thursday signed into law a measure temporarily increasing taxes on certain private health insurers to help close a growing Medicaid budget shortfall, setting up a debate over whether the move will stabilize care or drive up costs for Iowans. The legislation, House File 2739, raises the tax on health maintenance organizations from about 0.9%…
DES MOINES— A temporary tax increase on some health insurers to help fill a Medicaid budget shortfall— a move Democrats and insurers say will ultimately raise health care costs for all Iowans— is headed to Iowa Gov. Republicans defended the bill as a necessary and limited tool to stabilize Medicaid services for vulnerable Iowans and to draw down additional…
An overused but accurate phrase applies: Healthcare providers are facing a perfect storm of pressures, particularly in California, and especially systems that serve large shares of Medi-Cal and Medicare patients. Among our nation's 6,000 hospitals, our flagship hospital, Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno, serves the fourth highest percentage of…
Decluttering is beneficial for the good of the mind and, according to Dante, obligatory for the good of the soul. An early one, "Case& Comment, The Lawyers Magazine," had timely articles entitled "Malpractice Crisis: Fact or Fiction" and "Medical Malpractice Insurance Crisis" in its July- August 1975 issue. The first item, written by a law professor at George Washington and…
LOS ANGELES A groundbreaking new analysis from the California Department of Insurance and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners reveals that rebuilding the communities destroyed by the January 2025 Palisades and Eaton fires to the IBHS Wildfire Prepared Home standard could reduce projected wildfire losses by one-third on average a…
The following information was released by the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services:. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services today released the Health Insurance Exchanges 2026 Open Enrollment Report, summarizing plan selection activity for plan year 2026 across the individual Exchanges in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
HORRY COUNTY, S.C.— A recent community assessment identified mental health services as the largest unmet need in Horry County, as nearly half of local households struggle to afford basic necessities. Local residents report an average of 4.8 poor mental health days each month, while approximately 15% of the Horry County population lacks health insurance.
One in 10 Americans who had Affordable Care Act plans last year dropped health insurance altogether after federal subsidies expired, according to a new survey from the health policy think tank KFF. Hannah Frigand, senior director of the HelpLine for the advocacy group Health Care for All in Massachusetts, joins host Peter O'Dowd to discuss the tough choices…
Top contenders in the state insurance commissioner "s race squared off Friday, March 27 at a Pacific Palisades forum where they discussed wildfire risks and how they would reel in soaring premiums for homeowners in the aftermath of devastating California wildfires. The forum, sponsored by the Palisades Recovery Coalition, invited a narrow field of…
2026 MAR 27– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Education Daily Report– Fresh data on Managed Care are presented in a new report. According to news reporting originating from New Haven, Connecticut, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated,“ SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists reduce cardiovascular and metabolic risks in type-2 diabetes,…
