Dec. 20– TRENTON– Consumers who have insurance through the individual marketplace should simply continue business as usual while the law winds its way through the courts once again. “The confusion is real,” said Carole Johnson, commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Human Services. The Affordable Care Act was back in the spotlight this week after the U.S….
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Dec. 20– Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative officials are celebrating Congress' passage of a bill this week that will protect OTEC's and other electric cooperatives' tax-exempt status. Congress passed the RURAL Act, and President Donald Trump is expected to sign it into law. Douglas Electric was eligible for grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency…
Richard E. Neal, D- Massachusetts, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release:. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal, Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr., and Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney sent a letter…
The American Academy of Pediatrics issued the following statement by President Kyle Yasuda:. “The American Academy of Pediatrics is profoundly disappointed in this evening's ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to strike down the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate. The decision throws the entirety of the law into question as the lower…
Carolyn Maloney, D- New York, chairwoman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, issued the following news release:. Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr., Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal, and Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney sent a…
Frank Pallone Jr., D- New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release:. Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr., Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal, and Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney sent a…
Robert C. Scott, D- Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release:. Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr., Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal, and Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney sent a letter…
Steve Womack, R- Arkansas, ranking Republican member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release:. In May 2019, the Congressional Budget Office released a report that examined options policymakers should consider when designing a single-payer system which contained numerous problems and pitfalls./ 4. Following the release of the report,…
Andrew Cuomo, D- New York, issued the following news release:. -Department of Financial Services Issues Guidance to Insurers on Their Responsibilities in Addition to FAQs for Consumers to Understand Their Rights. “Every New Yorker deserves equal and affordable access to high quality health care, especially when it comes to mental health and addiction treatment…
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is currently working on a Coastal Storm Risk Management feasibility study in Fairfield and New Haven Counties, Connecticut and has developed a recommended draft plan for the ” Long Wharf” area in New Haven, Connecticut. Following site visits and coordination with the CT DEEP, the Town of Fairfield and City of…
Dec. 20– DECATUR– The dispute between Decatur teaching assistants and the school district gained national attention Thursday when Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren voiced support for the union on Twitter. “Educators deserve fair pay and good benefits that allow them to take care of themselves and their families,” Warren…
Dec. 20– DURHAM– Durham's Brightleaf Square, where two people were killed and two dozen injured in an explosion and fire in April, was sold to a Charlotte real estate investment firm this week for $39 million. The buyer, Asana Partners, owns properties in Charlotte and in major cities nationwide. It specializes in acquiring retail properties in bustling urban…
A November 4 article on NBC 4 reported on an expected increase of car collisions in Ohio due to deer mating season. Los Angeles- based personal injury firm Legal Defenders at the Law Offices of Burg& Brock says that while deer-related accidents may be significantly less frequent in Southern California, animals from coyotes to opossums and squirrels as well as…
Yet access to health care and its high cost are such big problems that Democrats have pushed for dramatic changes for more than a decade, enacting the Affordable Care Act in 2010 and calling for “Medicare for All” plans in which government oversees a heavily subsidized system that provides all Americans health care coverage with limited or no out-of-pocket…
Dec. 20– California's population inched closer to 40 million this year but the state fell short by about 40,000 people as the growth rate slowed to its lowest point since 1900, according to new data from the state Department of Finance. Enough babies were born in California to buoy the losses from the state's aging population dying off. Smaller counties in the…
Dec. 20– PG&E Corp. wanted the right to earn higher profit margins to compensate investors for wildfire risks. In a unanimous ruling Thursday, the Public Utilities Commission rejected PG&E's request to increase its “return on equity,” one of the key measures of profitability, from 10.25 percent to 12 percent. PG&E and the other utilities argued that the risk of…
Dec. 20– Two vehicles were heavily damaged Friday morning in a head-on crash on an icy stretch of Route 910 in Harmar, but the two drivers involved managed to walk away unhurt, Harmar police said. A Chevrolet pickup driven by Brian Donovan, 22, of Indiana Township spun out and went across the center line before slamming into an oncoming SUV, Harmar police Chief Jason…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following statement by Secretary Alex Azar on the Affordable Care Act:. The Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services issued the Exchange Program Integrity Final Rule, which implements policies aimed at protecting taxpayer dollars by ensuring that Exchange enrollees are accurately determined…
Dec. 20– WASHINGTON– Taxpayers in Erie and Chautauqua counties won a break Friday when the Trump administration announced, in essence, that the federal government will pick up part of the tab for fixing some of what this year's wicked Halloween storms broke. But Trump's federal disaster declaration for Erie, Chautauqua and 16 other New York counties won't cover…
