The National Council of Insurance Legislators concluded a successful 2019 Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas from December 10th- 13th at the JW Marriott Austin. Tom Workman, Independent Member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, delivered a compelling Keynote Luncheon Address as an insurance expert with more than four decades of experience in the…
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The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons issued the following news release:. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the District Court decision by Judge Reed O'Connor that the Affordable Care Act individual mandate to buy health insurance is unconstitutional. In its opening summary, the Court quotes the perspective that the Act “has…
Dec. 20– LOS ANGELES– Environmental issues took center stage at Thursday night's Democratic presidential debate in Los Angeles, with 2020 candidates highlighting the toll of California's wildfires and debating the federal government's role in relocating victims after natural disasters. Amy Klobuchar cited the deadly Camp Fire that killed 85 people in the…
The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following statement by Chairman David Pepper on the ruling by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on the Affordable Care Act lawsuit, Texas vs. “Before he took office, Donald Trump pretended to care about health care, saying there would be' insurance for everybody,' but since he took office Ohio's uninsured rate has gone up, and the…
Lauren Underwood, D- Illinois, issued the following statement on the 5th Circuit Court ruling on the lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act:. Republicans have voted over 70 times to try to repeal the law that guarantees coverage and access to essential care for people with pre-existing conditions, requires preventive services without out-of-pocket…
Nationwide Mutual Insurance issued the following news release:. Congress just made it easier for small businesses to offer a workplace retirement plan to their millions of employees. The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act's provisions included in Congress' appropriations package were approved with the passage of a continuing…
Republicans have yet to agree on a health care proposal that will preserve insurance protections for individuals with preexisting conditions. “Washington Republicans- including the president- have been trying to kill the ACA for years. They failed in Congress dozens of times and they failed in front of the Supreme Court, but this last-ditch attack could…
John B. Larson, D- Connecticut, issued the following statement on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeal's decision that upholds a previous district court decision that struck down part of the Affordable Care Act:. This is yet another example of the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans attempting to repeal the ACA through the courts, since they were…
Issuing a decision that starkly underscores Martha McSally's failure to stand up for Arizonans' health care access, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to send back down Washington Republicans and Attorney General Mark Brnovich's lawsuit to end coverage protections for 2.8 million Arizonans who have a pre-existing condition.
Ron DeSantis, R- Florida, issued the following news release:. Governor Ron DeSantis announced more than $20 million for Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Liberty and Washington counties through the Hurricane Michael State Recovery Grant Program. “At the Division, we've paid out the most federal recovery funding in one year in our state's history, and when…
-Adding wildfires in San Bernardino, Riverside, Contra Costa, Solano and Ventura counties to historic protections declared on December 5. The Department of Insurance released an updated bulletin to insurance companies specifying additional ZIP codes adjacent to recent wildfires in parts of San Bernardino and Riverside counties, including the mountain…
Dec. 20– ST. LOUIS– After months of negotiations, Metro Transit's main employee union this week approved a new contract offer that includes a higher starting pay for bus drivers and a rollover of employee health plan contributions to address rising insurance costs. “It was a long fight,” said Reggie Howard, president of Local 788 of the Amalgamated Transit Union,…
Gilbert Cisneros, D- California, issued the following statement on a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, which struck down the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act and asked the Texas district court to determine if the rest of the law could stand:. “This disastrous ruling from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals jeopardizes the…
-Statement from Bruce Lesley, President, First Focus on Children. In declaring the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate unconstitutional and returning the case to the lower court for dissection, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has potentially denied vital healthcare to millions of U.S. children. “Today's decision is yet another attack on this nation's…
Tom Wolf, D- Pennsylvania, issued the following news release:. Governor Tom Wolf expressed concern at the ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the Texas v. “In Pennsylvania, we've used the Affordable Care Act to expand access and lower costs.
The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release:. In a new report on the impact of President Trump's tax cuts, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, or ITEP, said Duke Energy's effective federal tax rate in 2018 was minus 21.4 percent on more than $3 billion in revenue. In effect, U.S. taxpayers paid $647 million to the North Carolina- based…
Haley Stevens, D- Michigan, issued the following statement after the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling striking down part of the Affordable Care Act:. “This decision leaves Michigan families and those with preexisting conditions in the lurch, as the Trump Administration gets one step closer to repealing the entire Affordable Care Act and…
Frederica Wilson, D- Florida, issued the following statement in response to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling against the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate:. “Today's ruling in support of the Trump Administration's all-out assault on health care in the courts is a grave blow to the health and financial security of Florida families who rely on the…
The California Department of Insurance issued the following news release:. The California Department of Insurance issued a revised plan of operation for the California FAIR Plan Association as required under California law. The action furthers Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara's November 14 order, which revoked portions of the FAIR Plan's current…
