North Carolina took an important step forward in April, when the General Assembly passed House Bill 696, and Gov. Josh Stein signed it into law, providing $319 million to fund the Medicaid program through the end of the fiscal year. North Carolina's Medicaid enrollees are not line items in a budget presentation.
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NASHVILLE— The Tennessee Department of Commerce& Insurance proudly announces that over $107 million in insurance policies and benefits was located in 2025 for Tennesseans through the Life Insurance Policy Locator Service. Developed by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the Life Insurance Policy Locator Service is a free service that…
PHOENIX– Attorney General Kris Mayes is accusing major health insurance companies of engaging in illegal price fixing that she says profited the companies at the expense of patients and their doctors. In a new lawsuit announced Monday, Mayes said the companies conspired with each other, at least indirectly, to decide how much they would reimburse doctors and…
The analysis, which Paragon plans to publicly release Wednesday and is likely to be sharply disputed by Democrats and other policy groups, is the latest salvo in the political fight over health insurance coverage, an issue that has helped decide past elections and could play a role in this fall’ s midterms. Democrats and some health policy experts have argued…
This is a worthy goal that should be paired with Congress ending the Fed's ability to pay interest on reserves. In fact, Warsh will face resistance by some members of the Federal Open Market Committee who mistakenly argue that maintaining a large balance sheet and the IOR framework are necessary and costless. In February 2025, at the Bank of England, Dallas Fed…
The following information was released by the American Medical Association:. It may not be possible to remove insurers entirely from U.S. healthcare, but physicians curious about how to limit their interactions, including residents and fellows in the transition to practice, should investigate direct primary care as an alternative practice model.
Kreg Weigand has been named general auditor and a senior vice president by the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis is one of 12 regional Reserve Banks that, with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., make up the Federal Reserve System, the nations central bank. The Federal Reserve Bank of…
JOINT RELEASE: TWO BILLS BLUNT RISING HEALTHCARE COSTS, PROTECT CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SIGNED INTO LAW
The following information was released by the Colorado Senate Democrats:. SB26-178 will limit health insurance rate increases and reduce the number of Coloradans who could lose their health insurance coverage due to Congress' continued refusal to extend enhanced premium tax credits. We need this law because of Congress' refusal to extend premium tax…
Cuts to federal subsidies for health insurance are driving people across the country to drop plans they bought through the Affordable Care Act marketplace– but not in Texas. The difference in Texas seems to be a bipartisan law passed in 2021 that gives the state's Department of Insurance the power to limit how much insurance companies raise rates on certain…
Democrats Jane Kim and Ben Allen, with more than three-quarters of the votes counted in the race for California insurance commissioner, jumped ahead in initial counts of the vote-by-mail ballots on Tuesday night and continued to hold a sizeable lead over opponents as results were updated after polls closed at 8 p.m.. Bernie Sanders in a statewide election for…
Two Democrats, a former San Francisco supervisor and Los Angeles state lawmaker, were leading the primary race for California insurance commisioner, according to initial returns released Tuesday night. Republican Stacy Korsgaden, an insurance broker from San Luis Obispo County, was in third with 16%. The ultimate winning candidate will lead the California…
Democrats Jane Kim and Ben Allen are leading early in the race for California insurance commissioner, initial counts of the vote by mail ballots showed Tuesday night, shortly after polls closed at 8 p.m.. The election has become a bit of a high-profile contest, where a range of policy ideas were floated in the primary, as increasingly frequent disasters have…
The attorney general in Massachusetts is suing UnitedHealthcare, alleging in the lawsuit that the Minnetonka-based health insurance giant pocketed millions by overstating the health risks of lower-income residents enrolled in a health plan for Medicaid beneficiaries. But the Massachusetts attorney general alleges the misrepresentations resulted…
2026 JUN 02– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at NewsRx Policy and Law Daily– Research findings on Economics are discussed in a new report. According to news originating from Hangzhou, People’ s Republic of China, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated,“ In China’ s open market operations, the central bank selects a group of commercial banks each year to serve…
Washington's rural counties saw the largest drops in insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act after the Republican-controlled Congress failed to extend subsidies that helped consumers afford the plans. State officials estimated last year that as many as 80,000 people could forgo coverage with Congress not extending tax credits for these…
How much does jewelry insurance cost in 2026? Standard jewelry insurance will cost about 1%-3% of your jewelry's appraised value per year, while some providers offer a lower range of rates costing 0.5%-1.5% of the appraised value per year. As such, if you were to calculate the cost of jewelry insurance for, say, a $10,000 engagement ring, you'd find that your rates…
An initial wellness exam for the state's primary care landscape published by the Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner on Monday found fewer Rhode Islanders have a personal doctor they can turn to for non-urgent health concerns compared with a decade earlier. The 31- page report, which relies on 2024 insurance claims data, marks the first in what Health…
2026 JUN 02– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by NewsRx journalists, a trademark application has been made for“ YOUR WHOLE HEALTH IS OUR WHOLE POINT” by Anita B. Polott Morgan, Lewis& Bockius LLP, representing Elevance Health, Inc. This application was made available to the…
MedeAnalytics, the healthcare performance improvement company, announced today that it has joined AHIP, a national trade association representing the health insurance industry, as an affiliate organization member. “As health plans face continuing pressure to manage quality, utilization, and cost more effectively, and do so more efficiently, the ability to…
