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Florida’ s new legislative leaders were sworn in last month, and addressing the insurance crisis seems to be at the top of their minds.“ I want to make sure that impacted Floridians and insurance companies hear me loudly and clearly— we are watching,” Senate President Ben Albritton, R- Wauchula, told senators last month. “don’ t want our state’ s insurance laws to be written…

When Miguel Zablah bought his five-bedroom home in Miami’ s leafy Shenandoah neighborhood in June of 2020, he said he paid $7,000 a year for homeowner’ s insurance. The house, built in 1923, sits on high ground and has survived a century of famously volatile South Florida weather. “Some insurance companies are now quoting me at $20,000, $25,000 on my house, which is…

Dec. 24— Starting in the new year, Independence Blue Cross, the region's largest health insurer, will no longer cover anti-obesity drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy when they're prescribed solely for weight loss. Wegovy, for example, costs as low as $92 a month in the United Kingdom but $1,349 in the United States, NBC reported. The high prices in the United States spurred…

–During the daily analysis of the commodity markets, the gold market is one that I’ m paying close attention to, because I think there are a lot of different moving pieces at the moment.– For starters, we have a situation where interest rates in the United States continue to climb, despite the fact that the Federal Reserve continues to cut rates.– As an example, the 10 year…

While Connecticut has recovered all the positions that it lost at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, its employment levels have flatlined in recent months. Connecticut's estimated number of payroll jobs last month was only 0.6% higher than a year ago, compared with a nationwide increase of 1.4%, according to data from the state Department of Labor.

While Connecticut has recovered all the positions that it lost at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, its employment levels have flatlined in recent months. Connecticut's estimated number of payroll jobs last month was only 0.6% higher than a year ago, compared with a nationwide increase of 1.4%, according to data from the state Department of Labor.

The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits dipped to the lowest in a month last week, consistent with a cooling but still-healthy U.S. labor market that is likely to keep Federal Reserve officials from cutting interest rates any further in the near term. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell by 1,000 to a seasonally…

Suzanne Bonamici has joined others in the Oregon congressional delegation in calling on the Federal Emergency Management Agency for an immediate pause on planned changes to the National Flood Insurance Program. In a letter addressed to FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell last week, legislators urged the agency to engage collaboratively with the Oregon…

Oil prices and U.S. futures declined. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index climbed 1.4% to 40,139.90, while the Japanese yen sank further after the central bank governor indicated that interest rate hikes might be delayed by threats to the economy such as higher U.S. tariffs on imports. South Korea's Kospi was the outlier, falling 1.4% to 2,393.60 after the country's main…

Unfortunately, in Colorado, there is an increasing need for youth mental health services and a rising percentage of young people are not receiving the help they need. A 2023 study by the Colorado Health Institute found that 22.3% of Coloradans aged 5 to 25 reported poor mental health and 18.6% of young people said they needed mental health care but didn't get it…

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While Connecticut has recovered all the positions that it lost at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, its employment levels have flatlined in recent months. Connecticut's estimated number of payroll jobs last month was only 0.6% higher than a year ago, compared with a nationwide increase of 1.4%, according to data from the state Department of Labor.

I remember the room so clearly. It was a small conference space in the Concord Monitor newspaper office in New Hampshire, scarcely big enough for two people. If you want to understand why so many Americans of disparate political ideologies have cheered on Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, you might look to that…

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I suppose it is some sort of indication, as far as the public's attitude towards health insurance companies goes, that when the CEO of United Healthcare was shot down on a sidewalk in Manhattan, the outpouring of sympathy for the victim might better be described as a dry wash. Mr. Gaetz resigned his seat in Congress after prematurely ordering boxes of stationery…

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Critics of the U.S. healthcare system, attempting to capitalize on the fury Americans have expressed toward insurance companies since the targeted killing this month of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, have renewed calls to rethink how the United States pays for care. Some, for example, have returned to the idea of single-payer health care, which would…

Emerging markets continue to be a place that I would run from, due to the fact that the monetary policy of the United States is going to start changing quite radically, and of course it’ s also worth noting that the Federal Reserve is likely to end up being lighter than anticipated during the 2025 year, and therefore I think we’ ve got a situation where we will continue…