Alice Thornton has spent more than two decades treating people living with HIV in Lexington, Kentucky. Her team tends to "cringe" anytime they hear about patients having to fill out lots of paperwork, like when applying for Social Security Disability payments, because it can be a difficult, burdensome process. Starting Jan. 1 in most of the country, some enrollees—…
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Three Federal Reserve officials who dissented at this week's policy meeting in favor of an interest rate hike expressed concern Friday that without an immediate increase in shortterm borrowing costs inflation will stay stuck above the Fed' s 2% target, where it has been for more than five years. A fourth U.S. central banker said he also sees a strong case for…
When the No Surprises Act took effect in 2022, it was a rare feat of bipartisan problem-solving. The law was meant to prevent a once all-too-common scenario: An insured patient would seek emergency care, only to face financial disaster because one of the providers involved was outside the patient's insurance network. Imagine, for example, being rushed to the…
A whistleblower lawsuit accusing Norfolk- based Sentara Health of exploiting its monopoly to saddle Charlottesville with the nation's highest Affordable Care Act premiums was dismissed Friday as a federal judge ruled that courts cannot second- guess insurance rates approved by state regulators. It drew an all-star legal team led by Rick Mountcastle, the…
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh is considering reducing the number of regularly scheduled meetings at which the Fed sets interest rates, a potentially seismic move that would mark the most significant change in how the central bank operates in years. The Federal Reserve's 12- person policy committee meets eight times a year and votes on whether to lift,…
The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation issued an emergency order requiring property and casualty insurers to temporarily stop canceling or refusing to renew policies covering homes, businesses and other risks in ZIP codes under wildfire evacuation notices. The order comes as Oregon faces one of its worst wildfire seasons on record.
2026 JUL 31– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at NewsRx Policy and Law Daily– Fresh data on Climate Change are presented in a new report. According to news originating from Minneapolis, Minnesota, by NewsRx editors, the research stated,“ Over the last decade, homeowners insurance markets nationwide have experienced unprecedented instability due to climate…
2026 JUL 31– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– Current study results on Economics have been published. Financial support for this research came from Center of Industrial Organization at Northwestern University. Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities,“ Public reinsurance…
2026 JUL 31– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– Current study results on Managed Care have been published. According to news reporting out of Boston, Massachusetts, by NewsRx editors, research stated,“ Although numerous etiological factors have been proposed for neurodevelopmental disorders, the contribution of environmental…
2026 JUL 31– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily– Fresh data on Managed Care are presented in a new report. According to news reporting out of Boston, Massachusetts, by NewsRx editors, research stated,“ Racialized healthcare inequities in the USA remain glaring, yet root causes are understudied. Our news journalists obtained a quote…
Jul. 31— The Iran war, compounding federal deficits, shrinking foreign ownership of U.S. debt and the capital-intensive AI buildout have combined to spook the U.S. That's pushed up the market yields now available on both fixed-rate and inflation-protected government bonds. Today's Treasury markets present two quite different portfolio strategies.
2026 JUL 31– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Politics, Law& Government Daily– Investigators discuss new findings in Managed Care. According to news reporting from Berkeley, California, by NewsRx journalists, research stated,“ This study examines US farmworker participation in social safety net programs, providing the first comprehensive comparison…
AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from positive and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of“ a-” of the following subsidiaries of Group 1001 Insurance Holdings, LLC: Delaware Life Insurance Company and Clear Spring Life and Annuity Company. These companies are referred to as the Group 1001 Life& Annuity…
With Texas suffering from extreme weather events, including record flooding and hurricanes, home and auto insurance premiums have increased. One aspect of Abbott’ s plan is for the legislature to establish a Texas roof fortification program and to amend state law to allow safe drivers to have access to lower auto premiums, The Center Square reported..
–Eligible State Farm auto insurance customers in Louisiana will begin receiving dividend payments this week as the nation's largest auto insurer returns a portion of stronger-than-expected underwriting results to policyholders. According to a release, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company told the Louisiana Department of Insurance it…
PENNSYLVANIA On the 61st anniversary of Medicaid becoming law, a reminder that Pennsylvania Republicans including Stacy Garrity, Brian Fitzpatrick, Ryan Mackenzie, Rob Bresnahan, and Scott Perry have embraced an agenda that has already stripped more than 177,000 Pennsylvanians of their health insurance coverage and caused premiums to double across the…
Assembly Bill 311, the Consumer Driving Data Protection Act, would overturn the telematics prohibition and change a nearly 40- year-old California law, signed before the word "telematics" was even coined. The bill has already passed the State Assembly and recently earned unanimous support from the Senate Insurance Committee. Following a July 9 amendment, the…
On the 61st Anniversary of Medicaid being signed into law, Alaskans' premium costs are increasing by 125% one of the steepest increases in premium spikes in the country two Alaska clinics have already closed, five additional hospitals are at risk of closure, and nearly 10,000 fewer Alaskans are on Medicaid following Sullivan's One Big Beautiful Bill Act being…
Senate candidates John Sununu and Scott Brown support Donald Trump's Big Ugly Bill that cut an estimated $2 billion to $3 billion from New Hampshire's health care funding, led a nonprofit health care clinic in Franconia to close, and could rip health insurance away from tens of thousands of Granite Staters. Sununu who has been clear that his Senate campaign is "…
