From new laws on medical debt to tax increases, and beer gardens to diaper changing station regulations, Washington lawmakers this year passed a wide variety of new bills. Coming soon: World Cup beer gardens. Julia Reed, D- Seattle, said the bill was brought to her by the city of Seattle as a priority as it prepares for the FIFA World Cup in 2026..
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Kentucky elects 138 people to serve in the state legislature and 98 of them get their health insurance through the state-sponsored plan for public employees. I bring this up because Republican politicians have been talking a lot lately about who deserves and who does not deserve to be insured by Medicaid, the government program that Kentucky expanded 11…
JB Pritzker is asking state lawmakers for more authority to regulate the homeowners insurance market in Illinois after Bloomington- based State Farm announced a 27.2% rate increase. BRIBERY: Former Commonwealth Edison CEO Anne Pramaggiore and longtime Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain were sentenced to two years in prison each for their roles in a…
Starting next year, Aetna clients in Virginia and other states will no longer be able to purchase individual or family health insurance plans through the Affordable Care Act marketplace. More than 261,000 people in Virginia have Aetna health care, according to the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services, and the soon-to-be extinguished plans…
Maura Healey touted the Division of Insurance's ability to renegotiate lower rate hikes for six health insurers, claiming it will save Massachusetts residents and businesses a projected $4.5 million in health-care premiums for 2026.. The department also rejected bids from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and WellSense Health Plan— the second- and…
Tim Scott, a Republican, used a visit to a Federal Reserve renovation site on Thursday to talk about the need to lower interest rates. "So I met with the contractors, we toured it with the chairman, and we had a very good tour, and we'll talk to you about it sometime, but Tim and I sort of understand what happened," Trump said after a tour led by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome…
LONG BEACH, CA., 7/ 25/ 25– Heather Altman quit her corporate job and opened an environmental consulting business in 2014 when the Affordable Care Act made it possible for her to afford independent health insurance. "Since the Senate passed this monstrosity I've been trying to figure out how I can land on my feet," Altman said. Altman is one of nearly 2 million people in…
Lloyd Doggett, a Texas Democrat and ranking member of the House Ways& Means Health subcommittee, called UnitedHealth’ s confirmation of a Justice Department investigation“ hardly shocking.”. “What has been shocking is the health conglomerate’ s business practices edging out competitors, denying and delaying necessary care, retaliating against critics and…
UnitedHealth Group said Thursday it is cooperating with a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into its Medicare business, reversing its previous denials of a probe. In June, the Journal had revealed further details about the Justice Department’ s probe, namely that its criminal health care fraud unit was investigating how UnitedHealth Group deployed…
UnitedHealth Group, one of the biggest health care companies in the world, confirmed Thursday that it’ s cooperating with federal investigators probing the company’ s large Medicare business. The probe is focused on UnitedHealthcare, the largest health insurer in the nation, which is owned by parent company UnitedHealth Group. UnitedHealth Group was worth…
A vice president of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, which Oregon’ s Attorney General Dan Rayfield is suing, said he’ s been trying to understand why Oregon is the only state challenging the company after the federal Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this year agreed to drop its own civil suit against it. This week, Coinbase obtained a 2023 agreement…
2025 JUL 25– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily– Current study results on Opioids- Prescription Opioids have been published. Funders for this research include Centers for Disease Control& Prevention- USA, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences at the University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center.
President Trump on Thursday said the renovation project at the Federal Reserve is not grounds to fire Chair Jerome Powell, seemingly backing off the central bank leader. After touring the construction site at the central bank's headquarters in Washington, Trump was asked if he believed the project, which he and his administration have criticized as being…
2025 JUL 25– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at NewsRx COVID-19 Daily– Current study results on Coronavirus- COVID-19 have been published. According to news reporting from Denton, Texas, by NewsRx journalists, research stated,“ COVID-19 hospitalization place of discharge outcomes for Long Term Care Facility residents with dementia are less well known for…
AM Best has revised the outlooks to stable from negative for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B and the Long-Term ICRs of“ bb+” of The California Casualty Indemnity Exchange and its wholly owned subsidiaries: California Casualty General Insurance Company of Oregon, California Casualty& Fire Insurance Company…
A onetime Vadnais Heights insurance broker who invented customers and used phony Social Security numbers to earn nearly $650,000 in commissions was put on probation for three years and ordered to pay back what he stole. Life Insurance Company of North America, a subsidiary of Cigna Corp., reported suspected insurance fraud to the Minnesota Commerce Fraud…
ST. LOUIS— Health insurance Centene Corp. announced losses during its most recent quarter, citing rising Medicaid costs and a change in membership. In the same period last year, Centene saw earnings of $2.26 a share. It's a sharp contrast to the $13.3 billion profit Centene reported for the first three months this year, thanks to gains in Affordable Care Act…
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread recently announced the unification of the state's Insurance and Securities department- a move designed to better safeguard residents from fraud and financial risk, with consumer protection at the forefront. "This is a milestone moment for North Dakota," Godfread said. Previously operating as two separate…
Jeff Landry and Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple are offering sharply contrasting views over how and why General Motors Insurance entered the Louisiana market– a continuation of a battle between the two Republicans during the regular legislative session over how best to hold down rising insurance rates and who is responsible if that doesn't happen.
