NCR Voyix (VYX), a provider of digital commerce solutions for retail, restaurants, and banking, saw its stock fall sharply in a broad, high-volume sell-off. The decline tracked a market-wide rout in technology stocks after a Federal Reserve official’s commentary suggested a more aggressive path for interest rate hikes, pressuring growth-oriented equities. Was this simply a…
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The Trump administration is planning something new for people shopping for Affordable Care Act coverage next year: health plans without a list of in-network doctors and hospitals. Why it matters: The "non-network" plans could inject a dose of long-sought innovation into health care pricing. But they also could expose patients to more surprise bills and further destabilize ACA…
President Trump soothed rattled global financial markets Monday afternoon by suggesting that the conflict in Iran will be over "very soon." But the reality of a more fractured world may not dissipate quite so easily. The big picture: The geopolitical strains unleashed by the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran 11 days ago point to an ongoing reset in the politics and economics of the…
An epic capital spending boom is squeezing certain prices higher, while promising sharp productivity gains and potentially huge job losses. What’s a central banker to do? The big picture: The AI boom is likely to affect the appropriate monetary policy in multiple ways, with some effects pointing to higher rates and others toward lower. Those different impacts will play out on…
Two developments this week capture how the world of decentralized finance and cryptocurrency is winning in its efforts to challenge traditional banks. Driving the news: On Wednesday morning, Kraken Financial, a cryptocurrency-focused bank in Wyoming, announced it has been granted a limited master account from the Federal Reserve. It’s a win for the crypto sector after years of…
Kalshi, one of the world’s largest prediction market companies, struck a deal with the Associated Press to license its elections data starting with the 2026 midterms. Why it matters: As the popularity of betting booms in the U.S., prediction markets are trying to distinguish themselves with partnerships that boost the credibility of information presented on their platforms. CNN and…
The decline was recorded between November and the end of the annual open enrollment period on Jan. 31, according to a report released by HealthSource RI on Monday. “Simultaneously, premiums rose more sharply than usual at least in part as insurers across the country, Rhode Island being no exception, anticipated shifts in the uninsured and underinsured rates in…
Political attack ads are taking on a different energy this primary cycle, thanks to big bucks from national super PACs backing cryptocurrency. Why it matters: The surge of attack ads is turning Illinois’ primary increasingly negative, even when the attacks are unrelated to digital currency. The big picture: The Fairshake political action committee (PAC) is a pro-crypto lobbying…
CFTC Chair Michael Selig endorsed blockchain-based prediction markets as ‘truth machines’ at the FIA Global Cleared Markets Conference on Monday in Boca Raton, Florida, signaling federal regulatory support even as Nevada and Massachusetts pursue legal action against platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi.
Data: Commonwealth Fund; Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios Health insurance costs ate up 11% of median family income in California in 2024, according to a new analysis. Why it matters: The findings show how tough it can be to afford health care, even with insurance, for many of the estimated 167 million Americans who get coverage through an employer. The state-by-state breakdown of federal…
A coalition backed by health insurers and employers is launching a new a new effort to showcase hospital pricing as a central driver of rising health care costs, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Health care affordability is emerging as a key election-year issue, with the Trump administration and many in Congress increasingly questioning why drug prices and insurance premiums are…
Data: Commonwealth Fund; Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios Health insurance costs ate up almost 9% of the median family income in Minnesota in 2024, according to a new analysis. Why it matters: The findings show how tough it can be to afford health care, even with insurance. Zoom in: The state-by-state breakdown of federal data by the Commonwealth Fund looked at how much people spent on…
Companies whose workers use Medicaid for health insurance would have to provide private coverage or face a fine under the proposed state budget.
For the first time in years, RI's public health insurance marketplace posted a drop in enrollment.
Newswise — Female sterilization has played a much bigger role in U.S. reproductive history than many people realize. For decades it has been one of the most common forms of birth control in the country. Its history is layered—from outright coercion and racial targeting to rights-based reform and bureaucratic redesign.
Despite temporary setbacks like the COVID-19 pandemic, global life expectancy has trended upward for decades. For example, according to recent United States data, life expectancy rose to 78.4 years in 2023, with men averaging 75.8 and women 81.1.
Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers has indicated that he wants to sit on the upper chamber’s banking committee, which deals in key regulation and oversight of the banking and financial sector, if elected in November.
Tensions in negotiations between one of the state’s largest insurance companies and a major health network went public last week, as Michigan Medicine Patients received an email warning that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan could be moved out of network.
The West Virginia Senate has signed off on a bill meant to help cancer patients retain their hair during chemotherapy treatment. The Senate approved House Bill 4089 with a vote of 33 to 1 and no discussion. Sen. Mike Azinger, R-Wood, was the lone no vote on the bill. The bill would require West Virginia […]
