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Republican lawmakers sue to block abortion law Rauner approved

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The suit filed in Sangamon County Circuit Court and drafted by the nonprofit religious liberty law firm Thomas More Society also attempts to delay when the law takes effect, from Jan. 1 to June 1 of next year. Thomas More Society special counsel and Republican state Rep. He noted that after the Senate voted for it in May, Democrats placed a procedural hold on the bill…

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New Medicare Findings from G.C. Alexander and Colleagues Discussed. By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest– Investigators publish new report on Medicare and Medicaid- Medicare. For more information on this research see: Association Between Prescription Drug Insurance and Health Care Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries….

Chris Sununu meets with Vice President Mike Pence during a Wednesday visit to Washington. The Legislature in the last session passed a bill, since signed into law, that would require the state to terminate the expansion of Medicaid to approximately 50,000 additional New Hampshire residents if the federal waiver needed to implement a work requirement is…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by VerticalNews journalists, a trademark application has been made for “CAPITOL CORRESPONDENT” by Kenna I. Daly, representing Hartford Fire Insurance Company. The owner/registrar information for this application is: Kenna I. Daly,…

According to news originating from Cambridge, Massachusetts, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “The Medicare Part D program relies on consumer choice to provide insurers with incentives to offer low-priced, high-quality pharmaceutical insurance plans. For more information on this research see: The impact of consumer inattention on insurer…

New Findings in Risk Management Described from Potsdam University. According to news reporting from Potsdam, Germany, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, “Protection motivation theory has become a popular theory to explain the risk-reducing behavior of residents against natural hazards. This study presents the results of two surveys among more…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by VerticalNews journalists, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing by Primerica, Inc. was posted on November 20, 2017. The SEC file number is 0001564590-17-024038.. A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing is a formal…

IRA Financial Group, the leading provider of self-directed IRA LLC and Solo 401 Plan announces the finding of its internal report which concluded that tax efficiency was the primary reason behind investors using a self-directed IRA or Roth IRA to purchase cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoins. “The primary advantage of using a self-directed IRA LLC to make…

Nov. 30– A number of pro-life organizations and state lawmakers are going to court in Sangamon County to block the controversial state law providing expanded public funding of abortions in Illinois. “The people of Illinois totally reject taxpayer-funded abortions,” Peter Breen, a special counsel to the Society and a Republican representative from Lombard,…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Business Weekly– Amerigroup in Texas will continue offering access to SilverSneakers ®, as one of the many benefits included in its 2018 Medicare Advantage plans. SilverSneakers- offered by Tivity Health- is a fitness program tailored to older adults and is celebrating 25 years of partnering with consumers…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest– Gateway Health, a leading Medicaid Managed Care Organization is expanding access to healthcare coverage through ForeverCare, Inc., a newly established and approved Medicaid PASSE in Arkansas. “We are honored that the State of Arkansas and their Department of Human Services recognizes our…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News– According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by VerticalNews journalists, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing by Axa Equitable Life Insurance Co was posted on November 17, 2017. The SEC file number is 0000727920-17-000026.. A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission…

According to news reporting from Santander, Spain, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Several stakeholders have undertaken initiatives to propose solutions towards a more sustainable health system and Spain, as an example of a European country affected by austerity measures, is looking for ways to cut healthcare budgets. For more information on this…

The California Public Utilities Commissions has unanimously voted to have San Diego utility shareholders, not ratepayers pay for uninsured wildfire costs from three 2007 deadly blazes ignited by power lines. Regulators on Thursday voted to uphold an August decision by two administrative law judges that concluded that San Diego Gas & Electric did not act reasonably in managing its equipment and thus could not pass along costs to ratepayers.

The Thomas More Society filed the action Thursday in Sangamon County Circuit Court. He says taxpayers morally object to financing abortions, and he believes it’s illegal because there’s no state budget to cover the procedures, and because lawmakers held onto the legislation so long that the Constitution bars it from taking effect earlier than June 1.

Closing on the sale of our medical office properties will mark a significant milestone for IRET and is the final component necessary to transform us into a focused multifamily company. IRET entered into an agreement to sell its medical office portfolio for $417. 5 million. Additionally, since the end of its fiscal first quarter in July, IRET sold 22 other…

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at VerticalNews Health& Science– In the October 2017 issue of the journal Diabetes Care, DDZ scientists published their study on the number of deaths in Germany due to diabetes and its complications. The use of routine data of all persons insured in the statutory health insurance system in Germany opens up new opportunities…