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Rural health care facilities struggle with difficulty recruiting workers and with reimbursement from federal health insurance, local providers told a congressional candidate visiting Mt. Pleasant on Tuesday, June 16. Christina Bohannan, the Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives from Iowa's First District, toured the Park Place…

CHEYENNE— Wyoming lawmakers and health care leaders gathered this week for the debut of the Legislature's Health Insurance Affordability Task Force, a group charged with untangling the complexities of rising medical costs and insurance premiums in a state where geographical isolation often dictates the price of survival. He discussed the economics of…

Alan Greenspan, seated left, said working for President Gerald Ford, sitting next to him, was more interesting than helming the Fed. Alan Greenspan, who died on June 22, 2026, at the age of 100, is best remembered for his 18 years at the helm of the Federal Reserve. To us, one of the most notable aspects of his career was his commitment to public service, cemented while he…

Alan Greenspan, who died on June 22, 2026, at the age of 100, is best remembered for his 18 years at the helm of the Federal Reserve. We also knew him personally, in different capacities: One of us interviewed him in 2016 for a book on public service, and the other was present as a young professor when Greenspan defended his dissertation at New York University in 1977..

The following information was released by the Cato Institute:. The Federal Reserve is a sprawling bureaucracy, averse to change. With that in mind, the latest FOMC meeting and press conference the first under new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh came as a pleasant surprise.

Assemblymember Carl DeMaio today blasted Governor Gavin Newsom and legislative Democrats for approving a state budget that will increase health insurance costs on California families already struggling under the state's cost-of-living crisis. "California families are already getting crushed by the cost of living, but California Democrats have voted…

Globe Life Inc. (NYSE: GL) has caught the attention of the investment community today with its bullish price action. The company’s shares have moved 1.68% on the day to $174.94. Globe Life Inc. delivers diverse life insurance and supplementary health coverage, alongside annuity products, targeting households in the lower-middle to middle-income brackets throughout the United […]

"Big news for LPT— they are going completely fare-free starting July 1st," reported Ben Ziff, mobility coordinator for Hocking Athens Perry Community Action. Ziff explained that in 2025 HAPCAP was able to partner with AmeriHealth Caritas Ohio, a Medicaid managed care organization that serves residents of Athens County and the rest of the Southeast/Central…

Shares of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (NYSE: THG) traded at a new 52-week high today and are currently trading at $205.66. So far today, approximately 97,377 shares have been exchanged, as compared to an average 30-day volume of 317.59k shares. The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. is a U.S.-based insurer offering a wide array of […]

Symetra Life Insurance Company today announced that its full suite of workforce benefits products— including group life and AD&D, group disability, and group supplemental health— is now integrated into PlanSource, a leading benefits administration technology and services company. “We’ve built a robust workforce benefits portfolio, and we want employers to…

For farmers and ranchers planning to fill the feed gap by planting annual forages from August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2027, the USDA Risk Management Agency's Annual Forage insurance program provides the option of taking coverage for a lack of precipitation. The Annual Forage Insurance program utilizes a rainfall index to determine precipitation for…

Americans are growing more cautious about investing as concerns about a potential recession and ongoing market volatility rise, according to the Q2 2026 Quarterly Market Perceptions Study* from the Allianz Center for the Future of Retirement, part of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America. About three in five worry that a major recession is right…

Alan Greenspan, who died on June 22, 2026, at the age of 100, is best remembered for his 18 years at the helm of the Federal Reserve. We also knew him personally, in different capacities: One of us interviewed him in 2016 for a book on public service, and the other was present as a young professor when Greenspan defended his dissertation at New York University in 1977..

Legislators this week approved a health tax bill meant to continue critical federal funding for the state's Medicaid program, also known as Medi-Cal. California has been charging Medi-Cal insurance plans at a higher rate than private plans. The state's newly-designed solution, Senate Bill 125, will lower the tax on Medi-Cal plans and raise the tax on private…

First American Financial Corporation, a premier provider of title, settlement and risk solutions for real estate transactions and the leader in the digital transformation of its industry, today published a new white paper examining the essential role title insurance plays in protecting the integrity of the U.S. property rights system and maintaining the…

Alliant Insurance Services has added Yana Jones as Vice President within its Employee Benefits Group, expanding the firm’ s benefits consulting capabilities in Indiana and across the region. Jones has extensive experience advising employers on employee benefits strategy and execution throughout Indiana and the Chicagoland region.