CHARLOTTESVILLE- 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…
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Property owners all over the United States of America are feeling the pain of the extremely high cost of insurance, but what is astonishing is that the pain is not equally distributed. In a nation where we print on our currency "In God We Trust," The "We" in the phrase cannot trust the insurance companies in a supposedly Godly Nation. Even when factoring environmental…
However, data center construction is helping keep the region's economy afloat, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The district includes the eastern half of Missouri, southern Illinois, all of Arkansas and parts of Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee. Charles Gascon, economist and assistant vice president at the Federal…
One of the biggest stigmas surrounding the insurance industry is the idea that once a sale is made, the agent disappears. But for Justin "JJ" Kurtz and his team at NRG Financial, the signature on the dotted line is just the beginning of a lifelong partnership. For nine years, Kurtz has been building an agency in Grand Rapids centered around a simple, powerful…
For farm families, finding healthcare coverage is an important but challenging task. University of Missouri Extension Ag Business Specialist Amie Breshears said health coverage is a crucial topic for farm families. There are income-based options such as the Health Insurance Marketplace, Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
The race is in Iowa, whose Medicaid program has been plagued with controversy since 2016, when the state hired national insurance companies to manage billions of dollars' worth of benefits. With his executive order, Iowa joined most other states in privatizing the management of Medicaid, which covers healthcare for more than 67 million Americans with low…
According to online campaign finance reports, Blackburn's primary campaign received $15,400 each from PACs run by Franklin-based Acadia Healthcare and insurance provider Delta Dental. A PAC representing health insurance provider Blue Cross Blue Shield in Tennessee also contributed $15,400 toward her primary campaign. Blackburn has also seen…
Two former directors of the state agency that oversees Medicaid fraud investigations said Friday that Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird's newly formed fraud task force is "political theater." Dean Lerner and Kevin Techau, who served as directors of the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals under Democratic governors Tom Vilsack and Chet Culver, said…
This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. California is at the early stages of a full-blown healthcare crisis. Last year, President Donald Trump's regressive budget bill slashed $100 billion in healthcare funding from California to pay for more billionaire tax breaks.
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—…
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…
