As tests and screenings for chronic conditions improve, Connecticut residents will have better access after lawmakers passed legislation mandating health insurance plans cover biomarker tests starting next year. Connecticut joins more than 20 states mandating insurance coverage cover biomarker tests, said Christy Kovel, director of public policy at…
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U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is a "numbskull" who has kept interest rates too high, but he will be out in eight months, President Donald Trump said at a news conference on Tuesday. In eight months, he'll be out, "he said from a meeting at the White House with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Lately, the White House has intensified Trump's pressure…
Ron DeSantis, Blaise Ingoglia was sworn in Monday as Florida’ s chief financial officer, vowing to focus on local-government spending and insurance companies. Joe Gruters, a Sarasota Republican who has drawn support from President Donald Trump. “There’ s going to be plenty of time to campaign,” Ingoglia told reporters after the swearing-in ceremony in the Capitol’…
AM Best will participate and be a sponsor at the Vietnam Insurance Summit, to be held 1 August 2025 in Quy Nhon, Vietnam. Lau, who joined AM Best in 2020, is responsible for the credit ratings of insurance and reinsurance companies in the Asia Pacific region and is particularly knowledgeable with Vietnam’ s insurance market. Additionally, Rob Curtis, managing…
The state Division of Insurance announced Monday that it has“ renegotiated” double digit rate increases proposed by six companies for merged group health plans offered to individuals and businesses with 50 or fewer employees. Those health plans included Fallon Community Health Plan, Health New England, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Mass General Brigham…
A New York Focus investigation has found that Leading Edge has championed a business model allowing the employers they work with to keep money that should legally go to their workers. In partnership with PPL, that strategy could help the two companies hold on to nearly $100 million a year in New York. “That is them keeping the money that they were supposed to pay to…
Heidi Kasama, delayed insurance approvals for health care treatment aren't just something she hears about in news reports or from constituents. Kasama's husband, diagnosed with stage IV cancer that is now in remission, at one point had to wait one to two months for treatment approval. The oncologist treating her husband's cancer told her he often spends less…
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Republicans' tax law runs up deficit by $3.4T, throws 10 million off health insurance, CBO says
WASHINGTON— Republicans' "big, beautiful" law will add $3.394 trillion to deficits during the next decade and lead 10 million people to lose access to health insurance, according to an analysis released Monday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The updated assessment of the sweeping tax and spending cuts law came weeks after nearly every GOP…
AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of“ a-” to OneNexus Oklahoma Captive Corp.. OneNexus is a property/casualty protected cell captive insurer domiciled in Oklahoma that was incorporated in 2021. OneNexus started writing business in 2023 as a special purpose insurer providing contractual liability…
Florida Blue policyholders are being notified that Memorial Healthcare System may no longer be in the health insurer’ s network. Also affected are members of Anthem, Florida Blue Cross Blue Shield, Elevance, and other Blue Cross Blue Shield plans from other states. All Memorial Healthcare System hospitals, physicians, urgent care centers, and specialty…
Ron DeSantis, Blaise Ingoglia was sworn in Monday as Florida's chief financial officer, vowing to focus on local-government spending and insurance companies. Joe Gruters, a Sarasota Republican who has drawn support from President Donald Trump. "There's going to be plenty of time to campaign," Ingoglia told reporters after the swearing-in ceremony in the…
WASHINGTON— Republicans' "big, beautiful" law will add $3.394 trillion to deficits during the next decade and lead 10 million people to lose access to health insurance, according to an analysis released Monday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The updated assessment of the sweeping tax and spending cuts law came weeks after nearly every GOP…
With the elimination of the Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults program July 1, some local organizations say they have taken matters into their own hands. She is one of over 30,000 undocumented immigrants that lost health coverage as Illinois ended its Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults program July 1. JB Pritzker proposed cutting the program as part of…
Thousands of Illinois immigrants have lost health coverage, with the end of the Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults program July 1. Borderless Magazine compiled a guide to explain who' s affected and what options are available. JB Pritzker's state budget cut has left thousands of undocumented immigrants in Illinois without healthcare access.
With 58% of Robeson County residents enrolled in Medicaid— and over 15% without any health insurance— UNC Health Southeastern and its patients will be hit hard by federal cuts. Robeson County has one of the highest rates of Medicaid enrollment in North Carolina, with more than 20% of enrollees enrolled through the state’ s recent Medicaid expansion.
CARIBPR WIRE, DURHAM, N.C., July 22, 2025: Aspida Life Re Ltd, a Bermuda- based life and annuity reinsurance company, announced the execution of its second reinsurance transaction in Japan, effective June 1, 2025. “This transaction is highly strategic for Aspida Re,” said David Florian, CEO of Aspida Re.“ It reflects our deep commitment to the Japanese market and our…
By the time a student-led protest movement erupted into a full-scale revolution in Bangladesh in July 2024, the country's economy was already in free fall. Meanwhile, several actions of India, Bangladesh's powerful neighbor and major trading partner, further destabilized an already volatile situation. The government in New Delhi, which had been close to the…
