Robert C. Scott, D- Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on June 25 after the Trump administration filed a brief with the Supreme Court, requesting that the Court overturn the Affordable Care Act in its entirety:. “With today's Supreme Court filing, the Trump Administration remains undeterred in its…
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Richard J. Durbin, D- Illinois, issued the following news release on June 25:. U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler introduced a bicameral bill to curb abuses that deprive employees and retirees of their earnings and retirement savings when businesses file for bankruptcy. The Protecting Employees and…
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation issued the following news release:. Even prior to the pandemic, the potential for covering millions of uninsured people had become the focus of political debate in a number of non-expansion states, including ballot initiatives in Missouri and Oklahoma as well as debate in North Carolina and Kansas. Without it, many more…
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners issued the following news release:. As part of our state-based system of insurance regulation in the United States, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners provides expertise, data, and analysis for insurance commissioners to effectively regulate the industry and protect consumers.
Zach Shamberg, president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Health Care Association, testified today before a public hearing of the Pennsylvania Senate Aging and Youth Committee citing the ongoing need for collaboration and support from state officials as Pennsylvania's nursing homes, assisted living communities and personal care homes continue to respond to…
Jeanne Shaheen, D- New Hampshire, issued the following statement:. U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen issued the following statement in response to briefs that will be filed by Republican officials and the Trump administration in support of their partisan lawsuit to strike down the Affordable Care Act. “Rather than working across the aisle to lower costs and expand…
Steven Horsford, D- Nevada, issued the following news release:. This legislation comes one day before the Trump Administration is due to file a brief asking the Supreme Court to strike down the entirety of the Affordable Care Act. “I'm working every day in Congress to lower the cost of healthcare for Nevada's families.
The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release on June 25:. A federal grand jury has returned a 33- count indictment charging three individuals, including a doctor and an advanced practice nurse, with defrauding New Jersey state health benefits programs and other insurers out of more than $6 million by…
This final rule follows publication of a September 13, 2019 proposed rule and takes into consideration the public comments received on the proposed rule. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John M. Hartung, Director, Policy, Risk Analysis& Lender Relations Division, Office of Residential Care Facilities, Office of Healthcare Programs, Office of Housing,…
Tampa, Florida– United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Phillip Roy Wasserman and Kenneth Murry Rossman with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud, as well as substantive counts of wire fraud and mail fraud. According to the indictment, Wasserman, a former lawyer and licensed insurance agent, and…
Schumer Statement On Trump Administration Asking The Supreme Court To Repeal The Affordable Care Act
“Americans should look at what the Trump administration and Republicans do–not what they say–on health care. Republicans remain unflinching in their cruel and callous campaign to eliminate Americans' health care coverage, even as the country faces down the biggest global health crisis in recent history. “And in the same way the Trump administration failed…
WASHINGTON, DC- Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, slammed the Trump Administration's decision yesterday to file a brief with the Supreme Court asking the justices to strike down the entirety of the Affordable Care Act. From day one, his Administration…
-As the Trump Administration filed its brief with the Supreme Court asking the justices to strike down the entirety of the Affordable Care Act, Rep. Kirkpatrick released a new report finding that the number of Americans who would lose health coverage if the Republican lawsuit succeeds has grown to more than 23 million amid the historic health and economic…
Washington, D.C.- Today, one day after the Trump Administration filed a brief asking the Supreme Court to strike down the Affordable Care Act, Congressman Henry Cuellar helped unveil new legislation to build on the ACA to lower health costs and prescription drug prices: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act. “From Day One, I have been working…
CLEVELAND, OH- Today, U.S. Sen. Late yesterday, the Trump Administration filed a brief in support of invalidating the entire Affordable Care Act, which reports estimate would leave more than 23 million Americans without health insurance in the middle of a pandemic. Warner, Jones, Durbin and Shaheen led 34 of their Senate colleagues in urging House and Senate…
Western District of New York. ROCHESTER, N.Y.- U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Brian Bartz, 38, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with wire fraud, attempted wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. Assistant U.S. Attorney Meghan K. McGuire, who is handling the case, stated that over the past five years, the defendant…
LATEST ACTION: June 26, 2020- Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. CHAMBER OF ORIGIN: U.S. House of Representatives. 06/26/2020– House– Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
President Trump and Melania Trump on Thursday visited the Korean War Memorial in Washington to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the conflict that divided the Asian peninsula, with the U.S. backing the south. Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and Lee Soo Hyuck— South Korea's ambassador to the U.S.— also…
The Insurance Information Institute's Board of Directors approved plans this month to have the Triple-I enter into an affiliation with The Institutes, and The Institutes' Board yesterday agreed to the affiliation. “This forward-looking decision is the culmination of several years of strategic dialogue both internally at the Triple-I and with The…
