Open enrollment is underway for Virginia's Insurance Marketplace, the commonwealth's official state-based exchange dedicated to providing health insurance to eligible consumers. Launched in 2023, the marketplace has helped more than 400,000 Virginia residents enroll in health plans, placing Virginia among the top 10 states nationwide for…
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Dear Toni: I have original Medicare with a supplement, and in October, I was taken by ambulance to the emergency room for heart issues. Can you please explain how this rule could affect his hospital stay since he is no longer in Medicare with a supplement.— Sybil, Tampa, Fla.. Dear Sybil: The Medicare outpatient observation notice rule only affects those who are enrolled…
Florida lawmakers, led by Senate President Ben Albritton, are stepping up to make sure property insurance companies pay what they owe. A good place to start would be with the state's own insurer, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation. A recent report from the Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald revealed something shocking: Citizens denied more than half of the…
Weekly applications for jobless benefits are considered a proxy for U.S. layoffs. The Federal Reserve jacked up rates in 2022 and into 2023 in an attempt to squelch the sky-high inflation that developed when the U.S. economy rebounded from the brief but sharp pandemic recession. The Fed has cut its benchmark rate at its last two meetings in response to receding…
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today proposed a rule to rein in data brokers that sell personal and financial information. © Shutterstock The proposed rule would limit the sale of personal identifiers like Social Security Numbers and phone numbers collected by certain companies. The rule would also ensure that people’s financial data such as […] The post CFPB…
Louisiana has some of the highest home insurance rates in the country, but state leaders want to expand a plan to strengthen homes against storm damage to help some lessen the burden. The Louisiana Department of Insurance launched the program in 2023 with $30 million in funding. The legislature funded the program again in 2024, and the Louisiana Department of…
US Bank National Association v. Allstate Vehicle and Property Insurance Company, et al.. v. Cavalry Construction Company LLC: Complaint for Debt and Money Due, Breach of Contract.
With a recession deepening and the 1982 midterm elections approaching, Federal Reserve chair Paul Volcker was summoned to the Oval Office, where Ronald Reagan was sitting with his chief of staff, James Baker. John H. Cochrane and Amit Seru of the Hoover Institution think the hyperactive Fed has become too ambitious in its interventions in the economy and social…
TALLAHASSEE- Florida healthcare officials are in no hurry to provide medical coverage for thousands of needy children, even after the Biden Administration this week approved the state "s plan to extend low cost health insurance to them. The approval issued Monday by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would enable 42,000 Florida families…
NEW YORK— Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth' s insurance unit, was fatally shot on Wednesday morning outside a midtown Manhattan hotel in what appears to have been a targeted attack, New York City police officials said. "This does not appear to be a random act of violence," New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a press conference Wednesday.
NEW YORK- The masked gunman who stalked and killed the leader of one of the largest U.S. health insurance companies outside a Manhattan hotel used ammunition emblazoned with the words "deny," "defend" and "depose," two law enforcement officials said Thursday. The words were written in permanent marker, according to one of the officials, who spoke to The Associated…
HARTFORD– The masked gunman who stalked and killed the leader of one of the largest U.S. health insurance companies outside a Manhattan hotel used ammunition emblazoned with the words "deny," "defend" and "depose," a law enforcement official said Thursday. The dawn ambush occurred as Thompson walked to the company's annual investor conference at a Hilton hotel in…
HARTFORD– The masked gunman who stalked and killed the leader of one of the largest U.S. health insurance companies outside a Manhattan hotel used ammunition emblazoned with the words "deny," "defend" and "depose," a law enforcement official said Thursday. The dawn ambush occurred as Thompson walked to the company's annual investor conference at a Hilton hotel in…
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield said in a statement that its decision to backpedal resulted from "significant widespread misinformation" about the policy. "To be clear, it never was and never will be the policy of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield to not pay for medically necessary anesthesia services," the statement said. Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield would have used "…
Dec. 5— HARTFORD— The masked gunman who stalked and killed the leader of one of the largest U.S. health insurance companies outside a Manhattan hotel used ammunition emblazoned with the words "deny," "defend" and "depose," a law enforcement official said Thursday. The dawn ambush occurred as Thompson walked to the company's annual investor conference at a Hilton hotel…
Signage is displayed the outside of the corporate headquarters building of health insurance company Anthem in Indianapolis, Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield said in a statement it was dropping the plan, citing“ widespread misinformation” about how the change would work. The policy was set to go into effect in Missouri Feb. 1.
The fatal shooting Wednesday of a top UnitedHealthcare executive, Brian Thompson, on a New York City sidewalk has unleashed a torrent of morbid glee from patients and others who say they have had negative experiences with health insurance companies at some of the hardest times of their lives. "Thoughts and deductibles to the family," read one comment underneath…
Companies related to the crypto market, such as MicroStrategy and Coinbase Global, saw their stocks rise, too, before falling back in trading early Thursday. The surge in price for the decentralized form of payment coincided with Mr. Trump's decision to select Paul Atkins, viewed as crypto-friendly, as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
—The gunman who killed the CEO of the largest U.S. health insurer likely left New York City on a bus soon after the brazen ambush that has shaken corporate America, police officials said Friday. Video of the gunman fleeing Wednesday's shooting showed him riding a bicycle into Central Park and later taking a taxi to a bus terminal that offers commuter service to New…
