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Elderplan/ Homefirst, the nonprofit senior healthcare management organization, opened its first-ever Brooklyn office with a celebratory ribbon-cutting on Aug. 5. Its new community office, located at 6405 Seventh Ave. in Sunset Park, will be a resource for Elderplan members seeking support and information about their health plan coverage and how to access…

Assembly Bill 311, written by Assemblymember Tina McKinnor, D- Inglewood, would allow insurance companies to utilize telematics— driving data recorded and transmitted through smartphone sensors and apps or a device that plugs into a vehicle— to better determine driver risk and offer premium discounts to good drivers. California is the only state in the…

Vanessa Barahona received a call this past spring from Angelica at Kern Family Health Care in Bakersfield, California, telling her it was time to renew her coverage under Medi-Cal, the state’ s version of Medicaid. “Angelica” is the name assigned to an AI program deployed last year by Kern Family Health Care, the largest provider of Medi-Cal services in Kern County.

Hinson Also Voted for the Biggest Cuts to Medicaid in History, Which Threatens to Kick Over 110,000 Iowans Off Their Healthcare and is Forcing Healthcare Clinics in Iowa to Close. DES MOINES Today, local Sioux City leaders and Iowans experiencing higher health insurance premiums and diminished healthcare came together to mark the 61st anniversary of…

The following information was released by the South Dakota Corn Council& South Dakota Corn Growers Association:. The South Dakota Corn Growers Association, along with the South Dakota Soybean Association, South Dakota Farm Bureau and South Dakota Farmers Union together fought for reinstatement of this risk management tool. In South Dakota, the NDSU…

Representatives Stacy Jo Adams and Chris Sneed will lead an interim study examining the factors contributing to rising homeowners' insurance costs in Oklahoma. The lawmakers will bring together insurance professionals, contractors, builders, real estate professionals, adjusters, consumer advocates, and homeowners to better understand why Oklahoma…

Staton has been Deputy Director of Disability Insurance at the Employment Development Department since 2025, where she was Deputy Director of Unemployment Insurance from 2021 to 2025. Staton held multiple positions at the Employment Development Department from 2008 to 2019, including Staff Services Manager II, Staff Services Manager I, Employment…

The following information was released by the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:. Senator Elizabeth Warren, Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following statement on reports that President Trump is moving forward with his attempt to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook:.

U.S. stocks advanced on Friday, with the S&P closing at a record high to cap off a strong week of gains for the major indexes, after data showed the economy shed jobs last month and dampened expectations the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates in September. The Labor Department said nonfarm payrolls decreased by 23,000 jobs last month, well below the…

WASHINGTON- The U.S. economy unexpectedly shed jobs in July and previously reported job gains for the prior two months were revised sharply lower, tempering financial market expectations for an interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve next month. "This is the third summer in a row that we have seen unexpected weakness in the labor market," said Stephen Stanley,…

Rising health insurance costs have pushed about a third of Florida’ s 67 school districts to join the Florida Educator Health Trust, a nonprofit organization under the umbrella of the Florida Association of District School Superintendents. “When we were fully insured, our insurance premium rose every single year, from anywhere from 6 percent to 20 percent,” said…

2026 AUG 07– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Daily Real Estate News– Fresh data on finance are presented in a new report. According to news reporting from Washington, District of Columbia, by NewsRx journalists, research stated,“ This paper analyzes a model of the mortgage market, allowing for scenarios with and without government-sponsored mortgage…

—The Trump administration is moving ahead with its efforts to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, two months after the Supreme Court allowed her to retain her job while she fights the president’ s effort to terminate her over mortgage fraud allegations that she has denied. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in a footnote in his opinion that…

But, of the three gubernatorial candidates, only Amanda Janoo supports and advocates for publicly financed universal primary care, mental healthcare and substance use care as a first step toward publicly financed universal healthcare for all. Vermont, our Brave Little State, can be a shining example of how a single-payer universal system can work.

Thunderstorms, hail and tornadoes are part of summertime in Indiana. Insurance premiums rose about 16% for a typical Indiana homeowner between 2021 and 2024, according to an analysis of commercial data from the Consumer Federation of America. In an informal FPI News survey about affordability in Indiana, several respondents said rising insurance bills…

As Washington state reels from a devastating wildfire that destroyed hundreds of homes in Spokane last weekend, experts say the disaster has cast newfound uncertainty over a property insurance market that had just begun to stabilize. In some places, such as California, those trends have triggered a full-blown crisis, with private companies abandoning…