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The expiration of tax credits used by almost 217,000 Washington residents is one of the sticking points for congressional Democrats in the federal government shutdown. Franklin County is one of seven counties in the state with increases of at least 100%, all in rural regions in central and Eastern Washington. They include Yakima, Grant, Adams, Douglas, Chelan…

Insurance companies and financial institutions should give Oregonians affected by the ongoing federal government shutdown more time and flexibility to pay bills and file claims, the Oregon agency that regulates insurers recommended Tuesday. The federal government shut down on Oct. 1 after Republicans and Democrats in Congress could not agree to pass a…

BY PAIGE WINFIELD C UNNINGHAM The Washington Post. Millions of Americans are already seeing their health insurance costs soar for 2026 as Congress remains deadlocked over extending covid-era subsidies for premiums. Democrats refuse to vote on government-funding legislation unless it extends the subsidies, while Republicans insist on separate…

President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are vigorously fighting for a world where your health care costs more, covers less and gives even greater power to private insurance companies. That is not good for you. Republicans have a clear choice: end the shutdown and fund the ACA subsidies.

The government shutdown has focused debate on the vast sum that the federal government spends to annually subsize continually skyrocketing Obamacare health insurance premiums. The Wall Street Journal reports that regardless of how that fiscal tug-of-war turns out, health insurance premiums paid by Americans are expected to rise another 8% or 9% next…

Teresa Leger Fernández, D- N.M., sent a letter to every House Republican on Wednesday, pressing them to work with Democrats and extend federal health insurance subsidies. The Affordable Care Act subsidies are set to expire at the end of the year and have been a key sticking point for Democrats in shutdown negotiations that appear to have ground to a halt.

Years before admitting to embezzling money from the church where she worked as a bookkeeper, former South Lake Tahoe Mayor Tamara Wallace was sued by an insurance company for "theft of funds" of more than $100,000, according to records reviewed by the Chronicle. A lawyer for the church told the Chronicle that the congregation's leaders discovered Wallace stole…

Oct. 17— By Christopher Snowbeck, The Minnesota Star Tribune. Mayo Clinic will go out-of-network next year for most Medicare Advantage plans from two of the nation's largest health insurers. The changes, which UnitedHealthcare and Humana confirmed over the past week to the Minnesota Star Tribune, mean tens of thousands of beneficiaries in Minnesota will need…

Lehigh County residents who receive their health insurance through Pennsylvania's online marketplace, Pennie, can expect their monthly premiums to more than double if Congress doesn't extend tax credits that expire at the end of this year. These tax credits have become one of the battlegrounds between Republicans and Democrats over next year's federal…

As the federal government shutdown continues, Democrats have been building their case with a surprising number of Republicans who are coming to realize the crisis in health insurance costs will begin hitting Americans soon. Democrats hailed the surprising revelations from Greene. Democrats continue to fall under criticism on the shutdown, but a recent…

Back in 2007, President George W. Bush was being challenged on his opposition to the Children's Health Insurance Program– which provides health coverage for children in families too poor to afford private insurance, yet too "wealthy" to qualify for Medicaid. His response was honest, if characteristically clumsy: "People have access to health care in America.

It comes as CVS Health is laying off dozens of employees that report to the Hartford headquarters of its Aetna health insurance business, a round of job cuts touched off by the loss of a contract involving government health care programs for seniors. CVS said it would layoff 72 workers after losing a contract for its Aetna Medicare Medicaid Program in 2026,…

In Virginia, a new report finds this could be as high as an additional $1,000 per month for some families. In Virginia, almost 400,000 people are insured through Virginia's marketplace and 1.9 million count on Medicaid. In Virginia, most of them have incomes that are well below the state average.

Back in 2007, President George W. Bush was being challenged on his opposition to the Children's Health Insurance Program- which provides health coverage for children in families too poor to afford private insurance, yet too "wealthy" to qualify for Medicaid. His response was honest, if characteristically clumsy: "People have access to health care in America.

BTC is up 7% from its local low of $103,600 reached on Oct. 17, shrugging off recent volatility, including a partial government shutdown that rattled broader markets. The Oct. 28-29 FOMC meeting carries a 99% chance of a 25- basis-point rate cut, according to the CME Group FedWatch tool, which would lower rates to 3.75%-4%. Target rate possibilities at the October 29…

As the partial federal government shutdown reached its 20th day Monday, local Democrats in Congress aren "t backing down from demands that Republicans extend a hefty health care subsidy that" s currently lowering the cost of care for 1.7 million Californians and tens of thousands of Bay Area residents. The federal government shut down Oct. 1 amid a bid by…

Federal workers for agencies like the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the National Guard will go without pay until the impasse is resolved. Few signs indicate Congress is approaching a deal as federal lawmakers jockey over changes to health insurance policy that could affect nearly 140,000 Oregonians. Cliff Bentz— who…

-Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe Medicare benefits will be reduced under the current administration, according to a recent NerdWallet survey. Medicare Part B premiums are estimated to increase by $21.50 to $206.50 next year according to the Medicare Trustees— one of the bigger premium hikes in Medicare history. Medicare Part D prescription drug…