–Triple-S Management Corporation, a leading managed care company in Puerto Rico, today announced its fourth quarter 2018 results. Net loss of $10.9 million, or $0.48 loss per share, versus net income of $24.2 million, or $1.03 per diluted share, in the prior-year period; net loss in the fourth quarter of 2018 was driven by net unrealized losses on equity investments…
The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release:. Amani, an elderly cheetah living at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, was humanely euthanized Feb. 19. She moved to SCBI from the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in August 2009, where she had been living for a little more than a year-and-a-half.
Director Tanya N. Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West announced today that SBA has approved more than $5 million in federal disaster loans for Alaska businesses and residents impacted by the earthquake that occurred Nov. 30, 2018. Businesses and residents in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Matanuska…
This morning, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal is introducing the Medicare for All Act of 2019 on Capitol Hill alongside dozens of congressional co-sponsors and grassroots leaders from across the country including Democracy for America’s Chief Executive Officer Yvette Simpson. DFA CEO Yvette Simpson released the following statement on the launch of…
Irish drivers have been warned they will need a special insurance document to cross the currently invisible border to Northern Ireland after next month if the U.K. leaves the European Union without a deal. The Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Ireland says it has issued insurance firms with 1 million application forms for the internationally recognized “Green Card” document.
Irish drivers have been warned they will need a special insurance document to cross the currently invisible border to Northern Ireland after next month if the U.K. leaves the European Union without a deal. The Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Ireland says it has issued insurance firms with 1 million application forms for the internationally recognized “Green Card” document.
Pramila Jayapal today as she introduced the long-awaited Medicare for All Act of 2019, a bill to establish a national, universal single-payer health program. “This bill has over 100 original co-sponsors because people in communities throughout the U.S. are boldly demanding universal, single-payer health care,” said Connie Huynh, director of the Health Care…
The Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan issued the following news:. The Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan has been re-accredited with the nation’s highest standard for philanthropic excellence. National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations (R) establish legal, ethical, effective practices for community foundations everywhere.
Mark Warner, D- Virginia, issued the following news release:. “It’s crazy that for so many years, Virginia taxpayers were footing the bill for states that had already expanded Medicaid. Today, Medicaid expansion is bringing billions of tax dollars back home to Virginia, and more than 400,000 Virginians have gained access to quality, low-cost or no-cost Medicaid…
Mark Warner, D- Virginia, issued the following news release:. “It’s crazy that for so many years, Virginia taxpayers were footing the bill for states that had already expanded Medicaid. Today, Medicaid expansion is bringing billions of tax dollars back home to Virginia, and more than 400,000 Virginians have gained access to quality, low-cost or no-cost Medicaid…
The Heritage Foundation issued the following statement:. With the expected introduction today of a Medicare for All bill, the Heritage Foundation’s Marie Fishpaw, director of domestic policy studies, had the following response. “The American people deserve more access to higher-quality, lower-cost health care.
Feb. 28– Feb. 28– It’s a crowded field in the Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 race, which for the first time in eight years includes multiple female candidates. Running for three, four-year spots on the board are candidates Steven Blindauer, a middle school teacher; Sal Galati, vice president of an insurance brokerage firm; Lisa Page, a Park Ridge-based…
John Kennedy, R- Louisiana, issued the following news release:. John Kennedy announced today that he is a co-sponsor of the ALS Disability Insurance Access Act to ensure ALS patients no longer have to wait five months before they can receive Social Security Disability Insurance benefits. “We shouldn’t ask sufferers to wait five months before receiving benefits…
Debbie Dingell, D- Michigan, issued the following news release:. Today, Representatives Debbie Dingell, Pramila Jayapal, other members of Congress and advocates introduced the Medicare For All Act of 2019.. Medicare for All is the beginning of a national conversation about how to improve healthcare in the United States.
Physicians for a National Health Program issued the following news release:. Physicians for a National Health Program, a nonprofit research and education organization whose 23,000 members support single-payer national health insurance, endorses the Medicare for All Act of 2019, filed today by its lead sponsor Rep. It would then expand Medicare to cover…
Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance Matt Rosendale issued the following news release:. As winter weather continues to dump large amounts of snow throughout Montana, Insurance Commissioner Matt Rosendale is advising Montanans to consider flood insurance and start preparing for floods right now, before it’s too late. “As we saw last year in…
The Australian Department of Social Services’ Minister for Families and Social Services, Paul Fletcher, issued the following news release:. Minister for Families and Social Services, Paul Fletcher said replacement for standard AT items will be quickly assessed by the National Disability Insurance Agency without needing a full re-assessment, and will only…
The Australian Department of Social Services’ Minister for Families and Social Services, Paul Fletcher, issued the following news release:. Minister for Families and Social Services, Paul Fletcher said replacement for standard AT items will be quickly assessed by the National Disability Insurance Agency without needing a full re-assessment, and will only…
The Texas General Land Office issued the following news release:. -First of its kind program reimburses homeowners up to $50,000 for repairs Now accepting applications online, in-person, and via mail. The Texas General Land Office allocated $100 million in Community Development Block Grants for Disaster Recovery funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and…
