Zolbrod, I'm not currently a client of the Health Insurance Store. Due to testing back logs, I'm told that the more detailed tests I will need prior to my A-Fib treatments can't be done until early February 2025. Answer: Anyone who currently has an Advantage Plan, and can pass medical underwriting, can still make a change back to Original Medicare and a Supplement…
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By Evan Ramstad/ Minnesota Star Tribune. Another wave of criticism rose against Minnetonka, Minn.- based UnitedHealthcare, the nation's largest health insurer, and the broader insurance industry following the arrest on Monday of Luigi Mangione. The 26- year-old scion of a wealthy Maryland family was charged with murder for shooting Thompson last Wednesday…
DIXON COUNTY, Neb.– Dixon County property owners have 90 days to provide additional information before an update to the county's Flood Insurance Rate Map is completed. "During the past couple of years, the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources has been working closely with community officials throughout the county to make sure we have the most accurate…
Many patients face significant upfront costs to getting health care. Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank via Getty Imagesw. The U.S. has made great progress in getting more people insured since the Affordable Care Act took effect in 2014.
Once political assassination is normalized all officeholders and candidates both Republicans and Democrats are at risk and democracy cannot function. Nor should Democrats make light of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, even though Trump joked about the life-threatening hammer attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband. The recent assassination of…
Because the United States still doesn't have a national health care system that guarantees everyone adequate medical attention. On December 4, a gunman murdered Brian Thompson, UnitedHealthcare's 50- year-old CEO. And Andrew Witty, CEO of the overall UnitedHealth operation, collected $23.5 million, making him the nation's highest-paid health insurance CEO.
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Three of Maryland "s top health insurers have higher than average claim denial rates, according to research that" s gained traction in the wake of the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the arrest of suspect and Baltimore area native Luigi Nicholas Mangione. They include BlueCross BlueShield, which operates in Maryland as CareFirst…
—Shares were lower in Europe after retreating in Asia as investors awaited decisions on interest rates by the Federal Reserve and other central banks. Britain's FTSE 100 fell 0.6%, to 8,210.20. But SoftBank Group Corp.' s shares jumped 4.4% after its CEO Masayoshi Son joined President-elect Donald Trump in announcing plans Monday by the Japanese technology…
Homeowners insurance, required in Texas for anyone who has a mortgage, is issued through a company but facilitated by an agent. These agents are liaisons for the insurance company who have the ability to make changes to a policy, which in turn affects coverage and premiums. Ware Wendell is the executive director of Texas Watch, a nonprofit organization that…
AM Best is maintaining its outlook for Germany’ s non-life insurance segment at negative. In its new Best’ s Market Segment Report,“ Market Segment Outlook: Germany Non-Life Insurance”, AM Best says moderate growth prospects, on an inflation-adjusted basis, continue to be a headwind for insurers in Germany. Headquartered in the United States, the company does…
The decision comes after Texas and 18 other states banded together to sue the federal government following recent guidance from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services establishing a pathway for some Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients to enroll in health insurance plans. District Judge Daniel M. Traynor temporarily halted the…
CAZENOVIA— H.G. Ellis Agency, Inc., an independent insurance agency with offices in Cazenovia, Camden, and Constantia, recently partnered with Highstreet Insurance Partners. HSIP has also partnered with the Oswego- based OVIA Insurance Agencies, which will be "co-branding" with H.G. Ellis Agency and operate as Highstreet– OVIA Insurance Agencies.
Mental health has been at the center of former U.S. Rep. In 2008, while representing Rhode Island in the U.S. House of Representatives, Kennedy was the lead author of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, a federal law that requires health insurance companies to provide equal coverage for mental health and addiction care and general physical health…
Because the United States still doesn't have a national health care system that guarantees everyone adequate medical attention. On December 4, a gunman murdered Brian Thompson, UnitedHealthcare's 50- year-old CEO. And Andrew Witty, CEO of the overall UnitedHealth operation, collected $23.5 million, making him the nation's highest-paid health insurance CEO.
The U.S. has made great progress in getting more people insured since the Affordable Care Act took effect in 2014. The share of uninsured Americans ages 18 to 64 fell from 18% before the ACA to 9.5% in 2022. And preexisting conditions no longer prevent coverage or lead to an increase in premiums.
2024 DEC 16– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– A new study on Agriculture- Crop Insurance is now available. Funders for this research include National Science Foundation, The Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust. Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Indiana University,“ We studied a novel conservation…
2024 DEC 16– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– Current study results on Managed Care have been published. Financial support for this research came from School of Dentistry, University of Washington. The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from the University of Washington,“ Three state agencies provided enrollment and…
Even as UnitedHealth Group workers have been wrongly made to feel unsafe by a barrage of threats and vitriol over the past nine days, CEO Andrew Witty said in a New York Times op-ed Friday that insurers must do better in being transparent with patients when coverage for care is denied. UnitedHealth Group confirmed Thursday night that shooting suspect Luigi…
