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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release:. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson today announced the Federal Housing Administration will offer several incentives to encourage greater development of hospitals and health care facilities located in Opportunity Zones. In a speech in Miami,…

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release:. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today work that will be accomplished with the Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies, Operation and Maintenance, and Mississippi River and Tributaries account funding provided for emergency recovery efforts in the Additional Supplemental…

Faegre Baker Daniels, a law firm, issued the following news release:. Faegre Baker Daniels is advising Anthem in the company’s acquisition of WellCare’s Missouri and Nebraska Medicaid plans, an outgrowth of the pending Centene-WellCare transaction. Anthem is a leading benefits company dedicated to improving lives and communities, in addition to making…

The American Property Casualty Insurance Association issued the following news release:. However, the American Property Casualty Insurance Association is encouraging renters to take steps to reduce the potential for property damage and protect what they own with renters insurance, which can be the key to recovery. Consider Renters Insurance– Many auto…

Click here for a media backgrounder on TPS for the Bahamas. * “Hurricane Dorian, a Category 5 hurricane and one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes in recorded history, first made landfall on the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas on September 1, 2019.” * “With sustained winds of 185 mph, Dorian was the strongest hurricane on record to strike the Bahamas causing death and…

City Council members discussed the matter at the annual budget meeting. Whether this change, commonly referred to as a “spousal carve-out,” will actually be implemented and whether there will be any other changes to insurance will be up to the City Council in the coming months and years. Marsha Sloss, director of human resources for the city, painted a dire picture…

Both Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren want to end Obamacare and ban all private insurance, going to a government single-payer, while most of the other candidates want to keep Obamacare while giving Americans a “public option” that didn’t get included in the original Obamacare law. Both Sanders and Warren decry profit-based private insurers, who Warren says…

Sep. 27– President Donald Trump will visit a Central Florida retirement community next week to tout his administration’s health care proposals. Trump will appear in The Villages north of Orlando on Thursday, Oct. 3. The president is expected to sign an executive order dealing with Medicare.

Sep. 27– The presidential visit to The Villages postponed in the wake of the El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, mass shootings in August is back on. President Trump will speak about Medicare at an official White House event on Thursday, the White House said. The Villages, a massive age-restricted community in northeast Lake, south Marion and east Sumter counties, is peak…

Sep. 27– KENNEWICK, Wa.– Kennewick began its search for a new fire chief this week amid the continuing questions about why the last chief lost his job. Western Fire Chief Association, which is leading the search, began advertising for the position on its website. The association’s executive recruiting arm has helped departments across the west, including Pendleton,…

CANTON– Mercy Medical Center could become part of the Cleveland Clinic. The Sisters of Charity Health System, sole owner of Mercy Medical Center, signed a nonbinding letter of intent Friday to explore Mercy becoming a full member of the Cleveland Clinic health system. Partnering with the Cleveland Clinic will ensure Mercy remains strong as health care…

Sep. 27– The new CEO of CareSource has brought new talent and a casual flair to the corporate culture of the Dayton- based insurance company. Erhardt Preitauer has been on the job since May 2018 as the second chief executive to lead CareSource, which grew over the last 30 years from a Dayton experiment in Medicaid management to a 2- million member insurer with a…

Sep. 27– Merchants Insurance Group announced that Megan Hagner, Corporate Actuary, Actuarial Department, has been awarded the professional actuarial designation Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society. Hagner, who has been with Merchants since 2013, holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Mathematics from The College at Brockport.

“I have a friend totally obsessed with these things and his wife is always telling him to please not talk to me about the Euro model again,” said Hugh Gladwin, a Florida International University researcher and anthropologist. The noise was no different with Hurricane Dorian as the colorful lines snaked toward Florida, some skewering Palm Beach County like a kabob,…

Fire Department President Patrick F. Mahar announced at the September village Board of Trustees meeting Thursday evening that after two meetings this week, the Fire Department Board Directors voted to let the team go, except in name. Their moneys will be turned over to the fire department and managed by the fire department, ” Mr. Mahar said. “I think this should put…

–Brookdale Senior Living Inc. today announced that it has entered into a support agreement with Glenview Capital Management, the Company’s largest stockholder. In connection with the agreement, Brookdale also announced today that if both Ms. Freed and Mr. Sansone are elected to the Board, Mr. Sansone will be appointed Non-Executive Chairman, effective January…