Like the House's version, the Senate's 983- page Agricultural Act of 2026 renews and enhances crop insurance and price support, disaster assistance, risk management programs, operation and marketing loans, and federal agricultural research. Unlike the House edition, the Senate's authorizes year-round sales of E15 gasoline nationwide and delays the "One Big…
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The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation announced last week that it had reviewed recent rate hike proposals from major health insurance companies and decided on an average 16% increase in costs to individual consumers on the Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace. Insurance companies such as Moda Health Plan and BridgeSpan Health Company, which are…
Federato, the AI-native platform for the full policy lifecycle, today launched Federato Claims, an end-to-end claims management system built on the same foundation as underwriting, policy administration, and billing. It captures coverage decisions, reserve movement, and claim reasoning as structured signals and feeds them back into underwriting, pricing,…
A whistleblower lawsuit accusing Norfolk- based Sentara Health of exploiting its monopoly to saddle Charlottesville with the nation's highest Affordable Care Act premiums was dismissed Friday as a federal judge ruled that courts cannot second- guess insurance rates approved by state regulators. It drew an all-star legal team led by Rick Mountcastle, the…
Industry veterans in Republican runoff for insurance commissioner
Longtime insurance professionals from Owasso and Inola will face off in the Aug. 25 runoff election as Republican candidates for state insurance commissioner. Between them, Marty Quinn and Bob Sullivan have more than six decades of experience in the insurance industry. In their campaigns, both have said they would put Oklahomans and lowering insurance costs…
After months of deliberation, Virginia lawmakers finalized budget negotiations shaped by two overlapping challenges: generating revenue to invest in our communities and responding to the damage caused by President Donald Trump's H.R. 1. The federal budget bill is already kicking people off their health insurance, increasing costs for Virginia, and…
In her 58th lawsuit brought against the Trump administration in this second term, Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark last week joined a coalition of 19 other attorneys general in filing a lawsuit challenging a new federal rule that illegally undermines the Affordable Care Act and will make health insurance more expensive and harder to obtain.
Relation Insurance Services announced today their acquisition of the assets of Gary McKeighan Insurance Agency, Inc.. Located in Fresno, California, Gary McKeighan Insurance has deep expertise in the state’ s agricultural industry. Relation Insurance Services is actively seeking partnerships to expand its offerings, industry expertise, and geographic…
The audit by Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli examined 275 laboratory procedures with lifetime limits set by the state's Department of Health, including many pertaining to genetic tests that "typically shouldn't be needed more than once." Auditors uncovered 91,718 claims totaling $19.6 million in Medicaid payments filed between June 2019 and December 2025…
The following information was released by the Human Rights Campaign:. WASHINGTON Today, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and the law firm Correia and Puth filed a class action lawsuit in federal court on behalf of federal employees and their families, suing the Trump administration's Office of Personnel Management for prohibiting health insurance…
On average, ACA customers pay $178 a month in premium payments this year, a 58% increase from 2025, according to KFF, while their deductibles— the amount consumers must pay annually before insurers pick up their share— have climbed 37% to nearly $3,800 a year. "These are real people who are now forced to make impossible choices," said Annalyse Keller, a spokesperson…
When the federal tax credits expired, premiums skyrocketed for working families across Pennsylvania, making it financially impossible for thousands to afford, according to the Center for American Progress, a Washington, D.C.- based public policy research and advocacy organization. "Choosing between rent, food, and basic healthcare is a choice no family should…
Greg Abbott this week is laying out plans to lower health insurance costs and drug prices as the Republican governor continues to focus his reelection campaign on affordability ahead of a midterm likely to be dominated by cost-of-living concerns. The focus on health care could work to blunt a longstanding attack line for Democrats in the state: Texas'…
COLUMBUS— As the nation’ s sixth largest insurance market, Ohio is proud to welcome insurance regulators, industry representatives, consumer advocates, members of the media, and other stakeholders from across the country to Columbus for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ 2026 Summer National Meeting, Aug. 11-14. The Ohio Department of…
2026 AUG 03– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at NewsRx Policy and Law Daily– Current study results on Managed Care have been published. According to news reporting originating in Omaha, Nebraska, by NewsRx journalists, research stated,“ The Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion has improved access to cancer surgery in urban states. The news reporters…
In the new episode airing at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo, Cole tries to persuade Kacie to elope while they’ re on their joint bachelor and bachelorette parties in Las Vegas. Viewers can stream the new episode for free using DirecTV and FuboTV. Steven McBee Sr. was convicted of federal crop insurance fraud on November 5, 2024, and is now serving a two-year prison sentence.
Greg Abbott continues to tour the state highlighting part of his campaign platform to lower costs for Texans. As part of his“ Keep Texas Affordable” plan, he’ s proposed measures to lower property taxes, housing and auto insurance, The Center Square reported. At a pharmacy in the Texas border town of Mission, he announced a new health insurance plan and proposed…
2026 AUG 03– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– WASHINGTON, D.C.– Nearly one in four U.S. workers say they are currently in a job they want to quit but stay with their employer for the health insurance, according to new research from the West Health-Gallup Center on Healthcare in America. “That so many Americans feel compelled to stay in jobs…
According to news reporting from New York City, New York, by NewsRx journalists, research stated,“ How do U.S. monetary tightening shocks affect emerging market economies, and how does the impact depend on these economies’ own macroeconomic vulnerabilities? For more information on this research see: Us Monetary Spillovers To Emerging Markets: Both Policy…
