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Most adult Americans take at least one prescription drug, and for too many, getting that prescription filled means battling the very system that's supposed to help them. Insurance denials have become alarmingly routine. And even when patients manage to access treatment, affordability remains a major challenge: nearly 60% of U.S. adults worry about being able…

The Maryland Insurance Administration announced Friday that, for the second year, healthcare carriers are proposing high premium rate increases following the expiration of a popular federal tax credit that helped keep some plans on the state insurance marketplace more affordable. "The significant rate increases filed with the Maryland Insurance…

PRIMGHAR, Iowa— A Hartley, Iowa, man has been placed on probation after pleading guilty of filing fraudulent insurance documents. Jeremiah Poduska, 34, pleaded guilty June 15 in O'Brien County District Court to fraudulent submission to insurer— fraudulent submission made with intent to defraud insurer. Jeremiah Poduska was charged with submitting a…

Maryland residents who buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace could see higher premiums next year, with insurers requesting an average rate increase of 13.7% for 2027, according to filings submitted to the Maryland Insurance Administration. “The significant rate increases filed with the Maryland Insurance Administration for…

A public notice published in the Woodward News states that Cowboy Bank of Kremlin has applied to the Federal Reserve Board for permission to merge with Stock Exchange Bank of Woodward and continue operating its locations as branches of Cowboy Bank. According to notices published June 17, and to be ran June 24 and July 1, Cowboy Bank plans to establish a branch at…

WASHINGTON— U.S. inflation increased further in May, breaking above 4% for the first time in three years as the Middle East conflict boosted energy prices, and potentially drawing the Federal Reserve closer to raising interest rates this year. The personal consumption expenditures price index surged 4.1% in the 12 months through May, the largest increase and…

—About 3 million fewer people in the United States had Affordable Care Act health insurance plans in February compared with the same time last year, according to new federal data. In the report released Friday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services suggested the 13% drop in enrollment from 22.1 million people in 2025 to 19.2 million this year could be…

Navigating your health insurance can get complicated fast once you move beyond deductibles and co-pays. Prior authorization, a utilization-management tool, is one of those complications. It was originally created to help insurance providers deal with high-cost, high-risk or unusual healthcare services.

Three quarters of Midwestern homeowners are concerned about rising home insurance premiums and 86% of homeowners surveyed in a poll released Thursday by Climate Power and the Insurance Fairness Project say elected officials should do more to reduce the cost. The poll surveyed Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas homeowners and found they largely supported policy…

That may be fine when the tickets sold are for harmless attractions, but what mostly seems for sale in 21st- century Washington is this country's very soul. Even as the Affordable Care Act was being signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2010, it was clear it would need future adjustments. Unfortunately, that necessity has been ignored by President Donald…

Even if you already know the role and history of the Federal Reserve, I’ d bet a pretty penny you’ ll be impressed by the rare coins and notes on display, including a $100,000 bill and a 1907 Saint-Gaudens High-Relief Double Eagle gold coin, valued at upward of $35,000, which Hill told me is "considered to be the most beautiful coins ever produced in the United States."

Even as the Affordable Care Act was being signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2010, it was clear it would need future adjustments. A National Institutes of Health study concluded the Obama administration "bowed to the demands of the medical industrial complex comprised of hospitals, insurance companies, and drug companies" to help it make the ACA law…

The following information was released by Families USA:. In response, Families USA Executive Director Anthony Wright issued the following response:. "After historic enrollment highs just two years ago driven by the affordability assistance of the tax credits, this coverage collapse was a choice that Congress made.

Congressman Bob Onder released the following statement after his bill, H.R. 9228, the Health Data Access, Transparency, and Affordability Act of 2026, passed out of the Education and Workforce Committee and now awaits consideration on the House floor. As a physician and a Congressman, I am proud to do my part to ensure timely access to the information needed for…

That may be fine when the tickets sold are for harmless attractions, but what mostly seems for sale in 21st- century Washington is this country’ s very soul. Even as the Affordable Care Act was being signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2010, it was clear it would need future adjustments. Unfortunately, that necessity has been ignored by President Donald…

XAVIER BECERRA NEEDS TO CHANGE MY MIND Editor: Xavier Becerra is heading into the general election as the Democratic nominee for governor. His donor list reads like a directory of California’ s affordability crisis. Chevron, insurance companies, dialysis providers, Meta, Uber, PG&E- industries with enormous financial stakes in who governs this state.

A Tennessee law will bar pharmacy benefit managers from operating retail pharmacies as of July 1, 2028, though CVS Health Corp. has filed a federal lawsuit to avoid having to close its 136 pharmacies there. Pharmacy benefit managers, particularly CVS and two other large companies, handle most U.S. prescriptions. Lawmakers in at least 26 states introduced more…

Richard Blumenthal has added his name to the list of elected officials urging the Connecticut Insurance Department to reject proposed rate filings for four insurance companies that would mean a double-digit rate increase for more than 220,000 people. Blumenthal, joined by Liz Dupont-Diehl, associate director of the Connecticut Citizen Action Group, said…

Sentara Health Plans, the health insurance division of Norfolk-based Sentara Health, has a new president. With more than two decades of executive leadership in health insurance, Michael Cole started in that role and as executive vice president of Sentara Health last week, according to a Thursday announcement. Previously, Cole served as president of Aetna' s…