The latest from Washington, D.C., impacting the insurance and financial services industries.
A Washington law firm is interviewing health advisors who were unfairly targeted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in preparation for a potential class action lawsuit against the federal agency for its use of algorithms to punish agents who enrolled consumers in Affordable Care Act coverage.
Medicaid cuts and prescription drug costs are among the health-related issues to take flight in the first 100 days of the Trump administration.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has some work to do following the recent guilty verdict against a Massachusetts advisor for insufficient disclosures.
The House Budget Committee will meet Friday in the next step toward passage of a massive bill that would extend tax cuts, establish new tax breaks and potentially take health coverage from millions of Americans.
The Conference Board said this week that the 1.6% projected GDP growth rate is up slightly from the 1.2% growth rate the board predicted in April – when President Donald Trump first announced a broad set of tariffs on trading partners
More than six million people could lose Medicaid coverage next year if Congress enacts work requirements for adults under the age of 65, according to an analysis prepared by the Urban Institute with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Two independent insurance claims adjusters and a U.S. Senator accused property/casualty insurance companies of directing adjusters to lower their claims estimates to reduce insurer payouts to homeowners – a practice described as “a pattern of systematic fraud.”
Millions of Americans could lose their health insurance if Republican-led proposals are successful in scaling back subsidies that enable consumers to buy coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
States would be forced to either revamp how they finance their Medicaid programs or cut benefits under a House Energy and Commerce Committee proposal announced Sunday night.
If Congress approves massive cuts to federal Medicaid spending, the results could hit children especially hard.
Low-income American families would see their annual incomes shrink the most under congressional proposals to pay for tax cuts by cutting Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, according to a new analysis from the Urban Institute, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Federal prosecutors have accused 3 of the country’s biggest health insurers of taking part in a kickback scheme allegedly defrauded Medicare.
The packed agenda featured topics such as: prior authorization reform efforts; the use of genetic testing in life insurance underwriting; insurers’ use of artificial intelligence; prescription drug affordability boards; state resiliency initiatives; and more.
Medicaid remains in the crosshairs as House Republicans consider a proposal to impose per capita caps on funding for the program that provides health care for low-income Americans, including children and nursing home residents.
Congress returns to Washington from its spring recess to face a jam-packed agenda, with extending the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act its top priority.
Medicaid cuts would disproportionately impact rural communities, older and disabled Americans, and commuities of color.
Key provisions from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 are set to expire Dec. 31, and the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors is making renewal of those provisions one of its top legislative priorities this year.
The Trump tariffs will dampen gross domestic product growth not only for the U.S. but for the rest of the world, The Conference Board said.
Tariffs have radically altered Morningstar’s second-quarter U.S. economic outlook as the organization’s chief U.S. economist said President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs have pushed projected gross domestic product down, pushed projected inflation rates up and increased the risk of a recession to 40%.
As tariffs are under greater consideration, let’s examine their historical significance and explore potential implications of new tariff measures.
