Tag: Insurance Industry

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Scouting organizations set to save on pension insurance

Colin Wilhelm · May 31, 2019 4:00 am

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the ranking member, and Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, meet before the start of a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, the morning after they reached a deal to resume federal payments to health insurers that President Donald Trump had halted. Sen. Alexander says Trump called him Wednesday morning "to be encouraging" of bipartisan efforts to come up with a plan to stabilize health insurance premiums.

Alexander and Murray release wide-ranging bipartisan plan to lower healthcare costs

Cassidy Morrison · May 23, 2019 5:35 pm

A woman walks past a sign advertising "Obamacare", Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in Miami. The enrollment period for the federal health care law known as "Obamacare" ends at the end of the day Tuesday. The Republican-lead Senate has passed a measure to take the first step forward on dismantling President Barack Obama's health care law.

Federal judge appears hesitant to block Trump Obamacare alternatives

Kimberly Leonard · May 21, 2019 10:27 pm

Pictured is Jim Beck, Insurance Commisioner of Georgia.

Georgia insurance commissioner indicted for fraud

Zach Halaschak · May 14, 2019 7:09 pm

After Trump’s blessing, House rolls out plan to end surprise medical bills

Kimberly Leonard · May 14, 2019 4:52 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks during a town hall for the American Federation of Teachers in Detroit, Monday, May 6, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Kamala Harris’s statements on private insurance are incoherent

Philip Klein · May 13, 2019 2:37 pm

Congress must make sure air ambulances are covered

Carter Johnson · May 13, 2019 12:00 am

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 5, 2017, file photo, Dr. Scott Gottlieb speaks during his confirmation hearing before a Senate committee, in Washington, as President Donald Trump's nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration. The FDA has issued new warnings about the danger of patients on medication for opioid addiction taking popular drugs such as Ambien and Xanax that also depress breathing and brain activity. "Careful management of the patient and coordination of care is recommended," rather than denying use of methadone or buprenorphine, FDA Commissioner Gottlieb wrote in a statement issued with the warning.

Former Trump FDA chief Scott Gottlieb warns ‘Medicare for All’ would hold back medical progress

Kimberly Leonard · May 10, 2019 5:59 pm

2020 Democrats buy in to the public option

Kimberly Leonard · May 10, 2019 12:00 am

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, file photo, a man walks past health insurer Anthem's corporate headquarters in Indianapolis. Anthem, one of the nationâs biggest health insurers, says it will not return to Ohioâs public insurance exchanges in 2018, a decision that could open more holes in the Affordable Care Actâs increasingly thin system for helping people buy coverage.

Chinese national indicted on hacking charges in Anthem breach

Caitlin Yilek · May 9, 2019 9:18 pm

President Trump speaks at an event.

Trump outlines plans to stop surprise medical billing

Cassidy Morrison · May 9, 2019 4:49 pm

This photo taken Thursday, July 27, 2017, shows a man walks by an healthcare insurance office in Hialeah, Fla.

Beltway Confidential

Obamacare insurers are profitable — and that’s bad news for liberals

Philip Klein · May 8, 2019 7:46 pm