Tag: Insurance industry regulation
Senate confirms Brooks-LaSure to run health care programs
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Joe Biden’s pick to run U.S. health insurance programs, putting in place a key player who’ll...
Biden reverses Trump changes to bank antidiscrimination law
NEW YORK — The Biden administration announced Tuesday it would repeal the changes made by the Trump administration to an important law made to...
Liz Weston: You may be entitled to free health insurance now
The latest coronavirus relief package did more than dole out $1,400 checks. The law also made health insurance free for millions more people and...
Liz Weston: You may be entitled to free health insurance now
The latest coronavirus relief package did more than dole out $1,400 checks. The law also made health insurance free for millions more people and...
Insurer AXA halts ransomware crime reimbursement in France
BOSTON — In an apparent industry first, the global insurance company AXA said Thursday it will stop writing cyber-insurance policies in France that reimburse...
Democrats seek narrow path to rein in cost of medicines
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s call for authorizing Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices has energized Democrats on a politically popular idea they've...
California mulls letting adults add parents to health plans
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California could become the only state to let adult children add their parents as dependents to their health insurance plans, a...
Democrat Wilson to run for Georgia insurance commissioner
ATLANTA — A Democratic state House member announced on Wednesday that he's running for Georgia insurance commissioner, aiming to defeat appointed Republican incumbent John...
California re-opens enrollment for health insurance coverage
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California on Monday re-opened enrollment for its state health insurance exchange, hoping more people will buy coverage now that the federal...
More than a half million Americans gain coverage under Biden
WASHINGTON — More than a half million Americans have taken advantage of the Biden administration's special health insurance sign-up window keyed to the COVID-19...