Tag: Insurance industry regulation

Senate confirms Brooks-LaSure to run health care programs

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

Millennial Money: Prepare for COVID medical bills this year

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Testing and vaccination for the coronavirus is free thanks to laws passed last year. Treatment isn’t, however, and may be about to get more...