A 2020 Primer on Democratic Proposals
April 17, 2019
About 20 million Americans have gained coverage under ObamaCare since it was passed in 2010, but nearly 9 percent — 30 million people — still don’t have health insurance. Read More
Sanders Unveils New Medicare for All Bill With Backing from Other 2020 Dems
April 17, 2019
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday unveiled his revamped Medicare for all bill with the support of four Senate Democrats also running for president. Read More
Assembly Committee Approves Bill Expanding Medi-Cal to All Undocumented Adults
April 17, 2019
With the approval of CA AB4 (19R) by the Assembly Health Committee on Tuesday, both houses of the California Legislature have now approved identical measures that seek to expand full-scope Medi-Cal access to all undocumented adults. Read More
Lawmakers in Both Parties Vow to Rein In Insulin Costs
April 16, 2019
Members of Congress from both parties expressed immense frustration on Wednesday at big increases in insulin prices and vowed to work together on legislation to prevent more people from dying because they could not afford the lifesaving medicine. Read More
Some Patients Battle Illness or Injury – and Surprise Bills
April 16, 2019
Cheryle Reidel knows a thing or two about surprise medical bills. There was the $6,000 for a cancer biopsy in 2012. Several years later, an anesthesiologist and a nurse anesthetist billed her $2,600 for another procedure. Read More
California Cops, Firefighters with PTSD Seek Workers’ Comp Coverage for Mental Health Trauma
April 16, 2019
Recently diagnosed with post-traumatic stress, Sacramento firefighter Joshua Katz isn’t ready to give up on what he calls a ‘dream job.’ He still loves his “fire family,” exciting workdays and having a job that lets him help others. He’d rather take time off to treat his post-traumatic stress with financial support from workers’ compensation than allow his injury to cause an early end to his career. Read More
‘I’m Agnostic’: Pelosi Questions Whether Medicare-for-all Can Deliver Benefits of Obamacare
April 9, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi questioned whether a health-care proposal embraced by several Democratic presidential candidates would be too expensive and fail to provide the same coverage as the Affordable Care Act. Read More
Drug Industry Middlemen To Be Questioned By Senate Committee
April 9, 2019
Consumers, lawmakers and industry players all seem to agree that prescription drugs prices are too high. What they can't always agree on is whom to blame. Read More
Aetna-CVS Merger to be Reviewed as Judge Agrees to Hear Witnesses
April 9, 2019
A federal judge will hear testimony from witnesses who opposed a ruling from the Justice Department approving the merger between CVS and Aetna that closed last November. Read More
Agents Warned About E&O Risks in Claiming Cyber, Cannabis Expertise
April 9, 2019
Insurance agents and brokers who market themselves as experts in cannabis or cyber could wind up regretting that positioning. Because both are relatively new exposures subject to changing regulations and coverages, producers marketing themselves as experts could face scrutiny, lawsuits and possible errors and omissions claims, according to speakers at the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS). Read More