Did the Food and Drug Administration really walk back its recall of Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce? Can I eat romaine instead? And what can I do if I want to eat my favorite foods from Taco Bell? As a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis continues, many people are confused about the investigation into the source of ...
In 2021, the California Assembly introduced a new bill, AB 1400, which – if passed – would have eliminated health care in California, as we know it today. Instead, all health care in California would be provided by one new “Single Payer” system called “CalCare” – with no other options for Californians. The move would have eliminated all existing ...
Patients are not waiting for health care to modernize. They are already using artificial intelligence to ask questions about symptoms, medications, diagnoses, treatment options, bills, benefits, and where they should seek care. The debate about whether consumers will adopt AI in health care is effectively over. The more important question for brokers and benefits advisors ...
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara approved workers’ compensation advisory pure premium rates that average 10.4% than last year. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California submitted a pure premium rate filing in May to the commissioner proposing September 1, 2026 advisory pure premium rates that average 10.4% higher than the average of the approved September 1, ...
ACA Marketplace insurers are proposing a median premium increase of 14% for 2027 — indicating a likely second consecutive year of double-digit increases. If these hold, typical premiums for insurers participating in the ACA Marketplaces would jump by more than one-third between 2025 and 2027.
The sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham has removed a longtime opponent of the Affordable Care Act’s major medical insurance provisions from the Senate and changed the gameboard for efforts to pass “Reconciliation 3.0” legislation this year. Graham, 71, died Saturday shortly after returning home from a trip to Ukraine. The cause of death was ...