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vtdigger.org - Olivia Gieger - Vermont's largest health insurer wants to offer a cheaper plan. Can it actually help Vermonters?
Vermont's largest health insurer wants to offer a cheaper plan. Can it actually help Vermonters?
VTDigger

Vermont's largest commercial health insurer wants to offer a new suite of cheaper plans, but the state's primary healthcare regulator is casting doubt on whether that would actually yield any real savings. When expanded federal subsidies for people…

lgbtqnation.com - Faefyx Collington - Trans sheriff's deputy settles health care lawsuit after 7 years of legal battle
Trans sheriff's deputy settles health care lawsuit after 7 years of legal battle
LGBTQ Nation

After seven years, sheriff's deputy Anna Lange and Houston County, Georgia, have reached a settlement in the case over the county's health insurance excluding gender-affirming services. The legal case and the county's push to exclude trans health…

nola.com - Alyse Pfeil - Louisiana lawmakers passed bills to try to keep prescription drug costs down. Will it work?
Louisiana lawmakers passed bills to try to keep prescription drug costs down. Will it work?
NOLA.com

Louisiana lawmakers in recent years have targeted the high cost of prescription drugs, and this year took what they hope is another big step — new legislation that more tightly regulates the companies involved in all aspects of the industry.

yahoo.com - Victoria Vesovski - Americans are having kids later - and child-rearing costs are colliding with retirement savings
Americans are having kids later - and child-rearing costs are colliding with retirement savings
Yahoo!

For decades, having children was something many Americans did before they started thinking seriously about retirement. That's becoming less common. Americans are waiting longer than ever to start families. The average age (1) of first-time mothers…

wkbw.com - Maki Becker - This is to support the community': Molina Healthcare celebrates grand opening of Community Services Center
This is to support the community': Molina Healthcare celebrates grand opening of Community Services Center
WKBW 7 News Buffalo

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Molina Healthcare has opened a new Community Services Center at 3435 Bailey Avenue in Buffalo, targeting resources at the city's South Asian immigrant communities on the East Side. Molina Healthcare is a managed care…

theatlantic.com - Martha Gimbel - The National Debt Is Raising Borrowing Costs for Everyone
The National Debt Is Raising Borrowing Costs for Everyone
The Atlantic

Fiscal hawks like to drum up interest in the national debt by making the astronomical numbers more tangible. The United States owes $31.6 trillion to public creditors, more than $290,000 for each household. You could spend $1 million every day for…

cnbc.com - Annika Kim Constantino - Healthy Returns: CVS Health executives on reducing health care's biggest pain points
Healthy Returns: CVS Health executives on reducing health care's biggest pain points
CNBC

Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC's Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. This week was AHIP…

fox59.com - Julia Shapero - Elon Musk poised to become world's first trillionaire with SpaceX IPO
Elon Musk poised to become world's first trillionaire with SpaceX IPO
Fox 59

Elon Musk is poised to become the world's first trillionaire with SpaceX's highly anticipated stock market debut. The world's richest person, who is currently worth about $790 billion, is expected to see his wealth top $1 trillion once his…

bookriot.com - Kelly Jensen - Take Action to Fund Libraries in 2027: The Latest on the Institute of Museum and Library Services
Take Action to Fund Libraries in 2027: The Latest on the Institute of Museum and Library Services
BOOK RIOT

As he did for the Fiscal Year 2026 budget, Trump once again proposed defunding the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for Fiscal Year 2027. This is his sixth attempt to dismantle the only federal agency dedicated to libraries and…

washingtonexaminer.com - Jeremy Lott - It has been 25 years since the last balanced federal budget
It has been 25 years since the last balanced federal budget
Washington Examiner

In the 25 years following that balanced budget, the federal government has not come particularly close to balancing its books, even once. Right now, it runs a structural deficit of approximately $2 trillion per year, every single year. For fiscal…

fool.com - Motley Fool Staff - Broadcom Stock Whiplash After Earnings Release
Broadcom Stock Whiplash After Earnings Release
The Motley Fool

In this episode of Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing, Motley Fool contributors Tyler Crowe, Matt Frankel, and Lou Whiteman discuss: Broadcom's good earnings. Playing the expectations game in a volatile market. Stocks doing well in downtrodden…

msmagazine.com - Faith Fletcher - Texas May Eliminate a Critical Tool for Preventing Maternal Deaths
Texas May Eliminate a Critical Tool for Preventing Maternal Deaths
Ms. Magazine

Texas is considering whether to continue one of its most important tools for preventing maternal deaths. The state's Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC), which investigates pregnancy-related deaths and identifies ways to prevent them, is…

marketbeat.com - Sustainable Insight Capital Management LLC Buys 4,740 Shares of Humana Inc. $HUM
Sustainable Insight Capital Management LLC Buys 4,740 Shares of Humana Inc. $HUM
MarketBeat

Sustainable Insight Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Humana Inc. (NYSE:HUM - Free Report) by 23.7% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund…

wnd.com - Laura Hollis - Laura Hollis: Who'll stop the fraud? * WorldNetDaily * by Laura Hollis
Laura Hollis: Who'll stop the fraud? * WorldNetDaily * by Laura Hollis
WorldNetDaily

Long after Election Day, the ballots comin' down No IDs or postmarks wherever they are found The laws make cheating legal, and Democrats applaud And I wonder, still I wonder, who'll stop the fraud? Fed up Angelinos, having watched their city burn…

nypost.com - Vaughn Golden - Hochul's budget is almost $9B larger than she claimed as Dems blasted for not knowing 'what was in it'
Hochul's budget is almost $9B larger than she claimed as Dems blasted for not knowing 'what was in it'
New York Post

ALBANY – Something's not adding up! Gov. Kathy Hochul's state budget plan is almost $9 billion larger than her office claimed, bringing the already record-high and months-late spending plan to an eye-watering $277 billion.

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