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First on Fox: Trump admin opens new front in fraud crackdown targeting health insurers, drug middlemen
FIRST ON FOX: The Trump administration is lifting the hood on federal health benefits programs that cover millions of Americans, ordering insurance carriers to tighten fraud controls as part of a broader crackdown on waste and abuse, Fox News…
Even with Health Insurance, Half of Working-Age People in the U.S. Can't Afford Healthcare (and a PS on Retiree Health Costs)
Nearly Half of Working-Age Adults Had Difficulties Affording Health care in 2025 is the title of new research jointly authored by the Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The researchers conducted the Well-Being and Basic Needs…
The Threat of Big Insurance
Earlier this month, the California-based organization Consumer Watchdog uncovered an incredible scandal involving rideshare company Uber, which we covered on the most recent episode of my podcast Organized Money. The company pleaded to the…
Martin Lewis' MSE issues EU travel warning to 'over 2 million' people
MoneySavingExpert (MSE) has issued a travel warning to millions of people. Founded by journalist and broadcaster Martin Lewis, MSE regularly posts consumer advice for Brits. In the latest Money Tips Email, the experts offered advice for anyone…
Cigna to pull out of individual health market, affecting thousands in Colorado
Another firm is withdrawing from the individual health insurance market, including for Colorado, effective Jan. 1, 2027. The move by Cigna Healthcare is part of the company's overall plan to withdraw entirely from the Affordable Care Act market. It…
Prove The Algorithm Isn't A Proxy For Race: Colorado's Test For Life Insurers
Colorado now makes life insurers prove their algorithms don't penalize people by race. Here's how the first-of-its-kind test works and why every carrier cares. Picture a regulator who tells an industry, in so many words: prove to me your machines…
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Super Micro, Cracker Barrel, Robinhood Markets, truckers & more
Check out some of the companies making the biggest moves midday: Trucking companies — Freight stocks sold off in reaction to Amazon saying it will open its less-than-truckload shipping services to companies outside its own network, posing a…
Forget AI: Legendary Value Investor Seth Klarman Likes This Heathcare Stock in 2026
Forget AI: Legendary Value Investor Seth Klarman Is Buying These 10 Value Stocks in 2026. Elevance Health (NYSE:ELV) ranks #3 (see Seth Klarman Is Buying These 5 Value Stocks in 2026). Elevance Health (NYSE:ELV) is a key holding in Klarman's…
Medicare Advantage plans denied prior authorization requests at unusually high rates, HHS report finds
Patients enrolled in some of the nation's largest Medicare Advantage plans were denied requests for rehabilitation and other critical services at unusually high rates, according to a report released Thursday by the Department of Health and Human…
Trump administration warns hundreds of hospitals to increase price transparency or face fines
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has warned more than 500 hospitals that they are failing to provide the public with basic pricing information — arguing that the lack of disclosure is keeping healthcare costs higher than…
Martin Lewis' MSE tells millions to 'do it now' in Europe holiday alert
Martin Lewis founded MoneySavingExpert (stock photo) MoneySavingExpert (MSE), the consumer advice website founded by journalist and broadcaster Martin Lewis, has issued an urgent travel warning to millions. In the latest Money Tips Email, the…
U.S. Inflation Hits 4.2% as Energy Prices Jump - TT
The CPI report showed prices of household essentials, aside from gasoline, rose at a more muted pace in May. (SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg) U.S. CPI rose 4.2% year over year in May, the most since early 2023, as energy prices climbed. Core CPI increased…
Colorado kids would face brunt of federal aid cuts, new report shows
Thousands of Colorado children rely on federal assistance programs — ones the Trump administration is threatening to gut. Why it matters: Public benefits, whether food aid or health care, help keep families afloat as Colorado's cost of…
Who'll Stop the Fraud?
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…
The Insanity of Karmelo Anthony's Defenders
The verdict and sentencing in the Karmelo Anthony trial were hardly a surprise and anything but a perversion of justice. The boy was guilty. Not only was he guilty, but it's also pretty clear he was looking for a fight when he went to that track…
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