Senator Ron Wyden, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, speaks during a Senate Finance hearing to examine lowering health care costs for Americans, focusing on the Inflation Reduction Act, on Capitol Hill on September 17, 2024. (Valerie Plesch for The Washington Post via Getty Images) Update: A federal judge temporarily blocked Trump’s freeze of
Competition among US private insurance companies has generally declined since 2011 in large-group, small-group, and individual markets, a government report found. However, the trend has slowed or even reversed in some states over the past few years. Meanwhile, an American Medical Association (AMA) analysis warns that “the vast majority of health insurance markets remain stubbornly
Dec. 27, 2024, 10:00 AM UTC Angela Pike’s husband, Tracy, had just celebrated his 45th birthday when he was diagnosed with Stage 4 stomach cancer. A father of three and the maintenance chief of a Louisville, Kentucky, skyscraper, Pike immediately started chemotherapy, which reduced the size of the tumor his doctor had discovered. While continuing
Allstate cut annual spending on corporate offices by more than half in four years, going from $382 million in 2020 to $138 million this year, per Bloomberg — a $244 million reduction. Though Allstate has also reduced its real estate footprint from 12 million square feet to 4 million, the insurance giant says it’s metaphorically
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