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Despite Indefensible Process, Senate Should Pass Graham-Cassidy Health Care Bill: Viewpoint
Sep 25 2017 // Before Obamacare, state governments were the chief regulators of health insurance. Obamacare put the federal government in that role. The latest Republican health-care bill, sponsored by Senators Lindsey Graham, Bill...
Insurers Oppose Latest Republican Obamacare Repeal Effort
Sep 21 2017 // Insurance-industry groups said Wednesday that they oppose a Republican proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, joining health-care providers in asking Senators to reject the bill. America’s Health...
Trump Administration Now Open to Remaining in Paris Climate Accord Under Certain Conditions
Sep 18 2017 // The United States could remain in the Paris climate accord under the right conditions, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday. President Donald Trump was willing to work with partners in the Paris agreement if the...
Texas GOP Leaders Push for Expensive, Long-Delayed Flood Infrastructure Projects
Sep 12 2017 // In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is calling for the construction of flood control infrastructure in the Houston area — things he said should have been built “decades and decades...
Trump Administration Revises Obama Self-Driving Vehicle Policy
Sep 12 2017 // The Trump administration will alter the course set by the Obama administration on autonomous vehicle policy after industry raised concerns about elements of that initial proposal. The revised guidance — to be...
Michigan Senate Leader: Any Mandated Car Insurance Rate Cut Is ‘Dead’
Sep 8 2017 // Any proposal to automatically cut premiums for Michigan drivers would be “dead” on arrival in the Republican-led Senate, Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof said, bringing into question lawmakers’ long-sought...
GOP Facing Resistance to State Bills Shielding Drivers Who Hit Protesters
Aug 18 2017 // Republican lawmakers in six states have pushed this year for legal protections for motorists who hit protesters blocking traffic. Fairly or not, they’re facing an intense backlash now that violent images of a car...
Trump Administration Drops Rule to Address Truck Driver, Train Engineer Fatigue
Aug 7 2017 // The Trump administration is halting a year-old effort to seek better ways to diagnose truckers and railroad workers who have sleep apnea, a health condition linked to deadly accidents. Two agencies in the Department of...
Democrats Want to Question Wells Fargo on Auto Insurance Sales
Aug 3 2017 // Democratic lawmakers pushed on Tuesday for another chance to question Wells Fargo & Co.’s leadership about sales practices after the scandal-hit bank said it forced auto insurance on borrowers who did not need...
Court Allows Democratic AGs to Defend Obamacare Subsidies for Low-Income Insureds
Aug 2 2017 // A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday allowed Democratic state attorneys general to defend subsidy payments to insurance companies that are a critical part of the Obamacare healthcare law. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
Texas Senate OKs Bill That Preempts Local Texting While Driving Rules
Jul 28 2017 // The Texas Senate has approved a beefed-up texting while driving ban that preempts existing local ordinances against distracted driving in 45 cities statewide. In May, the Republican-controlled Legislature made Texas one of...
Senate Republicans Fail in Bid to Repeal Obamacare
Jul 28 2017 // A months-long effort by Senate Republicans to pass health legislation collapsed early Friday after GOP Senator John McCain joined two of his colleagues to block a stripped-down Obamacare repeal bill. “I regret that...
Democratic Republic of Congo to Open $500M Insurance Industry to Investors
Jul 28 2017 // The Democratic Republic of Congo’s insurance regulator is preparing to open up an industry for the first time that could be worth as much as $500 million a year to investors. The newly created Insurance Regulatory...
Senate Republicans Eye ‘Skinny’ Repeal of Obamacare
Jul 27 2017 // U.S. Senate Republicans begin their final push on Thursday to unravel Obamacare, seeking to wrap up their seven-year offensive against former Democratic President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law that extended...
Republican-Led House Votes to Block Rule Allowing Consumer Class Actions
Jul 26 2017 // The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to erase a new rule that lets bank and credit-card customers band together in lawsuits, as the agency that drafted the measure, the Consumer Financial...
Senate Begins Debate, Kills McConnell Health Bill, Schedules ‘Vote-a-Rama’
Jul 25 2017 // Senate Republicans have embarked on an unpredictable and potentially chaotic floor debate aimed at repealing Obamacare amid significant doubts that they can muster 50 votes to pass any kind of health bill. GOP leaders will...
GOP Senate Health Bill Would Substantially Raise Deductibles, Number of Uninsureds: CBO
Jul 21 2017 // The Senate Republican health bill promises lower premiums for consumers. To get there, it would require patients in standard plans to spend as much as about $13,000 upfront on their own care. The deductibles would be so...
Senate GOP Fails with Obamacare Repeal Effort
Jul 18 2017 // Republican efforts to overhaul or repeal Obamacare collapsed in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, dealing a sharp setback to President Donald Trump and the Republican Party’s seven-year quest to kill former President...
GOP Senate Leader Backs Repealing Obamacare Without Replacement
Jul 18 2017 // Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell abandoned efforts to pass a broad Republican-only replacement of Obamacare, saying late Monday he will instead seek a vote on a simple repeal — delayed by two years to give...
Trump Administration to Sign Insurance Regulation Pact with European Union
Jul 17 2017 // The U.S. Treasury Department and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said they will sign the bilateral agreement between the United States and the European Union regarding regulation of insurance and...
