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Exclusive | Billionaires are plotting to flee California if huge wealth tax passes
8+ hour, 35+ min ago (687+ words) California could be saying bye-bye to billions in tax revenue if voters approve a controversial wealth tax on the state's roughly 200 billionaires. Ultra-wealthy taxpayers are actively making plans to ditch the state ahead of the New Year, as Californians prepare…...
Trump says he will haul in ‘rich’ health insurance CEOs to force them to cut costs: ‘They have to make less — a lot less’
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (462+ words) President Trump announced Friday afternoon that he plans to convene a summit of health insurance CEOs to browbeat them into lowering prices " after he successfully coerced pharmaceutical companies to do so using the threat of tariffs. Trump made the off-the-cuff…...
Exclusive | Social Security Administration ripped for sending $186 million to dead people: ‘Paying actual ghosts’
1+ week, 5+ day ago (701+ words) WASHINGTON "They've made grave errors. The Social Security Administration must do more to prevent benefit checks from going to dead people and Congress should step up to pass safeguards to protect taxpayer dollars from fraud, according to one GOP senator…...
Dr. Oz warns Walz to address alleged Somali Medicaid fraud or lose federal funding: ‘We’ll stop paying’
2+ week, 2+ day ago (449+ words) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz on Friday warned Minnesota Gov.Tim Walzthe state could lose federal Medicaid funding unless it restores "the integrity" of its program. In a post on X, Dr. Oz claimed more than…...
Having killed insurance companies, ObamaCare threatens economic recovery
3+ week, 14+ hour ago (879+ words) President Trump is obviously angered by inflation in health insurance, calling carriers "money sucking." Major benefit consultants including Aon and WTW are forecasting employer costs for providing coverage in 2026 will rise from 9.5% to 10.3%. Economists worry working Americans suffer wage stagnation…...
Trump to announce lower prices for weight-loss drugs, expanded Medicare eligibility
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (412+ words) WASHINGTON " President Trump will announce later Thursday that two major pharmaceutical companies will be lowering the cost of GLP-1drugs used to treat diabetes and weight-loss " and that the government will, in turn, expand eligibility for Medicare users. Denmark-based Novo Nordisk,…...
Florida cancer patient faces health insurance nightmare after mistakenly being declared dead by Social Security
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (626+ words) A Florida woman battling pancreatic cancer was left without medical coverage after the federal government mistakenly declared her dead " a bureaucratic blunder that has stalled her treatment and forced her family to beg for help during a nationwide government shutdown....
UnitedHealth seeking meeting with Trump as it faces regulatory challenges: report
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (233+ words) UnitedHealth'has sought meetings with President Trump, although it has not secured one yet, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. UnitedHealth'has been grappling with high costs and federal investigations, including'a criminal'one into its'Medicare billing'practices, which have pushed its share price…...
US companies ‘upset, shocked, freaked out’ over 10% spike in health insurance costs — the highest in 15 years
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (438+ words) US employers are bracing for the steepest jump in health insurance costs in at least 15 years, with premiums projected to climb nearly 10% next year " on top of years of already sharp increases. Benefits consultants Aon and WTW told the Wall…...
Cancer surgeon facing financial ruin after blasting United Healthcare
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (54+ words) A surgeon who went viral on social media for calling out United Healthcare is claiming the insurance company has put her on the brink of financial ruin " and that they are retaliating against her practice after she publicly criticized them....