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Republican Senator Wants Trump to Drop Systemic Risk Case Against MetLife
Mar 31 2017 // A Republican member of the Senate Banking Committee said on Thursday that he was “frustrated” that the Trump administration had not yet dropped the government’s case against Metlife Inc., an insurer...
Michigan Senate OKs Bill Authorizing Theft Fees on Commercial Trucks
Mar 30 2017 // Michigan state senators have approved legislation that could allow the Automobile Theft Prevention Authority to assess small fees on commercial vehicles, not just private passenger vehicles. Under current law, auto...
Republicans Ask Treasury to End ‘Too Big To Fail’ Process for Non-Banks
Mar 29 2017 // Key Senate Republicans urged the Trump administration to rethink the process for labeling firms whose failure could threaten the financial system, arguing it has led to substantial regulatory costs. The Financial Stability...
Oklahoma Senate OKs Impaired Driver Accountability Bill
Mar 27 2017 // The Oklahoma Senate has unanimously passed legislation to change how first-time driving under the influence (DUI) offenses are handled in Oklahoma. Senate Bill 643, also known as the Impaired Driver Elimination Act 2...
How Republicans Can Unravel Obamacare Without Repealing It
Mar 27 2017 // Republicans may have failed to overthrow Obamacare last week, but there are plenty of ways they can chip away at it. The Trump administration has already begun using its regulatory authority to water down less prominent...
Amended Iowa Workers’ Comp Overhaul Advanced to Senate
Mar 24 2017 // Republicans in the Iowa House passed a bill to overhaul how workers in the state are compensated for on-the-job injuries, though they backed off some key proposals amid internal concern over the extent of the changes. The...
Trump Ends Negotiations, Demands Vote on Republican Healthcare Bill
Mar 24 2017 // The Trump administration doubled down on its demand that House Republican leaders hold a vote Friday on their embattled healthcare bill without any changes and with lingering uncertainty about whether they have enough...
How Insurance Markets Could Be Affected If GOP Reduces Essential Benefits
Mar 24 2017 // Rules on what benefits health insurance plans must cover have become a major negotiating point as Republicans wrangle votes to repeal Obamacare, even though removing the regulations is likely to upset U.S. insurance...
Texas Senate OKs Ban on Abortion Coverage in Some Insurance Plans
Mar 23 2017 // The Texas Senate on March 22 preliminarily approved a bill prohibiting coverage of abortion by some health insurance plans in Texas — despite similar efforts stalling previously. The 19-10 vote leaves Sen. Larry...
White House, Republicans Weigh Benefits Changes to Health Care Bill
Mar 23 2017 // The White House is talking with House conservatives about last-minute changes to the embattled GOP health-care bill aimed at wooing enough holdouts to secure House passage. Lawmakers and Trump administration officials are...
How Senate Republicans Are Split Over Obamacare Replacement Bill
Mar 21 2017 // The House is racing to find enough votes for its health-care bill this week, but even if it passes, prospects in the Senate have only darkened. More than enough Senate Republicans oppose the House bill to kill it —...
Nebraska Among States Hardest-Hit by GOP Health Care Bill
Mar 20 2017 // A Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act would raise health insurance costs in Nebraska faster than in most other states, according to a new report, and advocates say rural areas would be hardest-hit. The...
Medical Professional Underwriters Weigh Impact of Republican Healthcare Changes
Mar 20 2017 // As they grapple with persistently soft market conditions, medical professional liability (MPL) underwriters must weigh the potential impact on their business of proposed changes in the U.S. healthcare financing system. As...
Texas Senate Committee Hears Testimony on Tweaked ‘Hail Litigation’ Bill
Mar 20 2017 // The Texas Senate Business and Commerce Committee on March 9 heard testimony on a revised bill that aims to limit the number of policyholder lawsuits filed against property insurance companies following severe weather...
Republicans Working to Change Healthcare Bill Before House Vote
Mar 19 2017 // U.S. House Republicans are working on changes to their healthcare overhaul bill to provide more generous tax credits for older Americans and add a work requirement for the Medicaid program for the poor, House Speaker Paul...
Republican Health Care Act Moves Closer to House Vote
Mar 17 2017 // Deeply divided Republicans squeezed their U.S. healthcare overhaul, backed by President Donald Trump, through a key House of Representatives panel on Thursday despite defections by three conservatives who consider it too...
Study Shows GOP Health Care Plan Could Cost Oklahoma Millions
Mar 16 2017 // A Republican plan to overhaul the nation’s health care system shows health care could become unaffordable for many poor Oklahomans and the state could be forced to subsidize health care costs for Native Americans,...
Texas Bill Banning Texting While Driving Statewide Goes to Senate
Mar 14 2017 // A bill that passed the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee on March 13 aims to restrict texting while driving statewide. While several cities already have ordinances that restrict texting while behind the wheel, SB 31 by...
Under Republican Health Plan, 24 Million Could Lose Insurance While Deficit Is Cut $337 Billion: CBO
Mar 13 2017 // Fourteen million Americans would lose medical insurance by next year under a Republican plan to dismantle Obamacare that would also reduce the budget deficit, the nonpartisan U.S. Congressional Budget Office said on...
Here is Summary of CBO’s Analysis of Republican Health Care Proposal
Mar 13 2017 // The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) estimate that enacting the Republicans’ American Health Care Act would reduce federal deficits by $337 billion over the...
