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PEIA finance board holds final meeting on 2027 plan changes, “only so much blood you can squeeze out of a turnip,” says state delegate...

By Autumn Shelton, RealWV CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA) Finance Board held their final public hearing on Thursday regarding increased costs and plan changes for fiscal year 2027. And, although major concerns were expressed surrounding the financial stability of the...

Patients deploy bots to battle health insurers that deny care

By Ann Claire Vollers Stateline As states strive to curb health insurers’ use of artificial intelligence, patients and doctors are arming themselves with AI tools to fight claims denials, prior authorizations and soaring medical bills. Several businesses and nonprofits have launched AI-powered tools to help patients...

The New ACA Repeal and Replace: Health Savings Accounts

If enhanced premium tax credits under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are allowed to expire at the end of the year, out-pocket premiums for 22 million enrollees that receive premium assistance will increase by an average of 114%, or $1,016 per person. Democrats have...

Small Business Group Slams Latest Health Insurance Rate Hike

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Patrick Connor, Washington State Director, patrick.connor@nfib.org,or Tony Malandra, Senior Media Manager, anthony.malandra@nfib.org OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 20, 2025—As NFIB, the state’s leading small business advocacy association, was submitting written comments in advance of testifying before the state’s Health...

NFIB Offers Rx for Reducing Health Care and Insurance Costs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Patrick Connor, Washington State Director, patrick.connor@nfib.org,or Tony Malandra, Senior Media Manager, anthony.malandra@nfib.org OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 20, 2025—NFIB Washington State Director Patrick Connor and Charity Farnworth, HR Director for NFIB-member company Motion Auto Supply, will testify today before...

Insurance giant AIG pulls plug on incoming exec hire over alleged affair with subordinate: report

Insurance giant AIG has reportedly taken back the hire of a senior executive over allegations he carried on an affair with a subordinate at his previous job. John Neal was just days away from assuming the presidency of the Manhattan-based conglomerate after a six-year...