Early ACA numbers show drastic drop in enrollment

Preliminary numbers on Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace plan enrollment show a significant decline compared to last year’s figures, an early sign that people have postponed signing up for health insurance as the increased premium tax subsidies were allowed to expire. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reported Monday that 22.8 million… Source…

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4 migrants die in US custody over first ten days of year

Four undocumented immigrants died in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within the first ten days of the year. Paradi La, Luis Beltrán Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Núñez Casares and Geraldo Lunas Campos were declared dead after being detained by federal immigration authorities. La, 46, became unresponsive after going through severe withdrawal symptoms… Source…

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JPMorgan Chase says banks could fight

JPMorgan Chase CFO Jeremy Barnum hinted Tuesday the industry could fight President Donald Trump’s demand for credit card price controls, saying “everything’s on the table.” “If you wind up with weakly supported directives to radically change our business that aren’t justified, you have to assume that everything’s on the table,” Barnum said on a call…

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