Delaware Life Insurance Company has become the first U.S. insurance carrier to offer a fixed index annuity (FIA) linked to a cryptocurrency-focused index, the BlackRock U.S. Equity Bitcoin Balanced Risk 12% Index. The move allows retirement investors to gain indirect exposure to Bitcoin while retaining principal protection, a hallmark of traditional annuity products. The newly
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ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Republicans in key battleground U.S. House districts are working to contain the political fallout that may come when thousands of their constituents face higher bills for health insurance coverage obtained through the Affordable Care Act. For a critical sliver of the Republican majority, the impending expiration of what are called enhanced
For Neal Shah, the breaking point came during his wife’s cancer treatment. He remembers being overwhelmed, surrounded by stacks of hospital bills, denial notices and insurance statements. When he and his wife tallied everything — from monthly premiums and out-of-pocket costs to uncovered treatments — they realized the shocking truth that over the years, they
House passes bill to reopen government, Trump plans to sign measure after dinner with Wall Street bankers The House voted 222-209 to approve legislation to fund the government through the end of January, meaning the longest government shutdown in US history will end on Wednesday night, once Donald Trump finishes his dinner with Wall Street
In late September, Laurel Vincenty got a letter from Blue Cross Blue Shield informing her that the subsidies that covered a big chunk of her health insurance would be expiring at the end of the year, sending her monthly premiums soaring. Vincenty, 64, and her husband Philip Vincenty, 62, of North Carolina, are covered through
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. When a health insurance company refuses to pay for treatment, most people begrudgingly accept the decision. Few patients appeal; some don’t trust the insurer to reverse its own decision. But a little-known process
Note: “An Arm and a Leg” uses speech-recognition software to generate transcripts, which may contain errors. Please use the transcript as a tool but check the corresponding audio before quoting the podcast. Dan: Hey there– Over the summer, our pals at KFF Health News published a story with the headline: “Insurers and customers brace for
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