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Electric Utility, Public Utilities

Public Service Enterprise Group: Wind Power A Plus But Stock Overpriced

January 25, 2022

Via: Seeking Alpha

Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (PEG) is the largest regulated utility in New Jersey, which is of course one of the most populated states in the nation. The utility sector has long been a favorite of retirees and other conservative […]


Health & Insurance, Social Services

Under New Cost-Cutting Medicare Rule, Same Surgery, Same Place, Different Bill

March 23, 2021

Via: Kaiser Health News

A cost-saving change in Medicare launched in the final days of the Trump administration will cut payments to hospitals for some surgical procedures while potentially raising costs and confusion for patients. For years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services […]


Health & Insurance, Social Services

Feds Approve Fractious Georgia Plan to Change ACA Marketplace

November 3, 2020

Via: Kaiser Health News

With the Trump administration announcing two days before Election Day that Georgia’s healthcare.gov website will no longer provide options for residents shopping for plans starting in 2023, consumers will need to rely on private brokers, insurance companies, agents and commercial […]


Health & Insurance, Social Services

Medicare Fines Half of Hospitals for Readmitting Too Many Patients

November 2, 2020

Via: Kaiser Health News

Nearly half the nation’s hospitals, many of which are still wrestling with the financial fallout of the unexpected coronavirus, will get lower payments for all Medicare patients because of their history of readmitting patients, federal records show. The penalties are […]


Health & Insurance, Social Services

Rural Hospitals Teeter on Financial Cliff as COVID Medicare Loans Come Due

September 22, 2020

Via: Kaiser Health News

David Usher is sitting on $1.7 million he’s scared to spend. The money lent from the federal government is meant to help hospitals and other health care providers weather the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet some hospital administrators have called it a […]


Health & Insurance, Social Services

5 Things To Know About Medicaid Work Requirements

June 14, 2018

Via: Kaiser Health News

The Trump administration’s decision in January to give states the power to impose work requirements on Medicaid enrollees faces a federal court hearing Friday. The lawsuit before the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., will determine whether tens of thousands […]