Headline News Archive

2021

January

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• Biden abre periodo de inscripciones a “Obamacare”. El presidente Joe Biden ordenó el jueves que los mercados de seguros de gastos médicos operados por el gobierno abran un periodo

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• Beyond COVID: Other health issues Congress addressed. Surprise medical bills weren't the only health care issue Congress addressed as it ended a tumultuous year. Lawmakers also answered pleas from strained health

27

• Biden administration seeks to buy 200 million more vaccine doses. The Biden administration said Tuesday it was on the cusp of securing an additional 200 million doses of the two coronavirus vaccines authorized for emergency use

• Muzzled under Trump, Consumer Bureau to renew tough industry oversight. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the watchdog created after the 2008 financial meltdown and largely muzzled in the Trump era, is poised to start barking again.

26

• Seniors face shrinking nest eggs during pandemic. Senior citizens are increasingly finding themselves with new responsibilities and a lot of hard choices because of the coronavirus pandemic. Those who have savings have

25

• Pay less when you drive less. Pay-per-mile policies differ from standard auto insurance in that the premium is based on how many miles you drive. Usage-based policies, like Farmers Signal, Progressive

• Hospitals drag their feet on disclosing costs of medical services. Hospitals are now required to disclose the prices they secretly negotiate with insurers. The rules went into place Jan. 1, but hospital compliance is spotty. 

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• The tech that will invade our lives in 2021. Before the coronavirus transformed our lives, the lists of tech to watch each year were often dominated by whiz-bang gizmos like smart speakers and curved

21

• Biden's pandemic plan expands access to testing, vaccines, school. President Biden plans to issue a new national strategy to respond to the coronavirus pandemic and to take executive actions intended to make tests and

• Consumer bureau director resigns at Biden's request. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Kathy Kraninger resigned at the request of the newly sworn-in President Biden, clearing the way for his nominee to

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• Another coronavirus variant linked to growing share of cases. Health officials stress they haven’t determined whether the variant might be more contagious or resistant to vaccines.

15

• US will require all arriving passengers to get COVID-19 test. Beginning Jan. 26, international travelers bound for the United States must show negative coronavirus test results before boarding their flights. Here’s what you need

14

• Biden set to call for big spending on stimulus and vaccines. Money to complete $2,000 direct payments to individuals and aid to small businesses and local and state governments, components that Mr. Biden has stressed in recent

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• Biden plans to release nearly all available vaccine doses soon. President-elect Joe Biden plans to release nearly all available doses of the coronavirus vaccine once he takes office, seeking to speed up the sluggish start

06

• Our vaccination need is urgent; you wouldn’t know it from state efforts. The British strain is known to be circulating in the United States, and the other variant may be here as well. Which means that our

• For Amazon, your body is a wonderland (of data). For the second time in a month, Amazon has launched a product that needs photos of your body. Don’t worry, it says it

• Hospital system sued 2,5000 patients over debts (during the pandemic). The largest health system in New York, led by a close ally of the state governor, continued to sue over medical debt during the Covid-19

• Warning of shortages, researchers look to stretch vaccine supply. Federal officials and drugmakers, faced with a slower-than-expected rollout of the coronavirus vaccine, are racing to find ways to expand the supply, looking at lowering

• ¿Acto terrorista? No, dicen comerciantes: Seguro no lo cubre. Una investigación del FBI para determinar si un atentado en Nashville fue un acto terrorista está siendo criticada por sectores que consideran

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• Doctors are changing minds about vaccinations in minority communities. Many Black and Hispanic Americans mistrust government officials, and instead have turned to physicians they have long known.

• Black homeowners struggle to get insurers to pay claims. Black policyholders suspect discrimination as they deal with insurers, but it is impossible to prove because the insurers keep a lid on claims data.

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• ¿Piensas viajar en 2021? Te decimos cómo proteger tu inversión. La bola de cristal aún no predice con claridad qué pasará con los viajes este año. Si sigues estos

2020

December

31

• Shots are slow to reach arms. In some places, the vaccination campaign — among the most complex logistical efforts initiated in peacetime — has been marked by chaos and confusion. Many

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• Convierten a Facebook en una herramienta para resolver emergencias de los guatemaltecos en L.A.. En medio de la pandemia, Yoselín Rodas no sabía qué hacer para obtener su pasaporte. Esta guatemalteca se encuentra en

• Los beneficios por desempleo no expirarán tras la demora, señala el Departamento del Trabajo. Las personas desempleadas que reclaman beneficios federales no verán un retraso de una semana en sus pagos, a pesar de la demora del...