Headline News Archive

2019

January

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• California adds Its clout to states battling drug prices. Gavin Newsom dived into the highly charged debate over prescription drug prices in his first week as California’s governor, vowing action on a

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• Five common mistakes made when purchasing life insurance (Chinese). 一般人把人壽保險當做「月底還有餘錢才買」的邊際效應產品，常常會不經意間犯了五大錯誤

10

• Free health care for undocumented immigrants in California might trigger a tax increase (Chinese). (本報訊)新州長紐森(Gavin Newsom)上任的第一天，便宣布加州健保系統新規，將納入26歲以下的無證移民，且逐步朝向「加州單一健保給付系統」邁進。保險業者和醫界普遍擔憂，或將影響加州財政。保險業者張國興認為，「加州單一健保給付系統」在州長強力推動下，是有可能執行的，且全面納入無證移民也不是不可能。但加州這樣做下去，勢必要加稅，很可能造成中高收入者出走。

• Drugmakers’ alleged scare tactics may hold back competition. Health-care and government officials are growing concerned that the makers of the most advanced drug therapies are using scare tactics to ward off emerging generic

09

• FDA still letting doctors implant untested devices. The Food and Drug Administration's laissez faire attitude towards implanted medical devices has resulted in artificial hips that cause cobalt poisoning (which can

• Should you switch to a mail-order pharmacy?. CVS does it. Walgreens does it. Now Amazon is getting in on the act. They’re all dispensing drugs by mail. With nearly 3 in 5

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• Incendio de California es desastre natural más caro de 2018. El incendio forestal en el norte de California en el que murieron decenas de personas y redujo a cenizas la comunidad de Paradise ha sido

05

• Wells Fargo gives up insurance license over insurance violations. Wells Fargo is prohibited from selling or brokering personal insurance in the state of California for at least three years as part of a settlement

04

• ¿Deberías comprar un plan de mantenimiento prepagado para tu auto?. La mayoría de los autos nuevos (y muchos usados) se ofrecen con planes de mantenimiento prepagados. Los vendedores a menudo los presentan a

03

• Inscripción a Obamacare sigue firme pese a revés judicial. Unos 8,4 millones de estadounidenses se inscribieron en el mercado federal de seguros de gastos médicos para tener cobertura este año, lo

2018

December

29

• Wells Fargo reaches $575 million settlement with all 50 states. It’s been a rough couple years for Wells Fargo as scandal after scandal is revealed.  The bank’s troubles began back

28

• Banco Wells Fargo pagará MDD en acuerdos de investigaciones. Wells Fargo pagará 575 millones de dólares como resultado de un acuerdo con fiscales generales de todos los 50 estados de Estados Unidos y

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• Por que deberías evitar comprar garantías extendidas. Si piensas comprar electrónicos o electrodomésticos para tus familiares para los días festivos, resiste la tentación de

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• The CFPB tried to change its name. Here’s why it’s giving up. The watchdog agency has been known as the CFPB since opening its doors in 2011, but its former acting director, Mick Mulvaney, a Trump appointee, believed

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• Crece inscripción a mercados de seguros de “Obamacare”. Una vez más, la Ley de Cuidado de Salud Asequible ha superado los pronósticos de su caída, despué

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• Set it & forget it: How better contraception could reduce poverty. In Delaware, when a woman of childbearing age goes to the doctor she is asked: “Do you want to get pregnant in the next

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• Federal judge in Texas rules Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. A federal judge in Texas threw a dagger into the Affordable Care Act on Friday night, ruling that the entire health-care law is unconstitutional because

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• Federal Judge ruled that Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional (Chinese). 德州聯邦地區法官歐康諾(Reed OConnor)14日晚間裁定，聯邦稅法廢除了歐記健保的強制投保罰則，使前總統歐巴馬制定的可負擔健保法(ACA)全部違憲。這等於把歐記健保全部推翻。

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• Affordable Care Act enrollment is almost over and sign-ups are lagging. Obamacare sign-ups are now down 500,000, or 12 percent, from last year with just a few days of open enrollment left to go. Through six weeks of

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• Formas de ahorro inteligentes cuando tu hijo está en la universidad. Es posible que en este momento extrañes a tus hijos que están en la universidad, pero al menos hay algo positivo

10

• Investigation of generic ‘cartel’ expands to 300 drugs. What started as an antitrust lawsuit brought by states over just two generic prescription drugs in 2016 has exploded into an investigation of alleged

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• Deadline for Medicare Registration is on Dec 7 (Chinese). 為年滿65歲以上老年人提供的聯邦醫療保險(Medicare)，公開登記參加優良計畫 (Medicare Advantage)的期限將於本月7日截止；今年可選擇的優良計畫和Medicare Part D處方藥福利增加，專家建議投保人不要只看保費，更要瞭解整體費用。

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• Insurance company hammered by California wildfire insurance claims (Chinese). 加州史上死傷人數最高、房舍毀損最慘重的山林大火，上個月不但奪走數十條生命，數以千計民眾流離失所，現在連保險公司都成了受害者。加州法院宣判，麥塞德財產及意外保險公司(Merced Property & Casualty Co.)由於鉅額理賠負擔不起，公司將由州政府保險廳接管。

• How Trump appointees curbed a consumer protection agency. One year after Mick Mulvaney’s arrival, he and his political aides have constrained the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from within, achieving what conservatives

• This watchdog agency is smaller, quieter and less active under Trump. Under the Trump administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has seen its role diminished. “People wondered when I got — when I took