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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Ben Jones

    New Mexico's Insurance Non-Renewal Rate Has Nearly Tripled - Here's The Reasons Why » Live Insurance News (opens the original)

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    Consider this scenario: A New Mexico homeowner in Rio Rancho has paid the same insurance company for eleven years without filing a single claim. Last spring, she received a nonrenewal notice giving her 75 days to find new coverage — with no explanation beyond a form letter referencing “wildfire risk exposure in your area.” She spent those 75 days calling eight carriers. Three would not write a policy in her ZIP code at all. The others quoted premiums that were double what she had been paying. Th

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Ben Jones

    UnitedHealthcare Hasn't Raised What It Pays This Alabama Hospital Since 2019 - The Contract Expires Tomorrow » Live Insurance News (opens the original)

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    The negotiation between USA Health and UnitedHealthcare has been going on for more than a year. The payment dispute behind it goes back further — seven years, to be exact. According to USA Health, the rates UnitedHealthcare pays University Hospital and Children’s & Women’s Hospital in Mobile have not changed since 2019. In that same period, the health system says its labor and supply costs have risen approximately 35 percent. If no agreement is reached by September 30, both hospitals go out of n

  3. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Ben Jones

    The Nebraska Homeowner With Poor Credit Pays $10,000 a Year for Insurance — the One Next Door With Good Credit Pays $2,900 — Same House, Same Street » Live Insurance News (opens the original)

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    When most people picture a homeowners insurance crisis, they picture California’s FAIR Plan or Florida’s hurricane losses. They picture coasts. They picture fire and water. Nebraska is a landlocked, agriculture-driven state in the geographic middle of the country. No coast. No hurricane exposure. No famous wildfire seasons. And yet homeowners in Nebraska are paying more for home insurance than residents of 45 other states — and the 2025 rates were 25 percent higher than the year before, with ano

  4. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Ben Jones

    Oklahoma Has the Second-Highest Medical Debt in the Nation — and 45 of Its Rural Hospitals May Not Survive to Treat the Next Bill » Live Insurance News (opens the original)

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    Oklahoma residents carry an average of $2,104 in medical debt per person — second only to Maine among all 50 states. But the number that may matter more is 45. That’s how many of Oklahoma’s 73 rural hospitals are currently flagged as at risk of closing, according to the Center for Health Care Quality and Payment Reform. Eighteen of those 45 face immediate closure risk. When a rural hospital closes, the nearest emergency room may be an hour away. Patients who delay care accumulate worse diagnoses

  5. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Ben Jones

    Some Texas Small Employers Are Weighing Whether to Drop Group Health Insurance in 2027 — and the State Their Workers Would Fall Into Has Almost No Safety Net » Live Insurance News (opens the original)

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    Across the country, nearly three out of four small employers are considering dropping traditional group health insurance before 2027. In most states, workers who lose that coverage have somewhere to go. In Texas, they largely do not. A new survey of more than 500 small and mid-sized business owners, conducted by eHealth in August 2026, found that 73 percent of those currently offering group health benefits are weighing whether to keep offering them next year. The primary reason is cost — 54 perc

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