Axios reported a record 21.3 million people signed up for health insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces. Surprisingly, the largest enrollment increases were in heavily Republican states. States with the largest year-over-year increase in sign-ups include West Virginia (80.2%), Louisiana (75.9%), Ohio (62.2%), Indiana (59.6%) and Tennessee (59.5%). Seven other states saw increases of
Last week Biden announced $4.9 billion of student debt cancellation for 74,000 borrowers. Nearly 30,000 of these borrowers had been in repayment for at least 20 years but never got the relief they should have. 44,000 had earned debt forgiveness after 10 years of public service as teachers, nurses, and firefighters. The total number of borrowers
The Editorial Staff of the Post & Courier had a great article about South Carolina’s joint and several liability law. “It looked like SC Venue Crisis had landed its latest poster child when a Cayce sports bar announced this month it was closing because of rising liability insurance rates. But just a day later, The Post and Courier’s
The U.S. boasts the strongest economy of any developed country. Americans happily shelled out more money than ever on holiday gifts. The much-feared 2023 recession failed to appear. Employment remains incredibly strong. Real wages for all workers have been rising, and the outlook for 2024 is similarly healthy. The S&P 500 index returned 26% including dividends in
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