2024

TL/DR - Elk Grove resident, Carol Dyer, used to pay $853 monthly for health insurance premiums and a co-pay of $80 per doctor visit. After signing up for 2024 coverage with Covered California, her monthly premium dropped to $168 and co-pays are expected to be $5. Approximately two-thirds of Covered California enrollees, nearly 1.1 million people,…

TL/DR - Walgreens CEO Tim Wentworth has argued that the company is using its stores and brand to bolster its expanding health-care business. The company has been closing stores to optimize its footprint, countering assertions that it needs to pivot away from its stores to meet health-care goals. Wentworth sees the brand as a "leverageable asset"…

TL/DR - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is reminding farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners that the deadline to apply for the Discrimination Financial Assistance Program (DFAP) is January 13, 2024. This program is designed to assist those who experienced discrimination by the USDA in its farm loan programs prior to 2021, and applications…

TL/DR - US Senator Martin Heinrich has toured the Trades and Advanced Technology Center at Santa Fe Community College to observe the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act on creating new career opportunities and advancing the transition to clean energy. Heinrich, who fought to pass the Act, highlighted that it included his home electrification…