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Pastry chef departs Michelin-starred restaurant; Jones Walker adds attorneys
Take a look at some of the recent promotions and new hires announced at south Louisiana businesses.
Best of Santa Cruz County entertainment, arts & food events this weekend, Nov. 5-8
With the weekend nearly here, check out things to do around Santa Cruz County, with a recommendation from Lily Belli and a specially curated list from Lookout’s BOLO events calendar.
Walleye Capital parts ways with former stock picking head Anil Gondi
Walleye has had a tough 2026, including a 5.9% loss in October.
8th annual Empowering Black Women Conference held at Living Arts and Science Center
8th annual Empowering Black Women Conference held at Living Arts and Science Center
8th annual Empowering Black Women Conference held at Living Arts and Science Center
8th annual Empowering Black Women Conference held at Living Arts and Science Center
Science Takes Center Stage At The Niswonger With Mr. C's The World In Motion
recently welcomed more than 1,000 students from Van Wert City Schools in grades 1–7 to the Niswonger Performing Arts Center for an exciting morning of science, discovery, and entertainment! Students
Election over, the clock starts ticking again on landmark college sports bill in lame-duck House
Next week in Congress, the clock starts ticking on a groundbreaking bill designed to overhaul college sports with nobody quite sure how an overwhelming wave of election-night victories for Democrats across the country will reset the debate.
8th annual Empowering Black Women Conference held at Living Arts and Science Center
8th annual Empowering Black Women Conference held at Living Arts and Science Center
The biggest blue wave in 50 years, explained in 7 charts
Here’s how and why Democrats pulled off this historic win.
Rubio will discuss Iran, Ukraine, AI and more with G7 allies in France
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet his counterparts from the Group of 7 industrialized democracies this week.
Arts District businesses seek emergency relief as Las Vegas construction cuts into foot traffic
Business owners along Charleston Blvd. and Commerce St. are asking the city for measures including extended construction hours, expanded free parking and temporary relief from certain taxes and fees.
Unrest fuels interest in standalone political violence cover
Recent unrest across parts of Asia that extends beyond conventional strikes, riots and civil commotion is driving interest in standalone political violence cover, according to Adam Sullivan, Arthur J.
Sweet preparations: Bangor chocolate shop heads to Christkindlmarkt in Bethlehem
ArtsQuest’s Christkindlmarkt will return to Christmas City for its 34th year.
Politics Friday: What Democratic electoral gains mean for Minnesota as Republicans regroup
Friday at noon, MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst talks with Amy Klobuchar as she begins the transition from senator to governor next year. She starts with a DFL trifecta, although she isn’t in line with her party base on everything.
Stellantis asks parts makers for deeper visibility into supply chain
The request for "Tier-N" visibility matches policies at General Motors and other competitors as the industry experiences more frequent factory disruptions.
Syracuse University forensic science professor dies at 62
SU forensic science professor Joelyn Cornwell died at 62 on Oct. 24, Arts and Sciences Dean Mortazavi announced Monday in a campus-wide email.
Skydance Starts Layoffs In Games Division After Warner Bros. Games Acquisition
After acquiring Warner Bros. Games as part of the bigger deal, layoffs have begun in the games division at Skydance.
Why more people are rethinking their relationship with alcohol
Rethinking your relationship with alcohol starts with questioning why you drink, common beliefs about alcohol and its effects on your health.
Whoa, I Missed It! Disney Starts Licensing the Household Silver, When IP Backfires, and More Big Content Moves
(Welcome to the “Most Important Story of the Week”, my bi-weekly strategy column analyzing the most important (but often not buzziest) news story of the last two weeks. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. Please subscribe.) Over these last few months, the entertainment business story landscape revolved around Skydance (and their merger) and Netflix (and their leadership shakeup). I don’t even want to scan my archives to see how many times I wrote about just those two companies over the last six months or so, let alone how many times they demanded their own article. Oh, how I long for June, when I could avoid them and write about other mergers and acquisitions (Comcast and NBCUniversal; Fox buying Roku). Well, not really, but you know what I mean. That focus on just two companies meant I ignored a lot of fun and, more importantly, important stories. So, it’s also time for another “Whoa, I Missed It” article. These are stories I wish I had written about, but aren’t exactly current events anymore. And there are a lot of them! Fifteen stories in all, including a very important merger that I didn’t write about, my word of warning about the IP deluge, how “genre” TV is making a big comeback, Netflix’s latest smart acquisition (and a licensing divorce), Disney and HBO’s recent TV show buys (and what they say about reboots on TV), a big cable merger, Amazon’s new bundle, social media censorship, and a lot more. Subscribe Most Important Story of the Week - Buy, Sell or Hold the Latest Content Development and Licensing in 2026!!! Content is king. I’ve written that before, and I believe in it now more than ever. If I had to quantify it, and I have, I put it at about 50% of the fate of any given media company, be they streamer, network, bundler, studio or social platform. This is a hits-driven business, and, as I like to do about every so often, it’s time to check in on the latest content moves. These content shifts on their own aren’t usually enough to be the “most important story” of a week, but if you add them up, you can see the content landscape shifting. The stories also fell into two natural buckets: licensing deals and IP moves. Plus, I’ll offer my “buy, sell or hold” rating for whether I think the deal is smart for a given side. Let’s dive right in. Disney Starts Licensing the Household Silver Disney is starting to license their core brands to Netflix. Quietly, over the last couple of years, Disney had rented some 20th Century [Fox] shows and films to Netflix, but until now, the core brands had escaped that fate. Now? At least some Pixar films will make it to Disney (including Elio) and some Disney+ Originals (like Percy Jackson and the Olympians). Here’s my rating for each company: Disney: Sell. One is tempted to say Disney has started licensing the “crown jewels”, but I don’t think we see that yet. I’d call this the “family silver” instead, which isn’t quite as valuable. That said, Disney’s new CEO clearly is focused on shoring up the company’s profitability, and that means licensing deals, even at the expense of Disney+ exclusivity. This could also help bring eyeballs to Percy Jackson for the upcoming season, a similar benefit to “dual casting” this show, which I also think Disney should do. Still, in the long run, I’d protect the core brands more. Netflix: Buy. This is a smart move, assuming the price is right, and I’d bet it is. (Netflix’s content licensing teams are some of the best in the industry.) Of course, this is another data point that Netflix is moving away from making their own films and relying on licensing instead. That has downsides—they’ll always end up renting—but if you’re buying Disney content, that’s a good move. Prime Video Buys More Live Events Amazon’s Prime Video/MGM Studios keeps purchasing live events, including the Emmys (which I wrote about here) and some regional sporting rights. These bolster their NFL, NBA and Academy of Country Music Awards licensing deals. My theory here is that Prime Video knows that they can sell the advertising for more on live events than on their massive acquired/original inventory of shows and films. (As I’ve been showing with Reelgood’s data, they have a LOT more shows and films than other streamers.) Advertisers want live, engaged viewers, since they’re a lot more likely to be real. Prime Video: Hold. I like Amazon’s focus on live events, but it remains tough to evaluate this company, er, business unit, since we don’t know anything about their financials. Yes, Amazon’s CEO recently released a very carefully worded statement about Prime Video, claiming profitability, but we don’t know by how much by when. (It’s also not audited by third parties, so we have to take it with another grain of salt.) Plus, given that Amazon increased the price of the Emmys by about a third, they also likely overpaid. (Maybe that’s why they’re barely profitable, allegedly.) But also, I think they know they need to dominate live TV, and that’s a smart strategy! So I’m torn, but lean towards calling this a smart move. The Emmys: Definitely sell! I mentioned this in my “Streaming Bonus Content” article, but I really, really, really, really do NOT like this move for the Emmys. Chasing short term dollars over long term awareness is not a smart move. To reach the widest audience, the “dual-cast” format—meaning broadcast and streaming—just reaches more people. Skydance Takes Its Animation Back This is the story that made me want to write a “let’s catch up on content” column in the first place. Specifically, Skydance and Netflix have ended their animated film output deal. It’s not huge, since really, what film has Skydance Animation made that’s broken out? But strategically, it shows you how Skydance is positioning their company. Skydance Animation: Hold. Again, I still need to see Skydance Animation put out a hit or two before I can judge this as a smart move. The other worry for Skydance is they have a lot of overlapping animation houses now, and that’s going to end at some point. Still, if John Lasseter can regain his animation mojo—and his track record has been mixed at Skydance, ignoring his other issues—this could be a powerful point for Paramount. Netflix: Hold (put your films in theaters). Right now, with the Dan Lin upheaval and Peter Rice coming in, we don’t really know what Netflix’s plans for theaters versus straight-to-streaming films are. So I need to see what new films (if any) they buy/rent/produce to replace the Skydance flicks, but it will probably be a smarter investment of capital, since the straight-to-streaming films have just failed to break out, outside of one major example. Theaters: Buy! They do look like they’re gonna end up with more inventory based on the Skydance move, and now Netflix putting four to five films in theaters per year. For example, Netflix confirmed that KPop Demon Hunters 2 will come to theaters, and that’s going to be a smash. Disney+’s Reboot Future So those were the major licensing news stories, and now we get to the IP-related updates. Obviously, I’m generally pro-IP in content development. But that’s not some iron law; not all IP hits equally. Get ready for Entertainment Nuance Guy. And let’s start with a big worry. Scanning the news stories, Disney has three reboots on their lineup between ABC, Hulu and Disney+: Coach (on ABC), The X-Files and Glee. So are reboots as immune to failure as IP? We’re just getting started with this issue, but the rest is for paid subscribers of the Entertainment Strategy Guy, so if you’d like to find out about… Why I’m skeptical about some upcoming genre and IP plays… How Skydance’s merger closing unlocked Paramount and HBO… The focus on “genre” across the streamers and studios… Some big creators leave Netflix… Netflix’s horror TV show licensing play (and what they should have done instead)… A huge merger that I didn’t write about... Whether or not we’ll see a major film tax credit… Amazon’s new megabundle of streamers… And (somehow) more… ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support.
Election over, the clock starts ticking again on landmark college sports bill in lame-duck House
Next week, Congress could begin debating a bill to overhaul college sports, amid uncertainty from recent Democratic election victories.
NVIDIA confirms the RTX 5090 isn't discontinued by giving ONE away
NVIDIA returns to giving away GeForce RTX 5090 cards after several RTX 5080 promotions. The giveaway comes as questions remain over RTX 5090 production and availability.
8th annual Empowering Black Women Conference held at Living Arts and Science Center
8th annual Empowering Black Women Conference held at Living Arts and Science Center
What many get wrong about Amish or Plain Anabaptist communities, measles, and health
The U.S. has reported three measles deaths this week in three different states. All the affected were unvaccinated, and some were too young to get vaccinated, relying on herd immunity. Many states haven’t seen a measles death in more than 30 years. Measles is highly contagious, but it mainly spreads among those without immunity. Social factors typically shape these unvaccinated pockets. Many states describe these deaths as occurring among “under-immunized, rural communities.” (In the future, it could be among other tight-knit groups.) Small signals in the news point to many outbreaks right now among the Plain Anabaptists (APA), which include communities like the Amish and Mennonite. Many know APA communities from a distance through their bakeries, furniture, and roadside buggies. But most of us don’t know enough about them, their traditions, or how those traditions actually interact with health and disease. Rumors, misconceptions, and frustration fill those voids. Tristan Sharratt, a family nurse practitioner and rural health researcher who grew up near and works with these communities in Central New York (and a YLE reader who reached out!), says misconceptions continue to create major problems. If the U.S. wants to stop a tsunami of measles coming down the pipeline, or even support health in those communities proactively beyond measles (which is ideal), we must understand how specific communities protect themselves, their values, and the role broader society plays. This starts with a conversation and some self-reflection. Here are the top five lessons I learned from my conversation with Tristan.
Bruins’ Michael DiPietro Makes Turnaround After Years of Waiting
The Boston Bruins may not be a one-goaltender show in 2026-27, thanks to Michael DiPietro’s emergence through his first five starts.Heading into the season, the Bruins slotted DiPietro in as their backup goaltender to Jeremy Swayman. Swayman looked like he would ultimately start in 60-plus games, given DiPietro’s lack of experience and success in the […] The post Bruins’ Michael DiPietro Makes Turnaround After Years of Waiting appeared first on HEAVY.
8th annual Empowering Black Women Conference held at Living Arts and Science Center
Panels centered on different topics, including church first ladies, the balancing act of health and wellness in Black women, and leading in every space, which focused on Black women in the workplace.
How Democrats reshaped the Senate, in charts and maps
Two years after President Donald Trump carried much of the country’s political map, voters in some of his strongest states delivered a dramatic reversal. Democrats flipped seven Republican-held Senate seats, including in states Trump won by double digits in 2024. These charts and maps show the geographic shifts.
To become better health care providers, students commit their hearts to community work
A partnership between health professions students and community groups has helped build trust and understanding with patients.
Justin Boone's fantasy football rookie dynasty draft pick trade value charts for 2027 and 2028 (November update)
Citizen science program helps find exotic ticks
Climate change is affecting not only our weather but also the distribution of parasites and the diseases they can carry. One example is the growing presence of Hyalomma ticks in parts of Europe where ...
New Lehman Center director Dante Albertie wants to make Bronx an entertainment destination
Less than two months into his first season as Executive Director of Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, Dante Albertie spoke with the Bronx Times about
Las Vegas Arts District business owners say storm drain construction is cutting into sales
Business owners in the Arts District say storm drain work along Charleston Boulevard is driving away customers.
Sony’s Ramayana Opens No. 2 at Worldwide Box Office, but Only No. 5 Domestically
Ramayana: Rise of a Legend pulled off a split that rarely happens at the box office. Sony’s epic opened as a worldwide juggernaut but landed surprisingly low on the domestic charts, and the numbers te...
Some Parts of the Ocean Are Turning a Weird Shade of Blue-Green. Scientists Suspect It's Plastic
This change in ocean colour, while not ideal, could help us to track microplastics.
Rubio will discuss Iran, Ukraine, AI and more with G7 allies in France
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet his counterparts from the Group of 7 industrialized democracies this week.
Spin Doctors - College of Arts and Sciences
Yin Lyu explores how spin-based technologies could power faster, more efficient computers of the future.
UVA Health sees flu cases increase as season starts early
Dr. Costi Sifri says a vaccine can help prevent the flu, and an early start does not necessarily mean an early end.
Election over, the clock starts ticking again on landmark college sports bill in lame-duck House
Next week, Congress could begin debating a bill to overhaul college sports, amid uncertainty from recent Democratic election victories.
Could Yankees’ Ben Rice return to catcher in 2027?
Ben Rice made his MLB debut with the New York Yankees during the 2024 season. He primarily played first base, but did catch in one contest. The 2025 campaign saw Rice spend various amounts of time in different roles. He played first base and designated hitter most of the time, but he did catch in 36 games (26 starts). In his 2026 All-Star season , […] The post Could Yankees’ Ben Rice return to catcher in 2027? appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Las Vegas Arts District business owners say storm drain construction is cutting into sales
Business owners in the Arts District say storm drain work along Charleston Boulevard is driving away customers.
Google Store previews Black Friday 2026 deals, starting Nov. 19
With early deals ending yesterday, the US Google Store has now shared its upcoming Black Friday sale that starts on November 19.
8th annual Empowering Black Women Conference held at Living Arts and Science Center
8th annual Empowering Black Women Conference held at Living Arts and Science Center
The Real Story of the Polar Bear in a UVM Science Hall Starts With Two Montpelier Agents Undercover in the Arctic
A polar bear has been hanging out in a UVM science hall for decades. Subscribe He’s a full-grown male, standing behind glass on an artificial iceberg in the lobby of the University of Vermont’s Marsh Life Science Building in Burlington. Most Vermonters have no idea he’s there. Students who asked about him heard he came from Canada. A poacher killed him, the story went, federal officers seized the hide at the Vermont border, and the government gave him to UVM on “indefinite loan.” A UVM biology professor told it that way in 2012. The university’s own news office repeated it in 2021. That story was wrong. The bear was evidence. In 1972, two federal wildlife officers from Montpelier posed as trophy hunters, bought their way into an illegal hunt run by a poaching ring, and followed it all the way to the frozen Arctic Ocean north of Alaska. One of them shot this bear. Sonia DeYoung, who works with UVM’s natural history collections, pieced the real story together from a half-remembered campus rumor, a case file buried in Anchorage and one stripped claw. She told it Nov. 6 in UVM Magazine. The Undercover Buy Early in 1972, Paul Bagalio and Bruce Parker walked into a Seattle taxidermy shop. Both lived in Montpelier. The case file lists Parker as a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agent and Bagalio as a deputy game warden for the service. On paper, Bagalio was an unlikely undercover man. Born in Northfield and raised in Montpelier, he served in the Marines after high school, graduated from Norwich University in 1957, taught at Vermont Technical College and worked as an engineer at Rock of Ages, according to his obituary in the Times Argus. He founded Ramchem, a company that made epoxies for the Barre granite industry. He was also a hunter. His obituary passes along his advice: “Don’t ever miss an opportunity to hunt.” And it says he worked undercover for the U.S. Department of the Interior, helping expose what his family calls one of the largest poaching rings in U.S. history. In the Seattle shop, Bagalio and Parker posed as unscrupulous trophy hunters who wanted a polar bear and didn’t care how they got one. They came away with a scribbled note: a phone number and a hefty price. The Seattle Times later reported the number. In a May 1972 story, later reprinted in the Congressional Record, the paper said the two-man hunt cost $6,500, more than $50,000 in today’s money. The Times cited a federal search-warrant affidavit alleging that the ring paid two men who held valid Alaska permits so the hides and skulls could be shipped and processed under their names. Bagalio and Parker traveled to Barrow, on Alaska’s Arctic coast, with guides working with the taxidermist. These were not men to cross. The case file describes a man taking a 12-gauge automatic shotgun from his plane and telling Parker it was “the persuader.” One photo in the file shows a mustached accomplice peering out from beneath a heavy fur hood. On March 8, 1972, on the pack ice about 100 miles north of Point Barrow, the northernmost point in the United States, Bagalio shot a male polar bear. Parker shot a second. Bagalio had no legal permit to kill it, and that was the point. The bears were hard evidence of what the ring was selling. Back in Fairbanks, a Fish and Wildlife agent marked Bagalio’s bear so it could be identified later. He smeared fluorescent dye around its nose and ripped the dark outer sheath off one of its front claws. Bagalio and Parker went on to run several more undercover hunts against poachers in the West. The danger was real. Bagalio later told the Bennington Banner, according to DeYoung’s account, “My guide made it perfectly clear that he would leave me dead in the mountains if he thought I was an investigator.” Subscribe The Faded Rumor The bear came to UVM in 1975. How the government handed him over is still unknown. A rumor came with him. A student named in the UVM Magazine article simply as Carol helped catalog the university’s specimens in those years, and she heard it: an undercover federal agent had killed the bear in Alaska because he feared his cover would be blown and his life was in danger. Over the years the rumor faded. In the 1980s, the bear was put away in storage long enough for mice to chew the fur off his ankles, and several of his front claws went missing. He was later brought back out and set up on his iceberg in the Marsh Life Science lobby, where he has stood for decades since. Somewhere along the way, the Canada story took over. The Case File Decades later, DeYoung met Carol at an open house for UVM’s zoological collections. Carol told DeYoung’s research partner, Dave Moroney, what she remembered. They were delighted, and skeptical. At DeYoung’s request, David Rippeto, a UVM graduate who is now a Fish and Wildlife special agent in Anchorage, went through a mountain of old case files stashed in cardboard boxes and found the right one. It ran more than 80 pages: photographs, letters, permit records and a typewritten account of the case. Carol’s rumor had the core of it right. A federal officer had shot the bear in Alaska while undercover. But the file showed it wasn’t a desperate move to save his own skin. The shooting was part of the plan. The Stripped Claw One question remained. Was the bear in Burlington really Bagalio’s? DeYoung and Moroney shone a black light on the bear’s snout, looking for the dye. Nothing glowed. They already had the answer. The year before, a conservator repairing the mouse damage had found that one of the bear’s supposedly missing front claws was still there, minus its dark outer sheath, just as the agent in Fairbanks had left it in 1972. “Fifty years later, the marker originally meant for law enforcement told us we had our bear,” DeYoung wrote. Paul Bagalio didn’t live to see it. He spent the rest of his life in Vermont, most of it at Horn of the Moon in East Montpelier, and died Dec. 11, 2022, at 90, a few months before DeYoung first opened the case file. His family remembered the bear differently. The obituary says he took a record-class polar bear in Siberia, across the international date line. The federal case file puts the bear in this story about 100 miles north of Point Barrow. The obituary doesn’t say whether it’s the same animal. His bear is still on the iceberg. Go see him: The polar bear stands in the entrance to Benedict Auditorium, between the Marsh Life Science and Hills buildings on UVM’s Burlington campus. Compass Vermont is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe
Island Resident's Work Celebrated by Academy of Arts and Sciences
Last month, Vineyard summer resident Deborah Gray White was inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The honor recognizes Ms. White’s career as a scholar of African American and women’s history.
‘X-Men’ cast: Meet the actors playing Jean Grey, Cyclops, and more in the MCU
The next generation of mutants is taking shape in the MCU. Check out the new ‘X-Men’ cast, side by side with their comic book counterparts.
URI students join others from around Rhode Island to exhibit dynamic research projects at RI-NEST annual meeting
KINGSTON, R.I. — Nov. 6, 2026 — Several University of Rhode Island students joined their counterparts from several partner institutions around the state last week to display their dynamic research projects during the annual meeting of the Rhode Island Network for Excellence in Science and Technology. Representatives of URI, Brown University, Rhode Island College, Rhode […]
10th Annual Model Railroad Show at Remsen Arts Center November 21
The Remsen Arts Center is hosting the 10th annual Model Railroad Show.
From stained glass to thrift stores: Check out 6 business updates in San Marcos
Several new businesses have opened or are opening in San Marcos, including Esaltare Arts and four new stores at the San Marcos Premium Outlets.
Unrest fuels interest in standalone political violence cover
Recent unrest across parts of Asia that extends beyond conventional strikes, riots and civil commotion is driving interest in standalone political violence cover, according to Adam Sullivan, Arthur J.
No business like GnomeMade business
NEW ULM – The Minnesota firearm deer hunt opener starts Saturday, but in New Ulm, the shopping opener started Friday. Hundreds of holiday shoppers attended the 42nd GnomeMade Market, spread across the community at over 20 locations. One of the craft market’s most popular stops is the Lind House at 622 Center Street. Every year […]
Electronic Arts Launches 25 Classic PC Games on Steam for the First Time
Including titles like 'Wing Commander' and 'Road Rash.'
Nov. 11 Arts & Entertainment Calendar
Events coming up in the Greenville area offer music, arts, theater and family fun. Here is a sampling. Today refers to Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Arts and Entertainment Agenda, Nov. 6 to 12
‘An Evening with Easy Jim’ at Belly Up Aspen, Nov. 6 The Grateful Dead tribute band Easy Jim will takes the stage at 9 p.m. Nov. 6 at Belly Up Aspen, 450 Galena St. Following...
Last session tonight to weigh in on Heights Business District plan
Current business district proposal would allow buildings up to six stories and zero parking as incentives for developers The latest proposal for the Heights Business District offers “public benefit incentives,” which are conditional bonuses for developers. Developers can build up to six stories if they offer a public plaza, a public amenity, or first-and-second floor active commercial use. Developers will have no requirement to build parking spaces if they offer 60% ground-floor active commercial use, or if they preserve a historical facade. Those incentives and other parts of the plans will be discussed tonight, Nov. 5, when the Heights Neighborhood
8th annual Empowering Black Women Conference held at Living Arts and Science Center
8th annual Empowering Black Women Conference held at Living Arts and Science Center
A sober note amid the Democratic jubilation
Democrats are beside themselves in jubilant elation, while much of the rest of the country is simply relieved. Any analysis of last Tuesday’s election starts with the size and scope of Democratic victories. Early this year, blue strategists were wishing for perhaps a pickup of 10 or 15 seats in the House. Senate control requiring […]
When a Young Person’s Mental Health Starts to Shift
The most important people in a young person’s life are often the ones who know them best: parents, family, teachers, doctors and other trusted adults. They are also generally the first to notice when…
Scientists achieve record-breaking low temperature on China's space station, paving the way for new physics experiments
Matter starts to behave differently at extremely low temperatures, creating conditions ideal for studying quantum physics and new states of matter. Now, researchers from China have achieved a new low-temperature ...
Is The Xbox Series X More Powerful Than The Steam Machine?
Gamers have eagerly anticipated Valve's console for years. Despite using newer parts, though, it's pretty evenly matched against an Xbox.
As Congress’ Lame Duck Session Starts, More than 100 Groups Urge Congress to Pass Health Care Price Transparency Before Year's End
Passing These Pending, Vetted, Bipartisan Bills Would Be a Foundational First Step to Address Voter Demand for Action on Health Care Affordability Washington, D.C. – As Congress returns to Capitol Hill today, less than a week after a historic midterm election, more than 100 organizations are calling on Congress to act on bipartisan measures to […]
Data Center Construction Starts Lag 6 Months Behind, Report Says
Data center construction starts are slowing, a report from GlobalData finds. Here's why.
Potential impacts Democratic health care proposals on employer-sponsored health care
Summary: Democratic state and federal wins in the midterm elections could lead to Medicaid expansion in some states, and focuses attention on the House Democrats’ memo on health care priorities in the new Congress. Few of these proposals are likely to become law before 2029, but they could form the foundation for Democratic health care reform efforts after the 2028 Presidential election. Portion of total newly eligible for Medicaid if non-expansion states expanded Source: Cervantes, S et al How Many Uninsured Are in the Coverage Gap and How Many Could be Eligible if All States Adopted the Medicaid Expansion? KFF, July 27, 2026 It’s been almost a week since the midterm elections, and the Democrats will have large majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, although not large enough to overcome Senate filibusters or Presidential vetoes. I reviewed some of what I thought these midterm results could mean in a post last week. In retrospect, I might have understated the elections’ impact on health care due to changes in governorship and majorities in many state legislatures. A Democratic trifecta (governorship and both houses) could mean expansion of Medicaid in Wisconsin, and a Democratic governor and House in Texas and Georgia could increase pressure in both states to expand Medicaid. That’s especially important, because Texas currently represents almost half of those who would be newly eligible for insurance from Medicaid expansions. Medicaid expansions matter to employers because they have been shown to decrease the risk of closure of rural hospitals and support workers’ ability to stay employed and productive. The House Democrats’ Cost of Living Healthcare Working Group published an 84-page memo in September with recommendations for the first hundred hours, the first hundred days, and the first year. The midterm results make this document more important. Here’s a review of what some of these recommendations could mean for employer-sponsored health insurance. Elements that could lower employer health care spending Restore the expanded advance premium tax credit for ACA plans. This could bring healthier enrollees back to the marketplace plans, which would improve the risk status of these plans and decrease the rate of uninsurance. Fewer people with insurance puts higher pressures on provider rates of employer plans. More stable ACA plans could encourage employers to consider transitioning from employer-sponsored plans to ICHRA/Choice, providing a fund for employers to purchase their own insurance on an exchange. Repeal Medicaid work requirements and other administrative rules of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act which as written will lead to a large increase in the uninsured rate. Fewer people with insurance leads to more pressures from hospitals for commercial rate increases. Extend Inflation Reduction Act negotiated drug prices to commercial health plans. These are now only applicable to Medicare Parts D (outpatient drugs) and B (drugs administered by providers. The Medicare negotiated prices are lower than net prices negotiated by PBMs. Hospital price limits. Some of the Democratic House proposals would institute site neutral payment and limit outlier hospital prices to 200% of Medicare. The average commercial health plan pays about 247% Medicare rates for inpatient hospital care, and many commercial health plans currently pay over 300% of Medicare for hospital services. PBM regulations. The proposals would mandate more transparency and prevent PBMs from paying subsidiaries more than market rates. Antitrust enforcement. The plan would break up vertically integrated health care monopolies which could lower prices through competition. Ban on non-compete contractual clauses could increase competition by increasing flexibility and supply of clinicians, although it could also increase physician leverage and lead to higher wages which could raise prices. Lower the Medicare eligibility age, which could take older, more expensive, workers off employer sponsored plans. Create a Medi-Kids plan to insure all children and potentially young adults up to age 26. These plan members have low non-preventive utilization and cost less per person than older plan members, but removing children from employer plans would decrease volatility because a few children have very high medical costs. Elements that could increase employer spending (in many instances for high value services) Mandate three primary care and three mental health visits without cost sharing Eliminate cost sharing for mental health care and substance use care during pregnancy and in the year after delivery Require coverage of infertility services Cap cost sharing for insulin, epipen and respiratory inhalers Count copay coupons and assistance toward member deductibles and cost sharing Cap total health care costs (premium and out-of-pocket costs) at 8% of household income Leave a comment Elements that could improve the market Increased price transparency Tightening enforcement of short-term plans, fixed indemnity plans, and cost-sharing ministries. These skimpy health plans skim off healthier people, leaving sicker people on marketplace exchanges and employer-sponsored health plans. Here’s a past post on the perils of cheap insurance. Most of these proposals are likely not to become law in the next two years, but could form the foundation of a Democratic proposal for health care reform in 2029 and beyond. The document does not provide cost estimates for these proposals. Share Thanks for reading! If you found this useful, please share, subscribe, like, and restack. You can find previous posts at this link. Views expressed in Employer Coverage are purely my own. Thanks for reading Employer Coverage ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Subscribe
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