Health insurance

A state board moved toward instituting salary-based employee premium health insurance payment system as a way to avoid a looming $1.3 billion deficit in the government's health plan budget.

Brad Briner said the state may need to issue short-term debt in the near future to pay for Hurricane Helene expenses.

Houston is one of the largest U.S. cities to set up a trust to help fund non-pension retiree benefits such as healthcare.

Gov. Paul LePage and state lawmakers are at odds about how to fund a voter-approved Medicaid expansion that was supposed to take effect on July 2.

The exit from insurance will halt losses the health provider's losses, said Moody's Investors Service.

Governors want Congress to focus on "controlling costs and stabilizing markets.''