Prices
Drug prices and health-care are wild cards in the 2020 election
Democratic presidential candidates (L-R) former tech executive Andrew Yang, South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) take part in the second night of the first Democratic presidential debate on June 27, 2019 in Miami, Florida. Drew Angerer | …
Bernie Sanders vows to break up huge ISPs and regulate broadband prices
Enlarge / Bernie Sanders speaks to the Organic Farmers Association on December 05, 2019 in Story City, Iowa. Getty Images | Win McNamee Presidential candidate and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders yesterday released a plan to overhaul the US broadband market by breaking up giant providers, outlawing data caps, regulating broadband prices, and providing $150 billion …
2019 Ends with Lower Prices for Commodity Resins : Plastics Technology
The fourth quarter of this year has been widely viewed as a buyers’ market for the five volume commodity resin markets, whose prices are nearly all on the downslide. Key drivers include a global slowdown and lower prices abroad, a drop in prices of key feedstocks, and more than ample supply in many cases. Meanwhile, demand for bales of recycled …
Car insurance UK: Prices could fall as insurers say telematics could change the industry
The new technology would be able to accurately determine a driver’s road risk and change their plan based on real-world factors. Many young motorists have cut their car insurance bill by adding telematics black boxes to their vehicles which can track how a car is driven, at what times and average speeds. The technology has helped …
Employer health insurance prices expected to go up about 5 percent in 2020
Employees should see moderate premium increases in 2020, and they should expect increased pressure to choose lower-cost options, especially where chronic diseases such as diabetes are concerned. This is according to a handful of health insurance forecasts published this summer by the nation’s leading medical prognosticators. In June, PricewaterhouseCoopers got the guessing game started, publishing …
Warren Has Her Plan. Buttigieg Suggests Another Way to Cut Health Prices.
A policy like Mr. Buttigieg’s could, of course, go even lower than double Medicare. Ms. Warren’s campaign said last week that her “Medicare for all” plan would pay hospitals around 110 percent of current Medicare prices, and would pay doctors right around what Medicare pays. (Mr. Sanders has been more vague on what sorts of …
These stocks are the trade talk ‘tells’ with prices to move first
President Donald Trump meets with China’s President Xi Jinping at the start of their bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. Kevin Lemarque | Reuters A slimmed-down trade deal, stalled talks and a “fluid” situation are just some of the conflicting reports that have surfaced this week as the …
Sutter Health Going To Court Over High Prices – CBS Sacramento
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One of California’s largest hospital systems is facing a trial over accusations that it has used its market dominance to snuff out competition and overcharge patients for medical bills. Opening arguments begin Thursday in the antitrust case against Sutter Health, which operates 24 hospitals with 5,500 doctors across Northern California. It …
S&P Case-Shiller index July 2019: Home prices stop slowdown
Prospective home buyers arrive to tour a house for sale in Dunlap, Illinois, U.S., on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Home price gains have been shrinking since March 2018, but now signs point to re-heating in the housing market. The much-watched S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index …
Royal Mail Group admits breaking competition law that left customers paying higher prices | Business News
The Royal Mail Group has admitted a breach of competition law that led to an investigation by Ofcom. The delivery giant acknowledged “being part of an illegal anti-competitive agreement” for more than four years with SaleGroup, a re-seller of Royal Mail’s business parcel delivery services, that left customers paying higher prices. Last year, Royal Mail …
