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A nearly 12 percent rate increase Georgia Power is seeking is just one of four the utility will be requesting during the next three years, a stafflawyer for the state Public Service Commission (PSC) said Tuesday. If the PSC approves all four, the average residential customer bill could soar by $55 to $60 a month, not just the $16.29 monthly increase in base rates the company

Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine has been indicted on federal charges of conspiring to commit health-care fraud and money laundering, the Justice Department announced Friday. Jeffrey Gallups and others to submit fraudulent insurance claims for more than $2.5 million in medically unnecessary tests ordered from a lab in Texas.

Georgia's insurance department has fined Anthem/Blue Cross Blue Shield $5 million for several violations of state law following a months-long investigation. To avoid additional fines, Blue Cross Blue Shield must develop a new process for handling provider complaints, pay claims within the time frames established under state law, and load provider...

ATLANTA– Georgia's insurance department has fined Anthem/Blue Cross Blue Shield $5 million for several violations of state law following a months-long investigation. To avoid additional fines, Blue Cross Blue Shield must develop a new process for handling provider complaints, pay claims within the time frames established under state law, and load...

Notably, according to the White House, tax credits under the Affordable Care Act will be extended through 2025. The White House said experts predict more than 3 million people who would otherwise be uninsured will gain health insurance. According to the White House, here are some of the items included in the reconciliation bill now being debated in Congress:.

Georgia's two Democratic U.S. senators said Tuesday they are still working to include a massive Medicaid expansion provision in the Senate's final spending bill. "We are united in this push and to doing everything we can to ensure that our constituents who lack health insurance, have access to health care and to close the circle on the Affordable Care Act by...