The murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson focused national attention on the denial of claims by health insurers, purportedly a motive for the killing.
In-patient psychiatric facilities across the country are holding patients involuntarily, now aided by a new Biden administration rule requiring insurers to cover the treatment equally with other hospital care.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ordered a halt to construction on the 600-mile pipeline Atlantic Coast Pipeline designed to carry natural gas across West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina.