Dean Bennett Insurance & Financial Services Inc.

05/08/2026

https://jrreport.wordandbrown.com/2026/04/14/california-officials-charge-21-people-in-hospice-fraud-exceeding-250-million/

California officials last Thursday said they uncovered a multimillion-dollar scheme to use stolen identities from people outside the state to charge for hospice services paid for with a government insurance program.

04/28/2026

Who Wants To Be California’s Insurance Commissioner? Your Guide To The Candidates
It's one of the most important positions in our state!!!

It's a big job to regulate the nation's largest property and casualty insurance market for homeowners, businesses, renters and drivers. California wildfires have made it harder.

12/22/2025

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/n-26-05.pdf
Trumps budget reconciliation bill passed in July, 2025, makes all Bronze Level individual plans eligible for Health Savings Accounts in 2026.
This is only indvidual/family plans and doesn't apply to Group Health Plans.

The massive budget reconciliation bill known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was signed into law by the President on July 4, 2025, which included changes for health savings accounts (HSAs), dependent care assistance programs (DCAPs), student loan payments under educational assistance progr...

03/20/2025

Removing tax deductions for prescription drug advertising direct to consumers could raise federal tax revenues.

New research suggests that limiting the pharmaceutical industry’s direct-to-consumer advertising could save more money than previously thought.

01/31/2025

Blue Shield's new CEO

The Board of Directors of Blue Shield of California today unveiled a new corporate structure designed to improve health care for Californians and make it more affordable for its nearly six million members.

01/31/2025

Pain experts say this drug holds promise as an option for people who can't take opioids or NSAIDs for acute pain

The drug, Journavx, from Vertex Pharmaceuticals, reduced pain after surgery in clinical trials. Experts hope it can lead to fewer opioid prescriptions.

01/29/2025

Uncertainty about Medicare/MediCaid coverage of Weight Loss Medications by the new Administration.

For over 30 years, Word & Brown has helped brokers and agencies make selling health, dental, and other insurance products easier.

10/25/2024

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (WPS) are notifying people whose protected health information or other personally identifiable information (PII) may have been compromised in connection with Medicare administrative services pro...

09/10/2024

READ YOUR ANNUAL NOTICE OF CHANGES that should be mailed this month for Part D, Prescription Drug Plans and MAPD-Medicare Advantage Plans. There are lots of changes and some carriers leaving, some plans closing and drug plan costs going up. The good news is the cap on Annual Drug costs.

An Annual Notice of Change lays out how much your premiums, deductibles, and co-pays will differ in the year ahead and whether the plan will even be offered.

08/29/2024

Another drug on the market for weight loss.

Starter doses of the weight-loss drug Zepbound are now available in single-dose vials, drug manufacturer Eli Lilly announced Tuesday, a move the company says will “significantly” expand supply as it sees continued high demand.