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LETTER: The difference between private health insurance and Medicare
In your Monday editorial, “Health insurance market needs a dose of freedom,” you overlooked one important fact: The United States is the only major industrialized nation that does not provide universal health care for all its…
Nonprofit senior health insurance company Elderplan/HomeFirst opens Brooklyn community office • Brooklyn Paper
Elderplan/Homefirst, the nonprofit senior healthcare management organization, opened its first-ever Brooklyn office with a celebratory ribbon-cutting on Aug. 5. The org provides a wide variety of Medicare Advantage insurance plans meant to close…
Insurer-Mandated Gateway AI Bots: Deepening The Mental Health Divide?
Wayne Lonstein, CEO, VFT Solutions, Inc. Anti-Piracy, Social Media and Cybersecurity law and practice. The use of chatbots as gatekeepers for access to reimbursable mental health care bears a striking resemblance to the dawn of health…
The Participation Advantage: A New Model For Brand Growth
Felicity Fellows is the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of STAN. For decades, brand growth was fueled by buying attention through mass media, celebrity endorsements and large-scale campaigns designed to capture audiences. But in a world of…
Can you imagine a future where adults don't believe in socialism?
It's 7 a.m. on Thursday, the sun is out, and I'm stuck at my desk staring down a long day of work rather than, say, sleeping until 11 and spending the day kibbitzing at a coffee shop. Instead of enjoying my comfy house, purring cat, quick internet…
The typical gig worker is changing -- and struggling more than ever
The next time you call an Uber ride or order food delivery with an app, there's a good chance that the gig worker you meet is getting government benefits. In 2025, companies such as DoorDash, Lyft and Uber had the most workers receiving…
Your employees are stressed about money. Here's why your HR team should care-and what it should do
Employees are feeling more financial stress these days—and it isn't just centered around healthcare costs or retirement worries. Today, more than half (52%) cite the rising cost of living as their greatest economic worry, while 46% are…
Supply-siders push back on Paxton tax plan
Conservative economists argue that the plan isn't sound and could increase prices in some cases, by increasing demand for certain goods and services without increasing supply. It would also complicate the tax code, rather than simplifying it. And…
Hospitals in the Trump 2.0 hot seat
For all of President Trump's talk of Big Pharma and big insurers, hospitals are emerging as the group most rocked by the policy changes of Trump 2.0. Why it matters: Hospitals account for the single biggest category of national health spending, but…
Tech Bills of the Week: Deterring AI distillation; Taxing AI developers; and more
Lawmakers are looking to address the threat of AI model distillation by adversaries, with a new bill introduced by Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Texas targeting illicit intellectual property infringement by Chinese actors. The Blocking Large-Scale…
Will Mississippi send a Black Democrat to the US Senate? Scott Colom says don't count him out
So, he's an underdog in his bid to unseat Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, a white Donald Trump acolyte seeking her second full term. Yet several variables — Colom's biography, Mississippi's demographics, lingering inflation and…
Hospitals absent from Dems' affordability agenda
As Democrats in Congress start building out an affordability agenda for when they're next in power, hospitals are noticeably absent. Why it matters: It's extremely difficult — if not impossible — to significantly reduce what patients…
The typical gig worker is changing - and struggling more than ever to make ends meet
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) The next time you call an Uber ride or order food delivery with an app, there's a good chance that the gig worker…
He once made six figures in tech. Becoming an artist meant learning how to afford NYC.
It took Andrew Tsao a layoff from his six-figure tech job, Medicaid-subsidized therapy, and a psychedelic session to realize he wanted to be an artist in New York City. His first art show ended up as his goodbye letter to the city he called home…
3.8 Million Impacted by Unlimited Technology Systems Data Breach
Unlimited Technology Systems is notifying over 3.8 million individuals that their personal information was stolen in a data breach. Based in Montgomery, Ohio, Unlimited provides advanced financial and revenue cycle technology to healthcare…
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