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Small businesses face tough choices as health insurance costs rise
NORFOLK, Va. — Small business owners are weighing how to keep health coverage affordable as employers face the possibility of higher health insurance costs in 2027. A new survey from eHealth says some small business employers could see…
Care Health Insurance logs 44 per cent rise in premium income
Care Health Insurance has recorded a 44 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) growth in Gross Direct Premium Income (GDPI) to ₹1,042 crore in September against ₹723 crore logged in the same period last year, according to the General Insurance…
Healthcare's Risk to the Economy Is Now Too Big to Ignore
Consumer confidence is collapsing, hiring is weak and the housing market is largely frozen. All of which serves to underscore that the US economy is only holding up because of the boom in artificial intelligence and an aging population spending…
How Does ACA Marketplace Enrollment in 2026 Vary Across Congressional Districts?
Authors: Matt McGough, Justin Lo, and Cynthia Cox Enrollment in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces fell in 2026 for the first time in seven years, following the expiration of the enhanced premium tax credits at the end of 2025. Nationally…
Social Security $90 checks: You might get an extra direct deposit from the SSA tomorrow. What to know
The government is sending a one-time $90 payment to more than 20 million Social Security recipients to help with their Medicare Part B coverage premiums, President Donald Trump announced in a statement. Medicare is a federal health insurance…
Prime Therapeutics Pushes Upfront Prices in New Drug Sales Model
Prime Therapeutics, one of the largest US pharmacy benefit managers, aims to shift to upfront drug pricing and away from a complicated rebates-based system that critics say increases patient costs. The company intends to offer its clients —…
AI chatbots are ignoring this prompt from wealthy users, in a phenomenon called 'adversarial delegation
AI chatbots are already a trusted source of shopping advice. Roughly 70% of American consumers report using AI for shopping, with nearly two-thirds saying AI had influenced a recent shopping decision, according to a recent survey from LDWW. But a…
Tight Rein On Receivables Can Ease Extreme Pressure On Small Business
Dean Kaplan is president of The Kaplan Group. He writes about business debt collection & contract negotiations & provides financial advice. Running a small business has never been simple. Nearly one-fifth of all small companies fail within 12…
Alliant buys New Hampshire brokerage
Alliant Insurance Services said Thursday it has acquired Melcher & Prescott, a Laconia, New Hampshire-based agency and brokerage. Founded in 1862, Melcher & Prescott, which has 24 employees, offers commercial insurance, employee benefits and…
Luzerne County may complete staffing and salary study
Luzerne County officials may complete a staffing and salary study that was suggested in the recent strategic plan. County Council's June adoption of the five-year strategic plan makes the county eligible for annual state Strategic Management…
No Surprises Act shielded patients from big medical bills. Now its arbitration system may be raising costs.
A law designed to protect patients from surprise medical bills succeeded in eliminating unexpected charges, but spawned a lucrative arbitration industry with providers and specialized middlemen extracting payments far above benchmark billing rates.
FAA Makes It Harder For Volunteer Pilots To Help Cancer Patients
Wings of Mercy is a Michigan-based nonprofit that arranges flights for patients in need. For the past 35 years, its network of volunteer pilots has flown patients from across Michigan to appointments at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, the University…
Opinion: Save the middle class. Save the republic.
I recently hosted an affordability roundtable to bring people together to discuss the costs squeezing our families and what we can do about them. I hear these worries as a council member, and I feel the pressure of rising costs in my own life.
What is a Public Option?
The discourse around Abdul El-Sayed's position on Medicare for All is mostly confused. Reading most of the reporting on the matter would lead one to believe that El-Sayed initially supported Medicare for All but now merely supports a 'public…
How Elizabeth Warren's Stop Wall Street Looting Act Would Rein In the Private-Equity Vampire
Bluesky With AI leaders publicly weighing the odds that their technology triggers human extinction, less-apocalyptic industries rife with bad actors—the big banks, health insurers—seem almost tame in comparison. But until the machine…
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