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Health insurance companies cancel nearly 1M Medicare Advantage plans - here's what it means for you
Health insurance giants are cutting back on benefits to maximize their profit. UnitedHealthcare and Humana — the two largest private health insurance companies for older adults in the US — are canceling several Medicare Advantage…
Getting health insurance from your job will be extra pricey for 2027
(CNN) — Workers might start feeling faint when they sign up for work-based health coverage for 2027. Premiums are expected to skyrocket for the fourth year in a row, and employees will likely pay more when they receive care, too. The…
Lost in Translation: Understanding Common Health Insurance Terms
Medicare enrollment is open and now is the time to start thinking about your health insurance plan for 2027. Dr. Peter Graham from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan discusses how understanding your insurance benefits can be complex, and being…
Health Care Costs Are Becoming Unsustainable
Amber Kostka, who owns The Stockpot restaurant in Hampton Roads, Va., says she has tried to do right by her employees by offering them health insurance, alongside good wages and a 401k. But as costs have risen—premiums have roughly tripled…
Roche CEO: Europe Risks Falling Behind
Roche plans to invest in the future in places where innovation is rewarded—and sees Europe as lagging behind. This criticism also applies to Germany, where the Swiss company has major operations. The Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche…
Unions' forum on insurance rebates to ease cost of living
c3debc2b-f145-4bfd-9110-6ef41fceae2d Created: Oct 21, 2026 06:50 PM (Updated: Oct 21, 2026 07:06 PM) Confident: Chris Furbert, the Bermuda Industrial Union president (File photograph) A union leader expressed his confidence that a move to use…
PhD with Nobel-cited research applies for 2,300 jobs but remains unemployed
A Princeton University graduate, whose research was cited by the Nobel committee, says he has applied for more than 2,300 jobs since earning his Ph.D. in 2024 but remains unemployed and living in his parents' basement. Jack Weis, a 30-year-old Salt…
Orange County Public Schools suspends special impasse hearing
Updated: 10:00 PM EDT Oct 21, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Updated: 10:00 PM EDT Oct 21, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The future of healthcare and salaries for Orange County Public Schools teachers is still in…
Insurance positioned as a supplement for ageing well via cross-sector collaboration: IA
As a supplementary pillar for ageing well, the insurance sector is required to collaborate with the government, policymakers and healthcare providers to address the challenges of an aging population, according to Hong Kong's Insurance Authority…
Obama's empty Omar defense, settler violence shames Israel and other commentary
President Barack Obama is “not just backing radical leftists,” observes The Wall Street Journal's James Freeman, but “making fact-free assertions that investigating a particular radical member of Congress is an abuse of…
Insurance Report: 17,000 inquiries annually, NIS 21.5m. returned to the public
The Capital Market, Insurance and Savings Authority published its detailed annual report today, Wednesday, summarizing its public inquiry handling activities during 2025. The report shows that following the Authority's intervention, a total of NIS…
Premiums and Worker Contributions Among Workers Covered by Employer-Sponsored Coverage, 1999-2026
Since 1999, the Employer Health Benefits Survey has documented trends in employer-sponsored health insurance. Every year, private and non-federal public employers with 10 or more employees complete the survey. Among other topics, the survey asks…
What's ahead if the polls are right - or wrong
And Democratic leads in two Southern states that have been seriously contested in each presidential cycle, Georgia and North Carolina, are so solid that Republicans have written them off as irretrievably lost. Two questions remain unanswered. The…
I put Muse, Dot, and Instinct to the test. There was a clear winner, but not because it worked best.
I've been playing around with various AI agents — Muse, Instinct, and OpenAI's Dot, and I've found them genuinely really useful for certain things. I put them to some, uh, semi-rigorous testing. Ok, not totally rigorous or controlled, but I…
TRICARE Young Adult premiums to hit nearly $900 a month in 2027
Military dependents in their early 20s will face health insurance premiums as high as $900 per month starting Jan. 1. The Defense Health Agency quietly rolled out next year's premiums for TRICARE Young Adult plans in the insurance program's latest…
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