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Health insurance coverage crosses 60% of households, NFHS
Health insurance coverage in India has expanded sharply over the past two decades, with the share of households having at least one member covered under a health insurance or financing scheme rising from just 4.8 per cent in 2005-06 to 60.2 per…
Less than half of population pays for health insurance as average cost jumps 10.6%
VHI is the most popular health insurer, with 48.3% of the market, followed by Laya (27.9%), Irish Life Health (20.2%), and Level Health, which entered the market in November 2024, at 1%. The other 2.6% are covered by restricted memberships, which…
Grievance redressal mechanism being framed to prevent hospital-health insurance stand-off
Hospitals and insurance company representatives have been meeting every month for the last four months to iron out differences and put in place confidence-building measures, including training in digital systems and instituting grievance redressal…
Prediction markets: Odds are Washington claims supremacy
Put the technical language aside and you end up with a question the country has wrestled with for a long time. When a state bars something under its reserved powers, and a federal regulator says it's allowed under national authority, which side…
Health Costs Jumping 18% For Small And Medium-Sized Businesses
Stethoscope on the dollars. Medical costs. Healthcare payment concept. Concept of analysis of the market and economy and interest rates Healthcare costs are rising nearly 20% for small-and mid-sized employers as employers grapple with a surge in…
Five Takeaways From the WSJ's Autism Billing-Abuse Investigation
Autism-therapy spending has become one of the fastest-growing healthcare expenses for many private insurance plans, say insurers, employers and auditors. But the industry has also attracted predatory providers who bill for phantom services, pad…
UnitedHealth Group Raises Quarterly Dividend by 5% to $2.32
UnitedHealth Group's board has raised the health insurer's quarterly dividend by 5%, to $2.32 from $2.21. The new payout, equal to $9.28 a year, represents an annual yield of 2.46% based on Tuesday's closing price of $377.92, up from 2.34%. The…
Littlejohn invests in architecture services firm Milrose; Sheridan pursues self-insurance with Tres Health
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Beyond June 3rd trend: 52-year-old courier who lives World Bicycle Day, 50 kilometres at a time
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: On World Bicycle Day, while fitness enthusiasts dust off their high-end multi-gear cycles for ceremonial morning rides, 52-year-old R. Padmanabhan is navigating the bustling streets of Kerala's capital on a relic from the past.
STEPHEN MOORE: Foreign drug price controls are a hidden tax on Americans
The United States spends far more on healthcare, on a per capita basis, than any other country in the world. There are many reasons why, including health insurance companies. But one reason has been largely overlooked: foreign governments maintain…
Can nursing home debt lead to Social Security garnishment?
Many Americans spend decades building a retirement plan around the simple assumption that their monthly Social Security benefits will provide a reliable source of income no matter what happens with their finances or the economy. But as healthcare…
GM is no longer the highest-ranked female-led company on the Fortune 500
The 2026 edition of the Fortune 500 is out today—which means it's time to take a look at the latest stats around women leading Fortune 500 businesses. My colleague Sydney Lake dives into all the details in a new story for Fortune. A record…
Whoops: Hackers Simply Had To Ask Meta 'AI' For Access To High Profile Instagram Accounts
404 Media reports that hackers were simply able to ask Meta AI for access to high-profile Instagram accounts, and the AI agent simply… well… obliged: “Hackers say that they used Meta's AI support chatbot to break into a host of…
Women run a record 11.2% of Fortune 500 companies in 2026-but the gain came in a year of high-profile exits
Even in a turbulent year at the top, a record 56 women lead Fortune 500 companies in 2026, 11.2% of the newest ranking of America's largest businesses by revenue. That's the highest share in the list's 72-year history and the fourth consecutive…
1 Sector Warren Buffett and Greg Abel Are Largely Ignoring -- and Why Investors Shouldn't
Investors have long looked to Warren Buffett for investing inspiration. This is because the billionaire, as chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway for 60 years, led the company to market-beating returns over that time period. He did this by…
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