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Californians without health insurance could double, state analyst warns
This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Californians without health insurance could double, state analyst warns Hundreds of…
Is Employer-Provided Health Insurance Actually Good For American Workers?
Employer-sponsored health insurance can create significant challenges for some U.S. workers, according to experts. Roughly 49% of the nation's workers currently get health insurance coverage via their employers, according to United Healthcare.
US healthcare marketplaces shared citizenship and race data with ad tech giants
Almost all of the 20 U.S. state government-run health insurance marketplaces shared residents' application information with advertising and tech giants, including Google, LinkedIn, Meta, and Snap, according to a new investigation by Bloomberg. The…
SBI General Insurance MD & CEO Naveen Chandra Jha on FY27 Growth, Market Share, and Strategy
SBI General Insurance, led by MD & CEO Naveen Chandra Jha, is strategically positioning itself to capture a 10 per cent market share among private and standalone health insurers within the next five years, driven by disciplined underwriting, retail…
Zuckerberg Trying to Simulate Human Biology at the Cellular Level
Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Mark Zuckerberg is following a path paved by fellow billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffet: laundering his untold billions through a health research prestige project. Called the…
Cigna To Exit Obamacare In 2027 Amid Rising Costs
The Cigna Group, one of the country's largest health services and insurance firms, is joining others, including Aetna and UnitedHealthcare, in divesting its individual health exchange business. By the end of 2026, Cigna Group will no longer offer…
Spirit Airlines shutdown leaves South Florida workers devastated, scrambling for jobs
Tears and hugs all around as South Florida-based Spirit Airlines employees leaned on one another outside the now-defunct airline's headquarters. 'We lost a family, you know? And I think we're all just kind of feeling numb because we don't feel like…
MS NOW's Chosen Medicaid 'Expert' Opposes Work Requirements 'For Anything'
Sunday night's episode of The Weekend: Primetime on MS NOW launched a predictable attack on Nebraska's new Medicaid work requirements. Equally predictable was the 'expert' MS NOW chose: NYU professor Sherry Glied — a former top Obama HHS…
State Healthcare Sites Are Sharing Personal Data with Big Tech
Nearly all of the 20 state-run health insurance exchanges in the US have added advertising trackers that transmit user activity back to big tech companies, in some cases sending more data than state officials realized. Bloomberg News reviewed…
America's debt disaster is a five-alarm fire - and there's only one fix
Last week's grim news about America's publicly traded debt should be a blaring emergency siren — and a wake-up call. Data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows the debt, at $31.27 trillion, is now higher than the entire nation's gross…
Households face financial risk from increasing health inflation
Medical inflation in India is rising at an exponential rate every year. Many households, despite government support, are at risk of accumulating large debts if a family member has a chronic illness, falls seriously ill or has an accident. The…
Up to 90,000 Philadelphians could lose Medicaid under new federal rules
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! As many as 90,000 Philadelphians could be at risk of losing health insurance coverage through Medicaid after federal work…
How Dr. Adam Hamawy's experience as a surgeon in Gaza inspired him to run for Congress
The race to replace retiring Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) in New Jersey's 12th's district is crowded, but one candidate recently earned the support of the newly-launched pro-Palestine Super PAC American Priorities. That's Dr. Adam Hamawy, a…
Will the Coming Cuts to Medicaid Spare the 'Truly Needy'?
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act may impose the largest health insurance coverage losses in U.S. history. Studies of four previous coverage contractions found that enrollees who were dropped from Medicaid experienced worsened access to care and…
AI-fueled health policies are depriving the needy in one of the world's poorest countries
Kenya was promising wider access to more affordable healthcare. But a new investigation has revealed that its algorithm-driven system is making life harder for the people it was supposed to help most. According to reporting by The Guardian, Africa…
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