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Explaining Health Care Reform: Questions About Health Insurance Subsidies
Health insurance is expensive and can be difficult to afford for people with lower or moderate incomes. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides sliding-scale subsidies that lower premiums and requires that insurers offer plans with reduced…
So you've been offered a buyout. HR experts share top tips and the questions to ask before deciding to take it.
About 60,000 Microsoft employees have a choice to make: take a buyout and leave at the end of the year, or stay. Eligible employees have until early December to decide. Offers reviewed by Business Insider vary by level, location, and length of…
RFK Jr.'s Future With Trump; 'Metabolic Psychiatry' Appointee; Kratom Ban Backtrack
There are 'zero' signs that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will leave the Trump administration after the midterms. (Axios) Kennedy is reportedly considering Shebani Sethi, MD, a psychiatrist who coined the term 'metabolic psychiatry,' to lead…
Ping An insurance nine months profit fell 27.3pc as investment gains falls
China's Ping An Insurance (2318) reported a 27.3 percent year-on-year fall in net profit in the first nine months of 2026, as investment income fell amid a volatile stock market. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The insurance company posted 96.65…
Health Care Down After Mixed Earnings -- Health Care Roundup
Health-care companies fell after mixed earnings. Shares of hospital chain HCA slid after costs associated with treating uninsured patients offset revenue growth. Shares of Swiss drug maker Novartis rose after a strong third-quarter earnings report.
Troy Jackson Is on a Medicare for All Mission
Read the top story of the day in your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Prospect newsletter here. PORTLAND, MAINE – The state of play is dire for Mainers trying to survive America's failing health care system. On October 1, nearly 1,000 people…
Long Covid sufferers denied insurance under 'mental health' exclusions: lawyer
A lawyer says Long Covid sufferers are increasingly seeing their insurance claims denied using mental health exclusions. The 2024-25 National Health Survey found more than 400,000 people reported having Long Covid-19 symptoms, defined as ongoing…
Plans with cheaper premiums are risky business for Americans seeking lower healthcare costs
Healthcare costs are a major concern for Americans, and health insurance premiums are a primary fuel for that anxiety. Shrinking federal subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans led to large premium increases for millions of Americans in 2025…
School bus driver shortage prompts route cancellations in Waterford
This week, the Waterford School District began a staggered schedule of bus cancellations due to a staffing shortage. Adam Martin, the superintendent of Waterford Schools, says that, like many other districts across the state, they've been plagued…
Ping An Operating Profit Rises 8.3% as Net Profit Falls 27.3%
Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. posted unaudited operating-profit growth for the first nine months of 2026 even as net profit and revenue fell, alongside a sharp drop in investment income. Operating profit attributable to…
Is Costco the next healthcare disrupter?
Costco, the Issaquah, Washington, warehouse giant, has announced that it is moving into healthcare, a product that is not neatly stacked in a warehouse aisle and will not fit in an oversized cart. Picture a typical shopper's reaction:…
Republicans Can Tout a Record of Healthcare Reform This November
The midterms are approaching fast, and polls paint a grim picture for Republicans. GOP candidates are struggling to win over voters concerned about healthcare costs. Since President Trump returned to office, congressional Republicans have enacted…
Science is on the ballot. Here's what's at stake
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American's Science Quickly, I'm Rachel Feltman. The midterm elections are fast approaching, and as usual, science is all over the ballot. Scientific American breaking news reporter Adam Kovac has been keeping an eye…
Now Britain knows the cost of Brexit, we can finally discuss it properly
When Andy Burnham made his polite and modest suggestion that there should be an “honest discussion” about reinstating freedom of movement between Britain and the European Union, it was taken to mean that what he envisaged as a…
Two-thirds of Americans say their country is in decline as midterms approach
Inflation is causing real economic pain. Worries about healthcare costs have jumped sharply. And 7 in 10 Americans believe the country is in decline. That is the landscape for the 2026 midterm election, according to a new survey from the American…
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