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thehindu.com - The Hindu Bureau - IRDAI forms panel to review private health insurance facets
IRDAI forms panel to review private health insurance facets
The Hindu

Insurance regulator IRDAI has constituted a sub-committee of the Insurance Advisory Committee to review the current landscape of private health insurance in India. Coverage, penetration, claims experience, product design, grievance redressal and…

thejournal.ie - Valerie Flynn - Health insurer VHI doubled its surplus in 2025 (when it hiked premiums twice)
Health insurer VHI doubled its surplus in 2025 (when it hiked premiums twice)
TheJournal.ie

IRELAND'S BIGGEST PROVIDER of private health insurance, VHI, almost doubled its surplus after tax to €71.2 million last year. The increased profitability came at a time when the company hiked premiums twice – by 3% in October 2025 and…

weareiowa.com - JD Snover - Iowa lawmakers consider expanding raw milk sales amid health, insurance concerns
Iowa lawmakers consider expanding raw milk sales amid health, insurance concerns
WeAreIowa

Agriculture Right now, farmers can't sell raw milk in the same space as other farm-to-consumer products. A bill in the Iowa House would change that. To stream WeAreIowa on your phone, you need the WeAreIowa app. Example video title will go here for…

axios.com - Caitlin Owens - Powerful Democratic ally outlines health care affordability plan
Powerful Democratic ally outlines health care affordability plan
Axios

A leading Democratic think tank has started putting meat on the bones of a midterm health care affordability agenda, calling for policy shifts that its authors say would immediately lower costs. Why it matters: There's a change in how Democrats are…

marketwatch.com - Health Care Up on Earnings Hopes -- Health Care Roundup
Health Care Up on Earnings Hopes -- Health Care Roundup
MarketWatch

Health-care companies rose, but not by as much as the broad market, as traders rotate into more oil-sensitive sectors. Most health insurers continued to gain after the Trump administration raised its proposed Medicare rates. The SPDR Select Sector…

boston.com - Ross Cristantiello - Wu releases $4.9 billion budget proposal amid 'difficult moment' for city's finances
Wu releases $4.9 billion budget proposal amid 'difficult moment' for city's finances
Boston.com

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu officially unveiled her $4.9 billion budget proposal for fiscal year 2027 Wednesday. The budget proposes an increase in spending of just 2.1 percent, one of the lowest increases since the aftermath of the global financial…

thehill.com - Max Burns, opinion contributor   - Trump is deeply unpopular - yet voters still loathe Democrats
Trump is deeply unpopular - yet voters still loathe Democrats
The Hill

Winter temperatures may still be gripping much of the country, but President Trump's record-low approval rating has Democrats feeling positively springlike. A YouGov/Economist poll published this week found Trump's net approval at a dismal…

reason.com - Jack Nicastro - Sam Altman's (not so) New Deal for superintelligent AI
Sam Altman's (not so) New Deal for superintelligent AI
Reason Magazine - Free Minds and Free Markets

OpenAI's ' New Deal ' for the AI age is full of old—and failed—ideas. On Monday, OpenAI published Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age: Ideas to Keep People First. The 13-page white paper presents the frontier developer's…

thehill.com - Joseph Choi - Ruling in Colorado conversion therapy case brings up free speech debate
Ruling in Colorado conversion therapy case brings up free speech debate
The Hill

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a case arguing that a ban on conversion therapy was a violation of free speech, igniting debate over free expression in the health care services field. In its ruling in Chiles v. Salazar, the Supreme Court found…

khaleejtimes.com - Waheed Abbas - Dubai News, UAE News, Gulf, News, Latest news, Arab news, Gulf News, Dubai Labour News
Dubai News, UAE News, Gulf, News, Latest news, Arab news, Gulf News, Dubai Labour News
Khaleej Times

[Editor's Note: Follow Khaleej Times live blog amid US-Israel-Iran war for the latest regional developments.] Some UAE companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), are shifting towards leaner, basic health insurance plans to…

indianexpress.com - Express Web Desk - Kerala Polls 2026 Live Updates: Polling to elect 140 members to Assembly begins
Kerala Polls 2026 Live Updates: Polling to elect 140 members to Assembly begins
The Indian Express

Kerala Assembly Election 2026 Live Updates: Kerala will go to polls on April 9 for all its 140 constituencies with 883 candidates contesting. Voting will take place in a single phase across the state. Polling will begin at 7.00 am and conclude at…

sfchronicle.com - Vanessa G. Sánchez - Immigrant seniors lose Medicare coverage despite paying for it
Immigrant seniors lose Medicare coverage despite paying for it
San Francisco Chronicle

Rosa María Carranza leaned forward to hold a 3-year-old's back as the girl climbed a rock in the forested hills of northeast Oakland. Dressed in hiking gear and beaded necklaces, Carranza, 67, maneuvered between trees and children on a sunny…

4029tv.com - Adam Roberts, DMM - Arkansas rolling out new work & training rules for Medicaid and SNAP recipients
Arkansas rolling out new work & training rules for Medicaid and SNAP recipients
KHBS

Arkansas rolling out new work, training rules for Medicaid and SNAP recipients REFORM, MAY HIT THE BALLOT IN AUGUST, AND THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES WILL BE TRANSITIONING ITS SNAP EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM FROM OPTIONAL TO…

rediff.com - RAMALINGAM KALIRAJAN - Old Vs New Tax Regime: Stop Losing Money
Old Vs New Tax Regime: Stop Losing Money
Rediff.com

With Income Tax Act, 2025, (external link) in force, your tax choice can quietly cost you big money if you're not paying attention. Ramalingam Kalirajan explains how. Are you choosing your tax regime based on logic -- or just habit? Do you actually…

dailymail.co.uk - Greg Woodfield - Blake Lively's 'digital violence' claims sparks fury from YouTubers
Blake Lively's 'digital violence' claims sparks fury from YouTubers
Mail Online

Blake Lively has been blasted for 'hypocrisy' over her self-pitying post lamenting 'digital violence' after suffering a major legal setback in her court battle against Justin Baldoni. Just one day after a New York judge threw out the majority of…

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