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Health insurers down as Trump calls for Obamacare overhaul
Health insurers, notably those with significant operations in Obamacare marketplace businesses, traded lower in the premarket on Monday after President Donald Trump said federal funding should be sent directly to people, bypassing 'BIG, BAD' and…
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S&P 500 Gains and Losses Today: Palantir Pops Amid Hopes of End to Shutdown; Health Insurer Stocks Fall
A defense tech darling's stock surged on Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, amid hopes that the government may reopen soon, while comments from President Trump calling for changes to healthcare payments dragged on insurers. Palantir Technologies shares powered…
'Prepare for more pain': Why health insurance will likely cost more from 2026
Millions of Australians with health insurance will likely pay even more for cover from April 2026, with Compare the Market warning that the Federal Government is already in the process of reviewing proposed price changes from health insurers for…
Why your health insurance company calculates your BMI
The body mass index is part of the health data that health insurance companies record when new customers register. This information plays an important role for supplementary insurance. The body mass index (BMI) may not play a role in compulsory…
Utahns brace for higher health insurance costs as tax credits set to expire
SALT LAKE CITY — Heidi Westfall's home feels warm and cozy, but her life is anything but. When you ask her favorite hobbies, she'll tell you it's being in a stream or a mountain. She leads what one would consider a healthy lifestyle, but…
TPA tangle in health insurance
Among the many moving parts of a hospitalisation insurance policy is a key intermediary — the Third Party Administrator (Health Services), or TPA. TPAs handle claims management on behalf of insurers. Earlier, such work was done by the claims…
In North Conway, seniors and families share concerns about future of their health insurance
In a town forum Friday, seniors in North Conway expressed that they were caught off guard when they found out many of their Medicare Advantage plans were cut before open enrollment in early October. After carriers like Aetna and Humana pulled out…
ACA subsidy uncertainty impacts health insurance enrollment in Connecticut
If you're shopping for health insurance right now, you may have some sticker shock. Premiums are higher for people looking to enroll through the Affordable Care Act. That's because some of the subsidies helping lower costs are set to expire, and…
As deal to end shutdown advances, Catholic groups urge action on health insurance costs
WASHINGTON (OSV News) — A key procedural vote in the Senate signaled the beginning of a funding deal that may bring about the end of the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history. But Catholic groups expressed concerns that the…
Health insurers slide after Trump targets them in social media posts
Major health insurers are down in pre-market trading on Monday, after President Trump took aim at them over the weekend in a series of antagonizing social media posts, as lawmakers make progress on a deal to end the government shutdown. Affordable…
Enhance the Subsidies and Let the Insurance Industry Feed at the Federal Trough?
It's helpful to think of the U.S. health care system like a pie made up of different slices (Figure). The largest (blue) slice is employer health insurance, which covers 160 million workers and their dependents; individual non-group insurance (in…
Senate votes to reopen the government as health care future remains uncertain
The Senate voted to reopen the government on Monday evening after the longest government shutdown in history even as Democrats' hopes to extend health care subsidies remains unlikely. After 40 days, 8 Democrats joined all but one Republican Senator…
LARRY KUDLOW: Another Schumerian catastrophe
The Schumer shutdown is one of the dumbest things I have ever seen. Even by Washington standards, this was so foolish. Even by Schumerian standards, which is a very low bar, this shutdown was utterly stupid. Millions of Americans were highly…
What New Mexicans should expect if federal subsidies are not extended
New Mexico Health Care Affordability Fund aims to ease insurance concerns SEVEN NEWS. WE'RE STILL BRINGING YOU COVERAGE OF THE COUNTRY'S LONGEST GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN HISTORY. WE'RE TRACKING THE THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS THE FAA HAS GROUNDED IN…
Bernie Sanders' Opposition to the Amended CR, Rant About 'Healthcare for All' Is One for the Books
As our senior editor Joe Cunningham reported, eight Democrat senators joined with the Republicans to break the filibuster on an amended Continuing Resolution (CR) to reopen the government. Because it is a changed CR from the one the House of…
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