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reviewjournal.com - Jerry Sturdivant Las Vegas - LETTER: The difference between private health insurance and Medicare
LETTER: The difference between private health insurance and Medicare
Las Vegas Review-Journal

In your Monday editorial, “Health insurance market needs a dose of freedom,” you overlooked one important fact: The United States is the only major industrialized nation that does not provide universal health care for all its…

wbez.org - Elvia Malagón - No laughing matter: Survey finds nearly 16% of Chicago comedians lack access to health insurance
No laughing matter: Survey finds nearly 16% of Chicago comedians lack access to health insurance
WBEZ

As the Health Alliance for Chicago Comedians launched, Elizabeth Grossman started to hear from other artists — like musicians and actors — seeking solutions for accessing health care. This week, the Chicago-based group released its…

brooklynpaper.com - Gabriele Holtermann - Nonprofit senior health insurance company Elderplan/HomeFirst opens Brooklyn community office • Brooklyn Paper
Nonprofit senior health insurance company Elderplan/HomeFirst opens Brooklyn community office • Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn Paper

Elderplan/Homefirst, the nonprofit senior healthcare management organization, opened its first-ever Brooklyn office with a celebratory ribbon-cutting on Aug. 5. The org provides a wide variety of Medicare Advantage insurance plans meant to close…

forbes.com - Wayne Lonstein - Insurer-Mandated Gateway AI Bots: Deepening The Mental Health Divide?
Insurer-Mandated Gateway AI Bots: Deepening The Mental Health Divide?
Forbes

Wayne Lonstein, CEO, VFT Solutions, Inc. Anti-Piracy, Social Media and Cybersecurity law and practice. ​The use of chatbots as gatekeepers for access to reimbursable mental health care bears a striking resemblance to the dawn of health…

reason.com - Steven Greenhut - Can you imagine a future where adults don't believe in socialism?
Can you imagine a future where adults don't believe in socialism?
Reason Magazine - Free Minds and Free Markets

It's 7 a.m. on Thursday, the sun is out, and I'm stuck at my desk staring down a long day of work rather than, say, sleeping until 11 and spending the day kibbitzing at a coffee shop. Instead of enjoying my comfy house, purring cat, quick internet…

fastcompany.com - Gwen Moran - Your employees are stressed about money. Here's why your HR team should care-and what it should do
Your employees are stressed about money. Here's why your HR team should care-and what it should do
Fast Company

Employees are feeling more financial stress these days—and it isn't just centered around healthcare costs or retirement worries. Today, more than half (52%) cite the rising cost of living as their greatest economic worry, while 46% are…

fool.com - Brett Schafer - Worried About the Market? These Stocks Have a Track Record of Helping Investors Sleep at Night.
Worried About the Market? These Stocks Have a Track Record of Helping Investors Sleep at Night.
The Motley Fool

When the market is soaring, safety can get thrown by the wayside. Everyone is making money and looks smart, so why do all the boring work of actually researching whether your portfolio is built to survive through the market cycle? It is these time…

washingtonexaminer.com - Zach Halaschak - Supply-siders push back on Paxton tax plan
Supply-siders push back on Paxton tax plan
Washington Examiner

Conservative economists argue that the plan isn't sound and could increase prices in some cases, by increasing demand for certain goods and services without increasing supply. It would also complicate the tax code, rather than simplifying it. And…

axios.com - Caitlin Owens - Hospitals in the Trump 2.0 hot seat
Hospitals in the Trump 2.0 hot seat
Axios

For all of President Trump's talk of Big Pharma and big insurers, hospitals are emerging as the group most rocked by the policy changes of Trump 2.0. Why it matters: Hospitals account for the single biggest category of national health spending, but…

forbes.com - Gary Drenik - Reimagining Healthcare In The Age Of An AI-Empowered Patient
Reimagining Healthcare In The Age Of An AI-Empowered Patient
Forbes

Consumer AI is not-so-quietly reshaping one of healthcare's most overlooked stakeholders: the patient. What was once an aspirational vision of a more informed, engaged healthcare consumer is rapidly becoming the default. Patients now use AI to…

axios.com - Caitlin Owens - Hospitals absent from Dems' affordability agenda
Hospitals absent from Dems' affordability agenda
Axios

As Democrats in Congress start building out an affordability agenda for when they're next in power, hospitals are noticeably absent. Why it matters: It's extremely difficult — if not impossible — to significantly reduce what patients…

chron.com - Jacob Lederman - The typical gig worker is changing - and struggling more than ever to make ends meet
The typical gig worker is changing - and struggling more than ever to make ends meet
Chron

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) The next time you call an Uber ride or order food delivery with an app, there's a good chance that the gig worker…

businessinsider.com - Martina Nacach Cowan Ros - He once made six figures in tech. Becoming an artist meant learning how to afford NYC.
He once made six figures in tech. Becoming an artist meant learning how to afford NYC.
Business Insider

It took Andrew Tsao a layoff from his six-figure tech job, Medicaid-subsidized therapy, and a psychedelic session to realize he wanted to be an artist in New York City. His first art show ended up as his goodbye letter to the city he called home…

securityweek.com - Ionut Arghire - 3.8 Million Impacted by Unlimited Technology Systems Data Breach
3.8 Million Impacted by Unlimited Technology Systems Data Breach
SecurityWeek

Unlimited Technology Systems is notifying over 3.8 million individuals that their personal information was stolen in a data breach. Based in Montgomery, Ohio, Unlimited provides advanced financial and revenue cycle technology to healthcare…

newsweek.com - Suzanne Blake - Social Security update: Democrats list 4 ways GOP is pushing 'deep cuts'
Social Security update: Democrats list 4 ways GOP is pushing 'deep cuts'
Newsweek

A group of Democratic lawmakers has accused Republicans of laying the groundwork for major cuts to Social Security and undermining benefits and services for millions of Americans in four ways. “It is critical that the American people…

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