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America is addicted to preemptive martyrdom
As the United States watches some of its most contentious criminal cases unfold, trying to decipher what happened and why, something curious keeps happening outside the courtroom: much of the country has already made up its mind about who the…
Opinion: The other affordability crisis: healthcare
Housing costs are too high, no doubt about it, and elected leaders are right to focus on making them more affordable. As bad as housing costs are, healthcare costs are worse. In fact, the average monthly health insurance premium for a family is now…
Devoted Health is raising a new round of funding at a $25 billion valuation
Devoted Health is the latest startup to show that combining health and AI commands a premium valuation. Just months after announcing a new round of funding, the Medicare Advantage startup is in talks to raise another round that could value the…
What We Can Learn From Taiwan And Egypt About Ending Endemic Disease
Taiwan and Egypt show that hepatitis C elimination is achievable when governments connect universal screening, confirmatory testing, affordable antivirals, and local treatment into one continuous pathway. Hepatitis C kills about 290,000 people…
Encore Boston Harbor workers vote to authorize a strike
Encore Boston Harbor workers could go on strike in the coming weeks. Workers at the Everett casino resort voted Thursday to authorize a strike. Roughly 1,350 members of UNITE HERE Local 26 and Teamsters Local 25 work at the property. Their contract…
The US bond market crisis and the coming eruption of class struggle
The U.S. Treasury Department intervened this week to contain a selloff in long-term government debt, a sign of a mounting financial crisis that is driving an immense escalation of the class struggle. After the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond…
Preventive healthcare future model, crucial for national economy, security: Rajnath
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday described preventive healthcare as the 'future model' of the healthcare system, citing changing disease patterns, rising treatment costs and India's ageing population as key reasons for shifting the focus…
Trump's beef bet forgets the rest of the burger
Make that quarter-pounder a double. President Donald Trump has opened the cattle gates to 300,000 tons of foreign beef outside of the current import quotas for the next 90 days. A cynic might see this as a naked attempt to beef up Republican…
Gavin Newsom's mind-boggling record of giveaways to unions
A friend recently told me he was impressed that Gov. Gavin Newsom was standing up to California's public employee unions by requiring state workers to return to the office at least four days a week. But if he thought that meant Newsom had generally…
Republicans dealt quadruple polling blow in race against Abdul El-Sayed
Republicans were dealt a quadruple polling blow in the Michigan Senate race this week as four new polls gave progressive Democrat Abdul El-Sayed a lead over former Representative Mike Rogers, a Republican. El-Sayed's victory over centrist…
Your Doctor's Office Might Soon Start Charging an Unexpected Fee
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Your last visit to the primary care doctor likely followed a familiar sequence: You waited weeks, if not months, for the…
IRDAI bars life insurers Pramerica, Edelweiss from opening new branches for 6 months
Insurance regulator IRDAI has directed Edelweiss Life Insurance and Pramerica Life Insurance, in separate orders on August 20, not to open new place of business for six months for non-compliance with Expenses of Management (EoM) limits in 2024-25.
It's scary to run out of options': Floridians talk Obamacare changes after expired tax credits
This story is a continuation of 'Punch in the gut': Florida family hit with $3,430 monthly health insurance bill. Part one of the story highlights a nationwide trend of skyrocketing premiums for and declining enrollment in Affordable Care Act…
Laya Healthcare customers face second round of price hikes in 12 months
HEALTH INSURANCE PROVIDER Laya Healthcare has announced that premiums on a number of its plans will increase by an average of 2.7% from October. The latest price hike, affecting around 65 schemes, could cost an individual an extra…
Opinion: The looming doctor shortage and central planning in health care
Regardless of what the current crop of progressives say, capitalism and the free market have given Americans the greatest number of innovations and the highest quality of life in history. Compared to the people in socialist countries such as Cuba…
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