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Terry Savage: The health insurance sinkhole
Last year, when the additional subsidies for the purchase of health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) were removed, there were widespread predictions that millions of Americans would go without health insurance. Premiums were…
Dad with stage 4 cancer dies after insurance company said tumor-shrinking treatment was 'not medically necessary'
It didn't matter that Eric Tennant's oncologist had recommended the medication to shrink his tumors. The patient's health insurance allegedly stood in the way — until it was too late. In early 2025, after more than two years of chemotherapy…
Accused Kimberly-Clark arsonist compared himself to Luigi Mangione in call about SoCal warehouse inferno
The SoCal man accused of deliberately torching a 1.2-million-square-foot Kimberly-Clark warehouse in San Bernadino County compared himself to alleged corporate healthcare assassin Luigi Mangione, cops say. Chamel Abdulkarim, 29, of Highland, faces…
AI Is Causing Healthcare Costs to Surge
Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Since the onset of the AI chatbot boom, tech companies, insurance industry mouthpieces, and healthcare administrators have spun a yarn that introducing AI to healthcare is a surefire…
Carney is slashing federal health spending (but who notices?)
Mark Carney's Liberal government is focused on two objectives: to ramp up military spending at a rate we have not seen since World War II, and to make Canada into an energy-exporting superpower. To achieve both – but especially the military…
Wisconsin reined in public sector unions. Now those reforms are in jeopardy.
In 2011, Wisconsin made national news headlines when then-Gov. Scott Walker attempted to reform public sector collective bargaining as a part of his push for fiscal responsibility. At the height of the Tea Party movement, what became known as Act…
War-Driven Energy Surge Pushes U.S. Consumer Prices To Largest Monthly Gain Since June 2022
U.S. consumer prices increased by the most in nearly four years in March as the war with Iran led to a record surge in the cost of gasoline and diesel, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump whose approval ratings have been falling because of…
Stock Movers: Palantir, Intel, UnitedHealth
Stock Movers • Browse all episodes Today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market. On this episode of Stock Movers, we take a look at some of the biggest gainers and decliners of the week: - Palantir (PLTR) saw its shares sink this…
Title IX agreements on shaky ground after Education Department rescinds gender-identity deals
The Education Department took an unprecedented step this week to nullify Title IX agreements previous administrations had made with school districts over gender identity, laying the groundwork for an environment that turns such settlements into…
Staggering cost of raising a child in California - and the states where families pay half
California is among the most expensive places in the nation to raise a child, as new data shows families are facing rapidly rising costs driven by housing, child care and insurance. Across the U.S, it now costs an average of $303,418 to raise a…
The Trump administration just updated rules for CDC's vaccine advisory panel, allowing inclusion of RFK Jr. allies
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has updated the charter of a key federal vaccine advisory committee in ways that may increase the voices of anti-vaccine activists, the latest in a series of moves that critics say are undermining…
Google adds end-to-end Gmail encryption to Android, iOS devices for enterprises
Credit: One Artist/Shutterstock.com Google has made a big step forward by extending end-to-end encryption to Android and iOS devices for Gmail client-side encryption (CSE) users, says an expert. “All in all, this is a welcome update…
Federal workers struggle to find roles a year after Trump cuts: 'I've applied to over 250 jobs'
Maggie was faced with a tough choice in February 2025: quit her job at the US office of personnel management or be unceremoniously fired. Though she was a few months pregnant at the time, Maggie was offered one of the buyouts that were offered to…
How a Milwaukee Insurance Adjustor Hit a Million Dollars and Retired at 59
Get Kiplinger Today newsletter — free Profit and prosper with the best of Kiplinger's advice on investing, taxes, retirement, personal finance and much more. Delivered daily. Enter your email in the box and click Sign Me Up. Contact me with…
The Week's 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: SiFive Leads With $400M For Custom Chip Designs As Aviation, Biotech And Defense Startups Also Raise Big
Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2025 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board. This is a weekly feature that runs down the week's top 10…
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