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Employers Face Double-Digit Increases In Health Insurance Costs
The rising cost of healthcare is battering Hawaiʻi employers with soaring costs for health plans covering hundreds of thousands of workers and their families, illustrating the wide-ranging effects of a healthcare system that experts say has…
The Future Of Document Compliance: What Businesses Need To Prepare For
Tamsin Gable is the head of PR at Municorn. Two powerful trends are underway in business documentation. The first is the fallout from artificial intelligence. It has become cheaper than ever to fabricate the documents that organizations…
Roche moves future Germany investments 'on hold'
FRANKFURT, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Swiss drugmaker Roche is reviewing all future investments in Germany over healthcare cost-cutting policies, the company's Germany chief said in an interview with newspaper Welt that was published…
Inside the new $5000 a month C-suite biological coaching trend
Amy Stanley, 51, put the brain fog and anxiety down to perimenopause. Then a genetic test revealed she had trouble absorbing vitamin B12. “As soon as [I was] put on some vitamin B12 injections, I just felt like a new person,” the…
Colorado's public option has some healthcare lessons for America
If you live in Colorado and buy your own health insurance, there's a good chance you're one of the 139,000 people enrolled in a public plan crafted by your state leaders. You're paying $0 for primary care visits and certain mental health visits, $0…
Elevance Health: Why I Don't Believe In The Stock At This Price (NYSE:ELV)
Elevance Health faces structural headwinds, with rising medical costs outpacing reimbursement and government program pressures eroding margin stability. ELV's business model has fundamentally shifted; assumptions about reliable margin growth and…
Trump dangles rural health dollars to push states to change hospital laws
The Trump administration has hinged federal funding for states on whether they end or loosen powerful but controversial laws that regulate the construction of new hospitals — with a handful of states poised to comply. A chunk of the $50…
Khosla Ventures doubles down on Even Healthcare to challenge India's hospital economics
Even Healthcare has raised $50 million in a funding round led by Khosla Ventures, as the Indian startup seeks to change how hospitals in the world's most populous country make money and how doctors are rewarded. The all-equity Series B round also…
David Shoebridge responds to Jordon Steele-John's explosive statement as Greens hold emergency meeting
Greens leader David Shoebridge has said it was his understanding Jordon Steele-John agreed to take leave from parliament while misconduct allegations against him are investigated, and that it's “appropriate” that he does so, despite…
HCF says soaring mental health claims driving up premiums
The chief executive of one of the country's biggest private health insurers says the soaring cost of mental health claims is driving up the price of top-tier gold cover to unsustainable levels, triggering an exodus of people into cheaper plans.
The cost of putting off an economic reckoning is looming
Procrastination. As your correspondent can attest, it's an easy trap to fall into. Prioritise another task to avoid something more difficult or unpleasant, even though you know you'll eventually need to do the thing you've been putting off, and it…
Jackson says he's campaigning for issues many senators don't 'give a s- about'
Democratic Maine Senate candidate Troy Jackson on Sunday said that he's campaigning on issues that many senators in Washington don't “give a s— about.” Jackson pitched his campaign in an interview on CNN's “State of the…
Is UnitedHealth Group Stock a Buy After Another Solid Quarter?
The past few years have been challenging ones for health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group (UNH -1.29%). Rising costs have been weighing on its results, and its five-year returns are in the red, with the stock declining by more than 5% during that…
Roth conversions: When the 'juice isn't really worth the squeeze,' according to a top-ranked advisor
Roth individual retirement account conversions can potentially reduce lifetime taxes and kick-start tax-free growth. But the move increases current-year income, which can include an up-front tax bill and other consequences. The choice to convert…
What's at stake with Allegheny County's ballot question
Allegheny County voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to give County Council members more flexibility to hire staff, open district offices and receive benefits. Why it matters: Supporters say the change would strengthen council oversight, improve…
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