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$2.67 billion health insurance settlement will see payouts for millions
Millions of Americans are set to receive settlement payments from the health insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield Association following a 2020 settlement agreement resolving antitrust claims. Those covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance…
Opinion: New Hampshire built its health insurance stability before the storm - and it paid off
When I served as New Hampshire's Insurance Commissioner in 2017 and 2018, the Affordable Care Act's individual market was widely viewed as unstable. Premiums were rising rapidly, insurers were uneasy and enrollment growth had stalled across much of…
Longtime insurance executive named new president of Geisinger Health Plan
DANVILLE — Jeremy Gaskill is the new president of Geisinger Health Plan (GHP) and executive vice president of insurance operations for Geisinger, effective Feb. 23. Gaskill joins GHP after more than two decades at Humana, where he most…
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5 Things to Know Before the Stock Market Opens
Stock futures are slightly higher this morning after major market indexes plunged yesterday amid tariff uncertainty and concerns related to artificial intelligence; the Trump administration is considering enacting national security tariffs on a…
Likely the Largest Breach in U.S. History': What You Need to Know About the Conduent Fiasco
At least 26 million people have had their personal data stolen from Conduent, a company that provides printing, payment, and document processing services for some of the largest health insurance providers in the country. Some are already calling it…
CVS Health Corporation (CVS) Stock Forecasts
CVS Health Corp. employs roughly 300,000 people and operates around 9,000 community destinations, more than 2,000 medical clinics, a pharmacy benefits manager with approximately 90 million plan members and expanding specialty pharmacy solutions.
The Stock Market Could Crash in an AI Doomsday Scenario, According to Analysts. Wall Street Is Panicking.
The S&P 500 (^GSPC +0.77%), Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC +1.04%), and Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI +0.76%) dropped sharply on Monday as investors contemplated a report from Citrini Research about how artificial intelligence could reshape the…
Patients hit dead ends with insurance 'ghost networks.' Now, some are suing.
It's a familiar frustration for those trying to find a doctor or therapist: You browse the provider directory on your insurance company's portal and, at first, it seems like there are plenty of options. But it turns out that some providers are not…
Why heart disease and stroke are projected to rise significantly in women, even younger ones
Without better prevention and early detection, the number of women living with cardiovascular disease will increase substantially in the coming decades, the American Heart Association said Wednesday. Using historical trends from two national health…
Uganda faces a silent retirement crisis
Uganda's reputation for ‘informal resilience' is wearing thin. With formal employment hard to come by, Ugandans have turned to informal employment, running roadside stalls, smallholder farms, and bodaboda taxis. Behind the bustling streets…
The workplace benefit 95% of workers want but aren't satisfied with is a pretty basic one: bereavement leave, study shows
When a loved one dies, a pregnancy is lost, or a serious diagnosis lands, most employees uncover the true value of their workplace benefits—not in the enrollment brochure, but during the worst week of their lives. Increasingly, they're…
Conduent data breach grows, affecting at least 25M people
The spillover from a ransomware attack on one of the largest government contractors in the United States keeps getting bigger: more than 25 million people have now had personal data stolen in the hack. Conduent provides printing, mailroom services…
Trump to push Congress on health care, brag about affordability wins in State of the Union address
WASHINGTON — President Trump will use Tuesday's State of the Union address to share the stories of Americans who have benefited from his policies, mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and lay out his accomplishments…
Internal GOP disagreements paralyze 2026 legislative agenda
Republican lawmakers are so deeply divided over how to fill the agenda for the rest of 2026 that they now believe it's increasingly unlikely that they will be able to pass another budget reconciliation package to follow up on the One Big Beautiful…
Three takeaways from Trump's State of the Union speech
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump gave a triumphant State of the Union speech Tuesday, proclaiming that he has ushered in a “golden age of America” while taunting Democrats in the chamber and blaming the country's problems on…
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