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Medibank blames comparison sites for soaring health insurance costs
Medibank Private says commissions being charged by insurance comparison sites through opaque brokerage arrangements are driving up premiums by as much as 30 per cent without benefiting consumers.
Higher costs, fewer choices: Another health insurance provider pulls out of Deschutes County
Moda Health will pull out of the Deschutes County individual health insurance marketplace in 2027, leaving residents with just two providers to choose from next year. The hundreds of Deschutes County residents who are currently insured by Moda will…
Opinion: Rising health care and insurance costs are unsustainable
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Ann Woloson is executive director of Consumers for Affordable Health…
AIA first-half profit up 11%, driven by growth in Hong Kong and Asia sales
AIA Group, Asia's largest independent publicly listed life insurance group, reported 11 per cent growth in first-half operating profit, driven by strong growth of Hong Kong and mainland China sales and expansion in Southeast Asian markets.
The Gavel: Mangione state trial in limbo as judge weighs double jeopardy
Luigi Mangione 's guilty plea in federal court has thrown his upcoming New York criminal case into doubt. Mangione's defense team wants the state charges dismissed on double jeopardy grounds, while prosecutors are vowing to press ahead. The…
Comparison websites push up your private health premiums
At a time when household budgets are under sustained pressure, Australians are asking why private health insurance keeps getting more expensive. Part of the answer is that every dollar circulating in the health system has to work harder, and that…
What Luigi Mangione's celebrity says about Gen Z
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) After Luigi Mangione was arrested in December 2024 in connection with the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian…
Cecily Strong Calls Out SAG-AFTRA's 'Dramatically' Increased Mental Health Prices in Plea to 'Fix' Insurance
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… Cecily Strong called on SAG-AFTRA and President Sean Astin to address members' concerns over the union's new insurance polices around mental health, decrying in an Instagram post Wednesday that…
How Do Creators Can Create Financial Stability?
How Creators Are Balancing Financial Stability And Creative Freedom The creator economy increasingly looks like a small-business economy, creating a new challenge along the financial path it is opening for creators: The demands of sustaining a…
What Luigi Mangione's celebrity says about Gen Z
After Luigi Mangione was arrested in December 2024 in connection with the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the internet did what it often does: It turned something serious into a joke. Nearly two years later, on Aug. 14, 2026…
79 Random Bits Of Insider Knowledge From Different Industries To Change How You See The World
Early childhood educators know everything about you and all your family members. EVERYTHING! I'm a retired Medical Lab Tech II from the Infusion Center at one of the largest hospitals in the country, and I learned that the human body's immune…
At 43, I was fit and happy. Then I developed a nasty - and very expensive - case of shingles | Arwa Mahdawi
If you're in your 40s, I have a great trick for getting people to spontaneously tell you how young you are: develop shingles. Friends, acquaintances and medical professionals will rapidly inform you that the painful rash is an older person's…
General Catalyst's Health System Places Its Tech Bets
In this week's edition of InnovationRx, we look at Summa Health's first tech bets, the healthcare leaders on Forbes Veteran 250 list, BioMarin's acquisition of an early-stage bone disease therapy, and more. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here.
AIA Group's first-half new business value rises 10%
Aug 20: Insurer AIA Group on Thursday posted a 10 per cent jump in half-year value of new business (VONB), backed by growth across all distribution channels and segments, excluding Thailand. AIA's VONB, a measure of expected profits from new…
The Real Amish Shah: Unearthed Video Shows Democrat Praising Socialist Bernie Sanders
Amish Shah is the socialist seeking a congressional seat in Arizona's 1st District. After he won his primary in July, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) dropped an ad showing just how far-left and radical Shah really is. As a…
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