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Dear health insurance CEOs: I've been a cancer patient for 22 years, and I'm begging you. Please don't use AI customer service agents
My name is Jonathan Gluck. I'm a cancer patient. I have a type of blood cancer called multiple myeloma that is treatable but, in all but a small percentage of cases, incurable. I've been living with my illness for more than 22 years. During that…
I spent a decade inside health insurance. Here's the check your plan never runs
People assume health insurers catch billing errors. I understand why. From the outside, the industry looks like one giant checking machine: prior authorizations, networks, claim edits, denials. Surely, somewhere in all that machinery, someone is…
The Affordable Care Act has proven unaffordable
Consumers are understandably grumbling that prices are way up on food and gasoline. But those price increases pale in comparison to the rise in Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) premiums. And the situation will only get worse, raising the question of…
Roche Puts Future German Investment Decisions on Hold as Berlin Courts Investors
Roche has put future German investment decisions on hold, Roche Germany chief Daniel Steiners told Welt, as Berlin courts investors ahead of a higher mandatory rebate on drugmakers. In the Oct. 19 interview, Steiners reiterated the company's…
I make $10 a day': Nail salon workers describe the struggle to get by
Add Boston.com on Google (opens in a new tab) Add Boston.com as your preferred source on Google to see more of our stories. Over paper plates of fried rice and tofu pad thai, nail salon workers, organizers, and researchers gathered Monday night at…
Managing IDR Risk: What Employers And Plan Sponsors Can Do Now
Christine Cooper, CEO, Aequum LLC. The No Surprises Act (NSA) was passed with the objective to protect patients from certain unexpected medical bills. The NSA includes an independent dispute resolution (IDR) process to help resolve billing disputes…
Montreal man faces massive medical bills after emergency spinal surgery - Montreal
A Montreal man from the Philippines says he could face more than $1 million in medical bills after undergoing major spinal surgery without provincial health insurance. Alvin John Reyes, who came to Canada in 2023 and is living in Montreal on a work…
Backflips, delays and bond yield pain hand Labor $11b budget hole
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will need to find about $11 billion in cuts to offset a rising interest bill and the cost of backflips and delays to savings initiatives such as the NDIS overhaul to prevent a major budget blowout. The deteriorating budget…
How is the US economy really doing under President Trump?
Ben Chu Policy and analysis correspondent President Donald Trump has been boasting about the performance of the US economy ahead of the midterm congressional elections, claiming he has boosted incomes, reduced inflation and created jobs. Trump has…
Hims & Hers Health launches online weight management service for men in Germany
Oct 20 (Reuters) – Hims & Hers Health said on Tuesday it launched an online weight management service for men in Germany, marking a deeper investment by the US telehealth firm in one of Europe's largest healthcare markets.
The FDA Should Grant Americans the Right to Try New Cancer Treatments
Every few months, a young 19-year-old woman from South Carolina boards a plane to London. She isn't going sightseeing. She's going to get her next dose of a cancer treatment that was invented in the United States, developed by an American company…
Insurer denies depression treatment claim citing 'self-injury', woman wins Rs 1.47 lakh
“Insurance companies cannot exonerate their liability on mere technical grounds. Since the medical expenses incurred are fully supported by valid hospital bills, and the act of repudiating the claim of the complainant by the OP insurance…
Kansas Senate race on a knife edge as Democrats aim to end 94 years of Republican dominance
Just two years after Donald Trump won Kansas by 16 points in his fight to regain the White House, Republicans in the state are scrambling to retain their dominance. The battle for one of its two seats in the US Senate is too close to call, setting…
Why pharma giant Roche is putting German investments on hold
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said on Monday it would put expansion in Germany on hold, dealing a blow to Berlin as a government-backed investment summit got underway. 'We have put all future investment decisions in Germany on hold for the time…
Poll shows rising costs weigh on Massachusetts households
Fresh polling shows that Massachusetts households are feeling the squeeze of rising gas, utility, grocery and housing costs, and recent economic data backs up the notion that many Bay Staters are not faring as well as the state's headline numbers…
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