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Employer-Provided Health Insurance Costs Expected To Increase Next Year
You know, it's honestly impressive how significantly just about every aspect of American life has worsened in just under two years of Donald Trump's second presidency. Over the last year, we've seen costs increase across the board, and now…
Investors Predict More Pain for Brazil Insurer After 90% Wipeout
Investors see few reasons to be optimistic about Hapvida, the Brazilian health insurer and hospital operator plagued by rising costs, constant litigation and an escalating debt load.
AMCHAM calls for predictable health care policies to boost innovation
The American Chamber of Commerce in Korea (AMCHAM) called Thursday for predictable, globally aligned health care policies to improve patient access, encourage innovation and attract global investment. The call came at the Healthcare Innovation…
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Reversing the OOH game: first Star Health and now Safi put their ads behind the billboard
Given the overwhelming number of billboards surrounding us at every inch of the traffic, OOH advertising has had to get creative to ensure it's not just light pollution. Sometimes it's ads with actual wrecked cars mounted on billboards (CARS24)…
Luigi Mangione's Family Was in Talks to Attend Plea Hearing - But Remained Out of the Spotlight
Luigi Mangione ‘s prominent family was in talks to attend the court hearing in which he pleaded guilty to killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. A newly unsealed transcript from a closed-door August 6 conference in Mangione's federal…
Treating cohabiting couples like they're married is a mad idea
I have often mused that anyone intending to get married should have to watch a divorce up-close to understand exactly what they're signing up to. The big white dress, the cake, the exorbitantly priced hall decked out in flowers and fairy lights all…
Predictable policy key to Korea's health innovation: AmCham
Government and industry leaders called for predictable implementation of South Korea's healthcare reforms Thursday, saying regulatory consistency would be critical to expanding patient access and attracting investment. The American Chamber of…
These women were laid off while on maternity leave. Yes, it's legal, and probably more common than you thought
Artur Debat | Moment | Getty Images It's never a good time to be laid off. Losing your job with a newborn can be especially hard. Jess Mayhugh got the call from HR while sitting on her couch at home with her newborn son nearby. Just six weeks…
RBC Insurance turns to comedy to break through Canadians' avoidance of insurance, Launching 'Life Moments' campaign with Second City Veteran Jennifer Irwin
New campaign reframes insurance as an act of love, not an act of obligation, by meeting Canadians in the messy, funny, real moments where life actually happens. TORONTO, Sept. 3, 2026 /CNW/ -- RBC Insurance has launched 'Life Moments,' a bold new…
Pennsylvania ramps up Medicaid work requirement notices as changes loom
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Pennsylvania state and local leaders are racing to alert hundreds of thousands of people who will be subject to new federal work…
Growth in rural hospitals undercuts Democratic attacks on GOP
The roughly $1 trillion reduction in Medicaid spending over the next decade, Democrats argued, would be catastrophic for rural health centers and federally qualified health centers, which receive extra federal funding to fill regional gaps in care.
2.8 million people affected by data breach at Baylor Genetics testing and diagnostic firm
Baylor Genetics confirmed a June cyberattack affecting 2.8M patients and employees Stolen data includes medical test results, insurance info, and some SSNs/financial details Operations continued; no misuse seen yet, but no group has claimed…
Protect Our Care targeting 29 House Republicans
Leading healthcare advocacy group Protect Our Care is naming 29 House Republicans who the organization is accusing of causing “damage and real-world consequences” in their respective districts through healthcare cuts they've passed.
Is there a 'right' way for a company to justify a price hike?
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Over the past few years, consumers have been hit with a steady stream of price hikes on everything from groceries…
Brain implants fuel U.S.-China bioscience rivalry
Brain implants like those being developed by Elon Musk's Neuralink are becoming the latest friction point in the intensifying U.S.-China rivalry in the life sciences. Why it matters: The devices are bringing new hope to patients with strokes…
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