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Jersey private patients pay more but health misses income targets
New figures reveal Jersey's health department raised more than £7m by charging patients to be treated privately in 2025 - an increase of 22% on the previous year. And the department appears on track to make yet more money from private…
Insurance Query: Building a Financial Cushion for Health
I am a 48-year-old who completed treatment for early stage breast cancer two years ago and have been declared cancer free by my oncologist. My existing policy did cover the treatment, but I am worried about what happens at renewal time or if I ever…
Opposing Democrats Is a Literal Matter of Life and Death
Every election season (and election seasons are getting longer and longer), we hear from Democrats about just how wonderful Medicare, the health insurance program for the elderly and disabled, is. It's so amazing that they want to destroy…
Personal bankruptcy filings are soaring in 2026, signaling growing economic distress
The number of personal bankruptcies filed annually fell sharply for more than a decade before the recent uptick, hitting a low of about 368,000 in 2022, down from about 1.5 million in 2010. That number has climbed steadily since 2022. A 2005 law…
IRDAI panel calls for simpler, transparent, easier-to-use health covers
A sub-committee on health insurance headed by Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) Chairman Ajay Seth has underscored the need to make health covers simpler, more transparent and easier for policyholders to understand and…
Your Insurance Says 70 Percent, but You Got Only $140 Back
A patient pays $500 for a psychiatric visit. Her plan documents say it covers 70 percent of out-of-network care. The reimbursement check arrives for $140. That check is correct. The plan worked exactly as designed. I'm a psychiatrist, and I walk…
Socialism didn't die with the Soviets - Mamdani just brought it to City Hall
Watching Mayor Zohran Mamdani carry on in New York, I am reminded of Lord Percy of Newcastle's ominous definition 75 years ago of “social democracy”: “The phrase,” he wrote, “does not imply that economic activity…
Why some companies may not be offering coverage for GLP-1 weight loss drugs
As use of GLP-1s have increased in the United States, some companies have dropped coverage of the drugs for their employees. Health insurer Cigna confirmed to ABC News that it stopped covering GLP-1s for weight loss through its own employee health…
TFDA orders recall of heart drug tablets over impurities - Focus Taiwan
Taipei, Aug. 29 (CNA) The Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) has ordered the recall of 586,000 tablets of a heart medication because of impurities that could potentially affect its efficacy. The recall of Biocor Film-Coated Tablets 5 mg…
New Orleans hospital to be revitalized | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
NEW ORLEANS -- Charity Hospital, a New Orleans landmark that long cared for the city's most vulnerable residents, was shuttered after the last patients and staff were rescued in 2005 during the chaos of Hurricane Katrina. Now, as Louisiana marks…
What To Know Before Booking A Wellness Trip To South Korea
Seoul attracted a record 2 million foreign patients last year for medical and wellness tourism. South Korea makes wellness look easy. Perhaps too easy. A record 2 million foreign patients visited the country last year, and 173,000 of them were…
Healthcare Stocks To Follow Today - August 29th
MarketBeat Week in Review – 08/17 - 08/21 Moderna, Eli Lilly and Company, Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Co., Inc., Veeva Systems, UnitedHealth Group, and Abbott Laboratories are the seven Healthcare stocks to watch today, according to…
15 Top International Colleges And Universities For U.S. Undergrads
Growing up in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Sarika Ramanathan expected to go to an American university, just as her three older brothers had when they enrolled in UCLA, Syracuse and Yale. So when her father suggested she consider going to college abroad…
We Covered That, But It Will Go Up': Ramsey to Caller Spending $1K of Mom's $1,200 Social Security
On the August 27, 2026 episode of The Ramsey Show, a single mother of two earning $160,000 called in overwhelmed. She pays about $1,000 a month for a part-time nurse to help care for her mother, who receives roughly $1,200 to $1,500 a month in…
Maine waited years for a Lyme vaccine. RFK hobbled the panel needed for a smooth rollout
This story appears as part of a collaboration to strengthen investigative journalism in Maine between the BDN and The Maine Monitor. Read more about the partnership. With rates of Lyme disease on the rise in Maine, physicians are eager for a Lyme…
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