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reviewjournal.com - Jerry Sturdivant Las Vegas - LETTER: The difference between private health insurance and Medicare
LETTER: The difference between private health insurance and Medicare
Las Vegas Review-Journal

In your Monday editorial, “Health insurance market needs a dose of freedom,” you overlooked one important fact: The United States is the only major industrialized nation that does not provide universal health care for all its…

brooklynpaper.com - Gabriele Holtermann - Nonprofit senior health insurance company Elderplan/HomeFirst opens Brooklyn community office • Brooklyn Paper
Nonprofit senior health insurance company Elderplan/HomeFirst opens Brooklyn community office • Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn Paper

Elderplan/Homefirst, the nonprofit senior healthcare management organization, opened its first-ever Brooklyn office with a celebratory ribbon-cutting on Aug. 5. The org provides a wide variety of Medicare Advantage insurance plans meant to close…

forbes.com - Wayne Lonstein - Insurer-Mandated Gateway AI Bots: Deepening The Mental Health Divide?
Insurer-Mandated Gateway AI Bots: Deepening The Mental Health Divide?
Forbes

Wayne Lonstein, CEO, VFT Solutions, Inc. Anti-Piracy, Social Media and Cybersecurity law and practice. ​The use of chatbots as gatekeepers for access to reimbursable mental health care bears a striking resemblance to the dawn of health…

forbes.com - Felicity Fellows - The Participation Advantage: A New Model For Brand Growth
The Participation Advantage: A New Model For Brand Growth
Forbes

Felicity Fellows is the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of STAN. For decades, brand growth was fueled by buying attention through mass media, celebrity endorsements and large-scale campaigns designed to capture audiences. But in a world of…

reason.com - Steven Greenhut - Can you imagine a future where adults don't believe in socialism?
Can you imagine a future where adults don't believe in socialism?
Reason Magazine - Free Minds and Free Markets

It's 7 a.m. on Thursday, the sun is out, and I'm stuck at my desk staring down a long day of work rather than, say, sleeping until 11 and spending the day kibbitzing at a coffee shop. Instead of enjoying my comfy house, purring cat, quick internet…

upi.com - The typical gig worker is changing -- and struggling more than ever
The typical gig worker is changing -- and struggling more than ever
UPI

The next time you call an Uber ride or order food delivery with an app, there's a good chance that the gig worker you meet is getting government benefits. In 2025, companies such as DoorDash, Lyft and Uber had the most workers receiving…

fastcompany.com - Gwen Moran - Your employees are stressed about money. Here's why your HR team should care-and what it should do
Your employees are stressed about money. Here's why your HR team should care-and what it should do
Fast Company

Employees are feeling more financial stress these days—and it isn't just centered around healthcare costs or retirement worries. Today, more than half (52%) cite the rising cost of living as their greatest economic worry, while 46% are…

washingtonexaminer.com - Zach Halaschak - Supply-siders push back on Paxton tax plan
Supply-siders push back on Paxton tax plan
Washington Examiner

Conservative economists argue that the plan isn't sound and could increase prices in some cases, by increasing demand for certain goods and services without increasing supply. It would also complicate the tax code, rather than simplifying it. And…

axios.com - Caitlin Owens - Hospitals in the Trump 2.0 hot seat
Hospitals in the Trump 2.0 hot seat
Axios

For all of President Trump's talk of Big Pharma and big insurers, hospitals are emerging as the group most rocked by the policy changes of Trump 2.0. Why it matters: Hospitals account for the single biggest category of national health spending, but…

nextgov.com - Alexandra Kelley - Tech Bills of the Week: Deterring AI distillation; Taxing AI developers; and more
Tech Bills of the Week: Deterring AI distillation; Taxing AI developers; and more
Nextgov/FCW

Lawmakers are looking to address the threat of AI model distillation by adversaries, with a new bill introduced by Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Texas targeting illicit intellectual property infringement by Chinese actors. The Blocking Large-Scale…

pbs.org - Bill Barrow, Associated Press - Will Mississippi send a Black Democrat to the US Senate? Scott Colom says don't count him out
Will Mississippi send a Black Democrat to the US Senate? Scott Colom says don't count him out
PBS

So, he's an underdog in his bid to unseat Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, a white Donald Trump acolyte seeking her second full term. Yet several variables — Colom's biography, Mississippi's demographics, lingering inflation and…

axios.com - Caitlin Owens - Hospitals absent from Dems' affordability agenda
Hospitals absent from Dems' affordability agenda
Axios

As Democrats in Congress start building out an affordability agenda for when they're next in power, hospitals are noticeably absent. Why it matters: It's extremely difficult — if not impossible — to significantly reduce what patients…

chron.com - Jacob Lederman - The typical gig worker is changing - and struggling more than ever to make ends meet
The typical gig worker is changing - and struggling more than ever to make ends meet
Chron

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) The next time you call an Uber ride or order food delivery with an app, there's a good chance that the gig worker…

businessinsider.com - Martina Nacach Cowan Ros - He once made six figures in tech. Becoming an artist meant learning how to afford NYC.
He once made six figures in tech. Becoming an artist meant learning how to afford NYC.
Business Insider

It took Andrew Tsao a layoff from his six-figure tech job, Medicaid-subsidized therapy, and a psychedelic session to realize he wanted to be an artist in New York City. His first art show ended up as his goodbye letter to the city he called home…

securityweek.com - Ionut Arghire - 3.8 Million Impacted by Unlimited Technology Systems Data Breach
3.8 Million Impacted by Unlimited Technology Systems Data Breach
SecurityWeek

Unlimited Technology Systems is notifying over 3.8 million individuals that their personal information was stolen in a data breach. Based in Montgomery, Ohio, Unlimited provides advanced financial and revenue cycle technology to healthcare…

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