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Federal employees' health insurance premiums to rise by double digits for third straight year
Federal employees and retirees will pay an additional 10.9% on average toward their health insurance premiums in 2026, the third straight year of double-digit increases, according to the Office of Personnel Management. The government's share of…
Clark Howard Reveals the Real Reason Your Health Insurance Costs Keep Climbing
Open enrollment notices are arriving now, and many renewal prices will be hard to look at. On October 2, 2026, consumer money expert Clark Howard warned listeners on The Clark Howard Podcast about what's coming: “States where people are…
Harvard Medical School artist-in-residence calls to 'Free Luigi' Mangione during 'fat liberation' panel
Rutgers University professor and Harvard Medical School artist-in-residence Roxane Gay called for the release of Luigi Mangione, who pleaded guilty in August to federal stalking charges resulting in death in connection with the killing of…
Families sue to stop Trump's ban on medical care for trans youth
A group of four New Hampshire families are suing the Trump administration to block the implementation of a rule barring federal Medicaid dollars for gender-affirming healthcare for minors. Represented by GLAD Law, the National Center for LGBTQ…
Patient died by suicide after insurance delayed medication: report
A Texas man died by suicide in June after reportedly suffering delays in getting access to crucial medication. Kenney Blewett, of Kyle, Texas, was experiencing breathing issues caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, KFF Health News…
Thousands of immigrants with legal status lose Medicaid coverage as 'big, beautiful' cuts begin
Thousands of refugees and some other immigrants with legal status lost their health coverage Oct. 1, marking some of the first significant coverage losses under the Medicaid cuts in the GOP's signature One Big Beautiful Bill Act. States and…
AEW wrestler Pac's death exposes pro wrestling's labor problem
Few things are more difficult to get down in immutable ink than the history of professional wrestling. Born on the carnival circuit, the pseudo-sport maintained a here today-gone tomorrow feeling until relatively recently. Promoters scraped out…
AMA: PBM Market Concentration Is On the Rise
The top four PBMs controlled 75% of the national PBM market in 2024, up from 70% in 2022, according to a new analysis from the American Medical Association. The analysis is based on prescription drug plan and enrollment data from 2022 and 2024. It…
Police bodycam footage of Luigi Mangione's arrest released
NEW YORK — Police bodycam footage released Friday shows the moment officers located and arrested Luigi Mangione at a Pennsylvania McDonald's in connection with the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan. In one…
Contact lenses are changing because our lives are changing | Opinion
For many people, work, communication, entertainment, and even healthcare now happen through a screen. That shift has changed how we think about our eyes and, increasingly, how we think about vision correction. At the same time, healthcare…
Big tech's thirst, AI's hidden job risk and a drunk driver's shocking sentence
Stanford used AI to change a student's race and gender in a promotional photo, and that's just the start. On this episode of Catch Me Up with Jon Leiberman, a toddler pulls out a pistol at a daycare and the panel weighs in. Prosecutors reopen the…
Trump Administration Sending $500 ACA Refund Payments
We're one month out from the midterms, and it's clear that the Trump administration is desperate. In the Trump administration's latest attempt to bribe voters, it has begun sending $500 refund checks to people who receive insurance through the…
Give AI 'stuff nobody wants to do' - and 4 other ways to use agents more effectively at work
AI can help with silo-busting, a long-sought tech goal. Map out where AI agents will deliver the most value. Stop looking at AI as a “power tool.” For anyone who's spent time in the technology profession, silos are a curse cast upon…
The secret power of the Pharmacy Guild
Our health system is under growing strain. Universal health insurance was created for a much younger Australia: when Medibank began in 1975, fewer than one in 10 Australians was 65 or older. Today, it is almost one in five. Over successive decades…
HMSA's Medicare Changes Could Increase Costs For Thousands
This week, 16,000 kūpuna received a troubling letter from the state's largest health insurance company. At the top, in bold print, it said: “IMPORTANT NOTICE: Your Medicare plan won't be offered in 2027.” It continued that…
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