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Health insurance coverage crosses 60% of households, NFHS
Health insurance coverage in India has expanded sharply over the past two decades, with the share of households having at least one member covered under a health insurance or financing scheme rising from just 4.8 per cent in 2005-06 to 60.2 per…
Less than half of population pays for health insurance as average cost jumps 10.6%
VHI is the most popular health insurer, with 48.3% of the market, followed by Laya (27.9%), Irish Life Health (20.2%), and Level Health, which entered the market in November 2024, at 1%. The other 2.6% are covered by restricted memberships, which…
Prediction markets: Odds are Washington claims supremacy
Put the technical language aside and you end up with a question the country has wrestled with for a long time. When a state bars something under its reserved powers, and a federal regulator says it's allowed under national authority, which side…
UnitedHealth Group Raises Quarterly Dividend by 5% to $2.32
UnitedHealth Group's board has raised the health insurer's quarterly dividend by 5%, to $2.32 from $2.21. The new payout, equal to $9.28 a year, represents an annual yield of 2.46% based on Tuesday's closing price of $377.92, up from 2.34%. The…
The Average Monthly Mortgage Payment Is Up 44 Percent To $2,005, But American Families Are Paying Even More For Health Insurance
U.S. households are being financially squeezed at a level that we have never seen before. I have often said that we are in a long-term cost of living crisis that never seems to end, and that is not an exaggeration at all. Just about everything has…
Beyond June 3rd trend: 52-year-old courier who lives World Bicycle Day, 50 kilometres at a time
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: On World Bicycle Day, while fitness enthusiasts dust off their high-end multi-gear cycles for ceremonial morning rides, 52-year-old R. Padmanabhan is navigating the bustling streets of Kerala's capital on a relic from the past.
STEPHEN MOORE: Foreign drug price controls are a hidden tax on Americans
The United States spends far more on healthcare, on a per capita basis, than any other country in the world. There are many reasons why, including health insurance companies. But one reason has been largely overlooked: foreign governments maintain…
Trump's Most Favored Nation Drug Pricing Has Bold Aims, But Limited Impact
In exchange for a three-year reprieve from threatened tariffs on their products, Trump has signed deals with 17 large pharmaceutical companies. These strictly confidential agreements between the administration and drug manufacturers are designed to…
Yuanbao (YB) Q4 2025 Earnings Transcript
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 8 a.m. ET Chairman and Chief Executive Officer — Rui Fang Chief Financial Officer — Huirui Wan Need a quote from a Motley Fool analyst? Email [email protected] Total Revenue -- RMB 1.18 billion in the…
Spirit Airlines shutdown expands in Atlanta as more than 600 employees face layoffs
The fallout from Spirit Airlines' shutdown is now hitting Georgia in a major way. More than 600 Atlanta-based Spirit Airlines employees are set to lose their jobs as the airline's nationwide shutdown continues following months of financial turmoil…
Whoops: Hackers Simply Had To Ask Meta 'AI' For Access To High Profile Instagram Accounts
404 Media reports that hackers were simply able to ask Meta AI for access to high-profile Instagram accounts, and the AI agent simply… well… obliged: “Hackers say that they used Meta's AI support chatbot to break into a host of…
Women run a record 11.2% of Fortune 500 companies in 2026-but the gain came in a year of high-profile exits
Even in a turbulent year at the top, a record 56 women lead Fortune 500 companies in 2026, 11.2% of the newest ranking of America's largest businesses by revenue. That's the highest share in the list's 72-year history and the fourth consecutive…
Medical severity, care access top comp trends: report
Workers compensation insurers continue to benefit from strong underwriting results, but several key tailwinds are shifting as medical severity, utilization, access to care and claim complexity emerge as top issues to watch, according to a trends…
IMA Diligence Services Data Breach Impacts 525,000 People
IMA Diligence Services is notifying over 525,000 individuals that their personal information was stolen in a data breach. The incident, the company says, was identified in mid-December after a legacy server managed by a third party became…
Docs Should Compete for Patient Dollars, Not Political Influence, Economist Says
In this series, MedPage Today is asking healthcare economists and policy experts the same questions about the high costs of U.S. healthcare. They'll discuss what they believe is working, what's not working, and what else can be done to bring costs…
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