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What NYers can expect as open enrollment for health insurance begins
Many New Yorkers will face higher health insurance costs for the coming year as open enrollment gets underway. New Yorkers not covered by employer-based insurance can shop for health insurance for 2027 on the state marketplace starting on Nov. 1.
On the campaign trail in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed rides a wave of support for Medicare for All
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic US Senate candidate, starts this day on the campaign trail in Escanaba, Michigan, where nearby Wisconsin dairy country spills into dense forests and the sandy shores of Green Bay. This is the upper peninsula –…
Millions of Americans are walking away from Obamacare
Across all Obamacare marketplace plans, the average monthly premium paid by enrollees after subsidies jumped 58% this year, from $113 to $178. Average deductibles climbed 37%, to $3,786. Those increases didn't come out of nowhere. Insurers raised…
Schools Wrestle With Exploding Health Costs: 'Medical Inflation Is Crushing Us
This past July, tragedy struck a handful of employees of the Big Walnut school district in Ohio. One was diagnosed with cancer. Another's spouse received a cancer diagnosis. For a third staffer, it was their child. Those experiences, painful on…
Brigham nurses reject hospital's 'best and final' contract offer
Add Boston.com on Google (opens in a new tab) Add Boston.com as your preferred source on Google to see more of our stories. Brigham and Women's Hospital nurses rejected the hospital's “last, best and final” contract offer Friday…
This open enrollment season, employees are looking at benefits differently
Every day in claim and clinical operations, we see the human impact of decisions employees made months, sometimes years, earlier. An employee facing a serious diagnosis. A parent suddenly unable to work. A family navigating the loss of someone they…
Consumers warned to check insurance policies amid 'perfect storm' of rising costs
Certain plans rose in excess of 19%. Motor insurance premiums increased by 4% during 2025, to an average of €655 — outpacing the 2.8% rise in consumer inflation over the same period. Dermot Goode, founder of advisory service Health…
2026 Business Insurance Best Places to Work
Best Places to Work in Insurance is an annual feature presented by Business Insurance and Best Companies Group that ranks the agents, brokers, insurers and other providers with the highest levels of employee engagement and satisfaction. The 2026…
Donald Trump has been a disaster for rural America | Steven Greenhouse
Donald Trump's policies have been a disaster for the nation's farmers, so much so that a near electoral miracle may soon happen: Kansas, one of the deepest red, most rural states, may elect its first Democratic senator in nearly a century. After…
2 Beaten-Down Healthcare Stocks to Buy and Hold for the Next Decade
Some investors believe the market is overvalued. Several indicators support that. For instance, the S&P 500 Shiller CAPE ratio -- a valuation metric -- is currently near its highest levels since just before the dot-com bubble burst. Is it still…
WHO Explores AI-for-Health Partnership With Ethiopia's AI Institute
The World Health Organization is exploring a partnership with the Ethiopian Artificial Intelligence Institute to apply AI to disease surveillance, emergency response and primary health care in Ethiopia and across Africa. No agreement has yet been…
A Train Leaves Chicago Heading East at 50 MPH…
Last week, in the course of discussing other things, a colleague and I briefly reflected on turning points in our lives. I mentioned devouring a copy of Personal Finance for Dummies around age 30. It was a fairly basic introduction to things that…
Why West Bengal's C-Sections, at nearly 1 in 2 births, demand a hard look
On September 29, 2015, a memo went out from Swasthya Bhawan, the West Bengal Health Department's headquarters in Salt Lake, to every medical college principal and every district's chief medical officer of health. Its subject was a concern the Union…
Thinking of Moving to Spain? Why Your Vacation Budget Won't Match the Reality of Living There
Spend two weeks in Spain and you may end up believing that living costs are less than what they are in the U.S. A cup of coffee is cheaper. Dinner is cheaper. Apartments are cheaper. You begin to wonder how far your retirement budget might stretch…
PM urges faith leaders to support fight against alcoholism
Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva has called on the Anglican church and other faith institutions to step up efforts to fight drug abuse, alcoholism and other harmful behaviours that undermine families and community welfare. He made the call on…
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