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Workers should brace for biggest health insurance cost jump in decades
Employers are bracing for double-digit increases in healthcare costs, and small businesses could face the biggest squeeze. A new survey from consulting firm Marsh shows employers expect health benefit costs to rise 8.2% per employee in 2027…
Pasadena ISD backs down on health insurance plan that would have more than tripled some family premiums
PASADENA, TX – Pasadena Independent School District Superintendent Dr. Toni Lopez says the district will not move forward with a proposed transition to TRS-ActiveCare on Jan. 1. Lopez announced the decision after withdrawing the health…
GST Removal on Health, Life Insurance Boosts Policy Purchases & Coverage
The removal of Goods and Services Tax on individual health and life insurance has significantly boosted new policy purchases and expanded coverage levels across India, despite an initial surge moderating, according to leading insurers and…
Over a million could lose Obamacare under new plan: who's impacted?
The Trump administration said Tuesday it would remove more than 1 million people from Affordable Care Act marketplace coverage as part of what officials described as the largest anti-fraud crackdown in the program's history, arguing many people…
NYC Transit Wants Employees to Contribute More For Health Care
New York City's transit system wants its subway and bus workers to pay a greater share of health insurance costs, as the parties negotiate a new wage agreement. The contract between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which oversees the…
JazzCash Named Finalist for Digitising Government Welfare Disbursement and Insurtech at The Money Awards 2026
Islamabad – September 22, 2026: JazzCash, Pakistan's leading digital financial services provider and a subsidiary of VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), has been named a finalist at The Money Awards 2026 in two categories: Strategic Alliance &…
Trump administration to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees over fraud claims
Vice President JD Vance and other Trump administration officials said Tuesday they plan to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees from public healthcare exchanges, alleging that the individuals were fraudulently enrolled in the program, or…
Midterms' new populism: Taking on health industries
The willingness to confront powerful health care interests is becoming a litmus test for candidates in congressional battleground races with six weeks to go before the midterm elections. Why it matters: Forget the old Affordable Care Act wars.
GLP-1 Lawsuits Over Eye Risk; Hospital Oxygen Supply Cut; Top Causes of U.S. Deaths
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Dozens of Americans sued manufacturers of GLP-1 receptor agonists, claiming the drugmakers failed to warn patients about the risk of non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy…
I built a freelance career by saying yes. Now, I'm learning when not to.
I don't think I would have had the courage to become a freelancer if I hadn't been laid off. The year was 2014. I was 27, living in a tiny studio on the Upper West Side, conveniently located next to not one, not two, but three frozen yogurt shops.
As president of Botswana, I know how we can make malaria a memory in Africa | Duma Gideon Boko
Botswana nearly defeated malaria. In 2024, we recorded just 290 cases and one death. Through our elimination efforts, many of our districts had seen no local malaria cases since 2010. Then, as is unfortunately the nature of malaria, it came back.
WashU expert analyzes FTC settlements with major pharmacy benefit managers
The Federal Trade Commission's settlements with two of the nation's largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) could change how the companies do business, but they may not do enough to lower prescription drug costs for patients and employers…
Endorsement: The billionaire tax won't decide California's future. Prop 3 will
California's one-time billionaire tax is getting all the press this election cycle. But there's another proposed tax on the wealthy this November whose fate is far more essential to the state's finances: Proposition 3. The measure doesn't create a…
Donald Trump administration cancels Obamacare plans covering 760,000 people
The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said on Tuesday it canceled 315,000 Obamacare health plans covering about 760,000 people last month, citing unverified citizenship or immigration documentation and suspected improper enrollments. The…
What My Car Accident Reveals About Dems' Insurance Priorities
The next time Democrats regain political power in Washington, they will inevitably attempt to enact yet another major expansion of government health care. To support their efforts, they will, among other things, claim that uncompensated care to…
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