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China steps up coverage of innovative drugs under medical insurance
China on Saturday unveiled updated versions of both its national medical insurance drug list and the commercial insurance innovative drug list, according to the National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA). A total of 107 drugs were added to…
Martin Lewis car insurance tip saves fan £240 per year
Martin Lewis has urged drivers to compare car insurance quotes Martin Lewis has helped a motorist save £240 a year on her car insurance after she followed his simple advice to compare prices before renewing. The money-saving expert regularly…
Drivers over 70 warned by RAC and Age UK over car insurance premium hike
Drivers over 70 issued warning over car insurance premium blow Motorists have been cautioned regarding increasing premiums at age 70. Premiums climb after 70 because older drivers 'make more expensive claims,' according to the RAC, despite being…
Jane Kim's insurance commissioner victory shows why some offices maybe shouldn't be elected
Folks, I'm tired. And I'm pretty sure you are, too. We just slogged through one of the longest ballots in recent memory in the Nov. 3 election — and it was chock-full of things we frankly have no business voting on. An entire page of the…
Cashless health insurance still needs a cash reserve
THIS AD SUPPORTS OUR JOURNALISM. SUBSCRIBE FOR MINIMAL ADS. There are three sides to every hospital bill: what the hospital charges, what the insurer agrees to pay under the policy and what the patient eventually has to pay. These amounts need not…
Pollution-related health insurance claims rise 4.3 times in three years
The figures show that working professionals and senior citizens together account for nearly 90 per cent of pollution-linked health insurance claims. Delhi recorded the highest number of claims at 8,093, followed by Pune, Bengaluru, Mumbai and…
Car Insurance Soars for Drivers With Poor Credit; Here's What to Do
Your driving record may be spotless, but if you have poor credit, car insurance companies view you as a risk — and they're significantly raising your rates. Over the past three years, drivers with poor credit have seen auto insurance…
Dan Walters: With California's Insurance Crisis at Impasse, It's Time for a Different Approach
[ Noozhawk ' s note: We republish news articles and commentaries from CalMatters on state and local policy issues that affect Santa Barbara County readers.] Nobody really likes writing those premium checks to insurance companies that always seem to…
Royal Oak woman says insurer sent 10 notices for treatments she never received, billed by providers she never met
ROYAL OAK, Mich. – A Royal Oak woman says her insurance company sent her 10 “explanations of benefits” for medical treatments she never had and doesn't need. She is sharing her story after seeing Local 4's earlier story about a…
Drivers over 70 issued warning over car insurance premium blow
Drivers have been warned over rising premiums at age 70. Premiums rise after 70 because older drivers 'make more expensive claims,' per the RAC, even though they are 'statistically very safe'. Confused.com data puts over-70s at £480 a year on…
At 67 With $750,000, She'll Learn the Government's Pension Insurer Took Over Her Old Employer's Plan. Most of Her Check Is Safe, but Maybe Not All of It
She pulls the envelope from the mailbox, reads the first paragraph twice, and sits on the porch steps. Her old employer's pension plan has failed, and a federal agency called the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is taking it over. She's…
If this is when you're taking out travel insurance that's a big mistake
Every week, nine.com.au Travel shares a top travel tip from our readers, industry experts, or something our writers find. Have advice to share? Email us at for a chance to be featured in an upcoming story. From booking flights, arranging hotels…
Microsoft restores service to Outlook and Teams after global outage
Microsoft said on Saturday that services had fully recovered across Teams, Outlook and its other products, ending a global outage that crippled online communications for businesses and governments for over 24 hours. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT…
David Cameron says Alzheimer's made his mother beg his sister to kill her
David Cameron has revealed how his mum repeatedly begged her daughter to end her life as her Alzheimer worsened, in an appeal to Andy Burnham to give NHS patients access to drugs for the disease. The former Conservative prime ministe r said it was…
Is your car tracking your location? Here's how to check and opt out
Where you drive is your business. Your car may disagree. If you drive a car built sometime in the past few years, it's almost certainly tracking your location. Modern vehicles function less like cars and more like computers on wheels these days…
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