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What Workers Can Do When Health Insurance Costs Are Eating Their Raises
An insurance industry veteran explains why premiums are surging and how workers can ask employers about individual cover...
Mark Cuban's Pharmacy Cuts Heart Transplant Drug Cost to $300 After Insurer Raises Price to $1,000
A 26-year-old heart transplant survivor saw her off-label rejection drug rise from $180 to $1,000 per 90 days. Mark Cuba...
Dallas to Discontinue PPO Health Plan and Keep HSA and PCP Options in 2027
Dallas's proposed budget would end its PPO health plan and keep two Blue Cross Blue Shield options, with roughly 90% of ...
UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing: Mangione Pleads Guilty in Federal Court as Defense Seeks to Block State Murder Case
Luigi Mangione admitted to federal murder and stalking charges and asked a court to dismiss New York's parallel murder c...
Luigi Mangione Pleads Guilty to Federal Stalking Charges in UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing
Mangione admitted in Manhattan federal court to stalking and shooting Brian Thompson; sentencing is set for December 18 ...
New York Overhauls Health Insurance Dispute Rules; Key Changes Take Effect Aug. 26
DFS issued guidance implementing budget law that excludes Medicaid Managed Care from IDR, adds Empire Plan and Student E...
How Data and AI Are Rewiring Private Health Insurance
Rising costs, ageing populations and more demanding customers are pushing health insurers to use AI, digital care and pe...
All Three Slovak Health Insurers Report Half-Year Profit, Led by Dôvera
Dôvera earned €9.6m in the first half of 2026, VšZP €2.5m and Union ZP €1.3m, while all three met solvency and capital r...
Medicare Reset: The Real Differences Between Supplements and Advantage Plans
As Medicare’s Annual Election Period approaches and major plan changes loom, a straightforward side-by-side look at how ...
Hinson Introduces Bill to Force Health Insurers to Report Denial Rates, Wait Times
GOP Rep. Ashley Hinson's Health Insurance Transparency for Patients Act calls for public data on coverage denials, appea...
Hinson Pitches Health Insurance Transparency Bill as Iowa Premiums Climb
Rep. Ashley Hinson introduced legislation to force health insurers to disclose denial rates, prior authorization delays ...
Anthem Pitches Hybrid Care to Colorado Employers as Benefit Costs Bite
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is urging Colorado employers to adopt a hybrid model mixing virtual, digital and in-pe...
21 States Sue to Block 2027 ACA Rule Expanding Catastrophic Health Plans
A 21-state coalition led by Michigan's attorney general is challenging a federal rule it says would push millions off AC...
Xi's New Article Makes Healthy China a Five-Year Priority With Reform Push
An Xi Jinping article published in Qiushi calls for decisive progress on China's health agenda, flagging hospital, insur...
From the court to the C-suite: How Gail Boudreaux's basketball past moulded her leadership at Elevance Health
The CEO of the $199B insurer, now the highest-ranking woman on the Fortune Global 500, says her time as a pro player tau...
Star Health Q1 net rises 25% on premium surge, underwriting profit turnaround
India’s largest standalone health insurer posted a 25% jump in first-quarter net profit to ₹550 crore, buoyed by a 19% p...
Spanish Health Insurers Confront Cost Surge and Demand Boom with Premium Rises and New Strategies
Leaders from Aegon, DKV, Sanitas, Asisa, SegurCaixa Adeslas and Mapfre gathered to discuss how to navigate soaring healt...
Spain’s Health Insurers Brace for Premium Hikes as Demand and Costs Surge
Spain's top health insurers warned of inevitable premium increases to meet demand driven by public healthcare strains, c...
Germany’s ePA Health Record Struggles to Gain Traction as Insurers Push for Cost Reforms
One year after the electronic patient record (ePA) went live, usage remains low and healthcare stakeholders demand urgen...