Health insurance
Health Care Rationing? It’s Already A Reality Here, And This Report Proves It.
Nearly 18% of working-age adults with diabetes are rationing their own medication by taking smaller dosages, waiting to fill prescriptions or skipping the treatments altogether, according to a new government study. The finding, which comes from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is not exactly a revelation. Over the past few years, there’s been no …
Voters struggle to figure out 2020 Democrats’ health care reform plans
Former Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Senator Kamala Harris gesture on the second night of the second 2020 Democratic U.S. presidential debate in Detroit, Michigan, July 31, 2019. Lucas Jackson | Reuters Democrats argued about their health care plans for more than an hour during both nights of last week’s presidential primary debates. In …
Bend Financial Signs Long-Term Agreement To Provide HSA Technology Solution For Elements Financial Federal Credit Union
Bend utilizes leading technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, along with behavioral economics, to engage users and guide them toward financial health. Employers and accountholders will benefit from an FDIC or NCUA-insured HSA platform that automates tasks and simplifies administration and account management. “What we offer is more than simply an HSA,” noted …
Democratic Debate: Candidates on Immigration, Health Care
Marianne Williamson, the author and spiritual-self-help guru, also hit this theme hard during tonight’s debate. “An amoral economic system has turned short-term profits for huge multinational corporations into a false god,” she said. “This new false god takes precedence over the safety and the health and the well-being of we, the American people, and the …
Wolf signs law to create state-based health insurance marketplace | News
HARRISBURG – Gov. Tom Wolf signed a law Tuesday that will allow the state to take over the marketplace for health insurance created for Pennsylvanians under the Affordable Care Act. It’s a move state officials say will allow for lower premiums for the roughly 400,000 people in the state who get health insurance under those …
California Legislature OKs Health Insurance Mandate – CBS Sacramento
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature has voted to tax people who refuse to buy health insurance, bringing back a key part of former President Barack Obama’s health care law that has been eliminated nationwide by Republicans in Congress. The state Assembly and Senate approved the tax on Monday, sending it to Democratic Gov. …
Stress adds $1,500 to annual worker health-care cost: Former Aetna CEO
When Mark Bertolini took over as Aetna’s CEO in April 2011, shares of the health insurance company were trading just over $30. When the company was sold to CVS in 2017, the pharmacy giant paid more than $212 a share in a $69 billion acquisition. One secret to this success: Bertolini began letting his employees …
SoftBank leads $205 million investment in Collective Health – Axios
Collective Health is raising $205 million in a new funding round led by a new investor, SoftBank’s Vision Fund. Why it matters: Employers are looking to make health benefits simpler and cheaper for their workers. That’s the thesis behind Collective Health’s technology, and the startup now has one of the largest investment firms in the …
