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Healthcare cost inflation soaring, raising health cover premiums
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Healthcare cost inflation soaring, raising health cover premiums

The Hindu  

Since COVID-19 pandemic, India has been witnessing a surge in healthcare cost inflation making assured and standardised healthcare unviable for several sections of the society and pushing up health insurance premiums. Speaking to The Hindu, Sumit Bohra, president of the Insurance Brokers Association of India notes that currently in India the rising healthcare cost and growing health insurance premiums are …

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'Blame the system': Here's what prompted insurance backlash after CEO shooting
3 weeks, 6 days ago

'Blame the system': Here's what prompted insurance backlash after CEO shooting

Raw Story  

By Simon F. Haeder, Texas A&M University The U.S. health care system leaves much to be desired. Many sources of health care frustration Few with any personal experience or professional expertise would describe U.S. health care as the gold standard of health care systems. With government power limited, insurers are perhaps the only force in the U.S. health care industry …

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Don't insure use of Wegovy slimming drug, health institute says
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Don't insure use of Wegovy slimming drug, health institute says

Dutch News  

Slimming drug Wegovy should not be included in the basic insurance package because its long-term health benefits are unclear and it will also boost costs, the Dutch healthcare institute has said in recommendations to health minister Fleur Agema. Pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk filed a request for Wegovy to be admitted to the basic insurance package last year. A majority of …

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Letters to The Editor — June 11, 2024
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Letters to The Editor — June 11, 2024

The Hindu  

Alternative medicine The recent article by Dr. K. Madan Gopal, “The delicate balancing of health-care costs”, on the need for balancing health-care costs, puts forth much needed insights into the matter. India enjoys medical pluralism and the role of alternative health care too needs to be deliberated upon in this context, especially in the preventive aspect. Intervention through alternative medical …

High inflation in Africa drives up health costs
1 year, 2 months ago

High inflation in Africa drives up health costs

China Daily  

Maeru Adugna, 45, carries her son, Kibrom Woldesillasie, 2, severely malnourished at the Samre Hospital in Samre, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, June 23, 2023. Anthony Mwangi, cluster head of eastern and southern Africa at Novartis Kenya, a pharmaceutical product manufacturer, agent and distributor in Nairobi, said prices of medicines have gone up by 10-20 percent, driven primarily by the depreciation of …

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Time to get tougher on obesity, Rishi? Charities demand PM declares smoking-style war on UK's bulging waistline which costs the NHS and economy £27BILLION, £10bn more than tobacco
1 year, 3 months ago

Time to get tougher on obesity, Rishi? Charities demand PM declares smoking-style war on UK's bulging waistline which costs the NHS and economy £27BILLION, £10bn more than tobacco

Daily Mail  

Anti-obesity campaign have demanded PM treat obesity the same as smoking Rishi Sunak was today facing demands to ramp up efforts to shrink Britain's ever-growing waistline in the wake of his blitz on smoking. But former health minister Lord James Bethell, who worked in the Department of Health and Social Care during the Covid pandemic, said predictions Brits could face …

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Struggling to keep up with pet costs? Here’s what experts want you to know
2 years, 1 month ago

Struggling to keep up with pet costs? Here’s what experts want you to know

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We know dog owners are facing a difficult time, …

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What is at stake when the US Supreme Court takes on Obamacare?
4 years, 2 months ago

What is at stake when the US Supreme Court takes on Obamacare?

Al Jazeera  

Ahead of a key court hearing on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, we look at what it could mean for Americans. In 2009, someone buying individual non-employer health insurance would pay about $3,600, or $7,000 if it also covered their family, but pay much higher deductibles for medical services. McCain said Obama’s plan would be so limiting that …

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Heart Disease Bankrupted Him Once. Now He Faces Another $10,000 Medical Bill
4 years, 3 months ago

Heart Disease Bankrupted Him Once. Now He Faces Another $10,000 Medical Bill

NPR  

Heart Disease Bankrupted Him Once. Sponsor Message What gives: Fentress says he always made sure to take jobs with health insurance, "so I thought I'd be all right." Fentress owed around $5,000 after his 2017 hospitalization, also at Baptist Health Louisville, and set up a monthly payment plan, but says he was sent to collections after missing a $150 payment. …

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Coronavirus spread: How countries are managing cost of treatment
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus spread: How countries are managing cost of treatment

Hindustan Times  

As the deadly coronavirus spreads across the world, governments and health insurance companies are adopting different ways to make sure that out-of-pocket costs do not prevent people from seeking care and the threat of under-reporting of cases can be minimised. America’s Health Insurance Plans had said last week that its members, which include Cigna Corp and Anthem Inc, will cover …

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NDIS loses legal challenge, agrees to pay $15,000 annual food bill for severely disabled NSW man
5 years, 6 months ago

NDIS loses legal challenge, agrees to pay $15,000 annual food bill for severely disabled NSW man

ABC  

A severely disabled New South Wales man has won his battle with the National Disability Insurance Scheme over who should foot the bill for thousands of dollars worth of lifesaving food. Key points: Colin Burchell has cerebral palsy and needs thickened liquid food that costs $15,000 per year He won his legal challenge against the NDIS to pay for the …

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Do Darwin residents really drink more than other Australians?
5 years, 10 months ago

Do Darwin residents really drink more than other Australians?

ABC  

It has been described as a "core social value" by former Chief Minister Adam Giles, something he said was "enshrined" as a part of the Territory lifestyle when speaking at a hotel lobby group dinner a few years back. Although the estimated average consumption for people aged over 15 years dropped 14 per cent, the Territory's alcohol intake still remains …

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