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UnitedHealth’s lower-than-feared costs lift profit, shares

July 14 (Reuters) – UnitedHealth Group’s (UNH.N) quarterly profit beat Wall Street estimates on Friday as a smaller-than-expected jump in medical costs allayed fears that a resumption in long-delayed surgical procedures would hit profit growth.

The company’s results allowed investors

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State worker health insurance premiums may see double-digit hikes. What CalPERS is considering

CalPERS health insurance policyholders will likely see their premiums grow by more than 11% on average next year, according to preliminary prices that the board of the nation’s largest pension will consider at its meeting next week in Monterey.

The

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Are short-term health insurance plans ‘skimpy’ as the Biden administration says?

Qthe Biden administration recently proposed cutting back on short-term, limited-duration insurance plans for healthcare, which it derides as “skimpy” coverage.

The Trump administration had expanded that form of coverage, making it an effective workaround of the Affordable Care Act,

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Can I switch plans if health insurance eats up half my paycheck?

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I got downsized a year ago and accepted a job in a different field than I was in. Though I’m making a bit more than I was in my previous job, health insurance takes up half of each

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No health-insurance choice for YOU!

Democrats desire the thought of Americans making their own decisions on health insurance, so President Joe Biden is moving to crush the short-term, limited policies that 1.5 million of us now choose.

That is, he’s rolling back Trump-era regulations that

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Exclusion of migrant farm workers from public health insurance puts Nova Scotia agriculture at risk, advocates say

Amidst the worsening labor crunch in Nova Scotia’s agriculture sector, the government’s exclusion of many migrant workers from public health insurance potentially puts over 1,600 farmworkers and the agri-food supply at risk, advocates warn.

Migrant advocates say that the provincial

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UnitedHealth Group Profits Eclipse $5.4 Billion As Optum And Health Plans Roll Despite Rising Costs

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Aretha Franklin’s Wills Dispute – Rickard & Associates

If you have been following the news, you may have seen that there is a dispute regarding Aretha Franklin’s estate plan. Her sons are in court fighting over her estate and multiple wills.

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Here’s how much CalPERS health insurance will cost in 2024

The California Public Employees' Retirement System, or CalPERS, headquarters buildings are photographed Thursday, Sept.  16, 2021, in downtown Sacramento.

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System, or CalPERS, headquarters buildings are photographed Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, in downtown Sacramento.

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CalPERS health insurance policyholders will likely see their premiums grow by more than 11% on average next year,

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Biden to crack down on short-term health insurance plans, Politico reports

July 6 (Reuters) – US President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday is expected to propose a new regulation cracking down on short-term health insurance plans, Politico reported, citing five Democrats with knowledge of the matter.

Biden is due to deliver