Workers are quitting their jobs in record numbers – part of what is now called The Great Resignation. Around 4 million workers have quit each month between July and November 2021. Erica Leman had maintained a side hustle as a wedding photographer for 12 years. Like millions of other Americans, Leman, who was working in…
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With Connecticut’s 2022 legislative session fast approaching, physicians at the helm of the Connecticut State Medical Society drew attention Friday to the state’s inability to retain medical students and the need to reduce the burdens placed on physicians by health insurance companies. “We have great medical schools,” Dr. Bob Russo, CSMS chief medical officer, said…
(CNN) – As Americans fork over more and more of their income to pay for rising premiums and deductibles on their health insurance, the major insurance companies are raking in record profits. As inflation and pandemic hardships weigh on the wallets of Americans, healthcare costs keep climbing. “It doesn’t cover 100% until we meet $12,000…
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The Idaho Senate has all but inked a bill moving toward providing K-12 school employees better health insurance at lower premiums. The Senate Thursday easily passed House Bill 443 — which would create a fund to help districts and charters cover either the upfront costs of moving onto the state’s health insurance plan, or negotiate…
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Chile requires visitors furnish proof of insurance coverage for Covid-19 and related conditions. Pictured, capital city Santiago. Oleh_Slobodeniuk | E+ | Getty Images Are you planning a trip abroad? You may need to buy travel insurance to visit your destination country. Many countries had insurance requirements even before the pandemic. But about a dozen more…
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Paul Constant is a writer at Civic Ventures and the cohost of the “Pitchfork Economics” podcast. Recently, he spoke with California Assemblyman Ash Kalra about his healthcare bill that was shelved. The single-payer healthcare bill would have benefitted both employers and workers, Kalra says. Loading Something is loading. This week, a bill to establish a…
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As the COVID-19 pandemic has dragged on and much of the national health care discussion has focused on hospital capacity, health care worker burnout, COVID-19 vaccination, and other measures to protect public health, the high cost of health care continues to be a burden on U.S. families. As KFF polling has found for many years,…
Do you have a printer? Do you have a fax machine? If not, you might have trouble getting your “free” at-home Covid-19 test paid for by your health insurer. As of January 15, Americans with private insurance are able to submit their at-home testing bills to their insurer in order to get reimbursed. But for…
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