Marketing winners and losers of the week
The brand said it will lay off 2,400 workers, or 11% of its employees, as it tries to streamline and simplify its structure amid higher costs and industry changes. President and CEO Raul Vargas cited “the existing conditions of the insurance industry and the impact they are having on our business”…#raulvargas #tiktoker
Source: Reuters: Health - September 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Direct Line to pay £30m to overcharged car and home insurance customers
Direct Line will pay about £30m to customers who were charged more than they should have been to renew car and home insurance policies. The UK’s second biggest car insurer, which in June launched a review into motor insurance claims over the last five years after an investigation into the market…#directline #fca #directlinegroup
Source: Reuters: Health - September 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The fall of Babylon: Failed telehealth startup once valued at $2B goes bankrupt, sold for parts
It’s the end of the road for Babylon Health, the London telehealth startup once valued at nearly $2 billion after being backed by the likes of DeepMind and deep-pocketed health insurance companies. After the company’s U.S. shares became worthless and its operation turned insolvent earlier this…#deepmind #emedhealthcare #emed #alvarezmarsal #babylonhealth #hand #stephenjefferies #mattnoble #ritabright #andreajakes
Source: Reuters: Health - September 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

IRDAI appoints ManipalCigna Health as lead insurer for Karnataka State Awareness Insurance Plan
Under IRDAI ’s State Insurance Plan, ManipalCigna Health Insurance, one of India's fastest-growing standalone health insurance company has been appointed as lead health insurer under the Karnataka State Insurance Awareness Plan.
Source: The Economic Times - September 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

State regulators hand WNY insurers significant decreases to requested rate hikes for 2024
The state once again knocked down the rate requests by Western New York health plans, and plans across the state, for 2024 commercial health insurance for small groups and individuals.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - August 31, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Tracey Drury Source Type: news

Narcan Set To Become Available Over-The-Counter —Which Means Insurance May Not Cover It
Narcan was approved for over-the-counter use in March and two other naloxone nasal sprays were approved in July.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - August 31, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Arianna Johnson, Forbes Staff Tags: Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Breaking breaking-news Trending Explainer Trending-Explainer topline Source Type: news

US homeowners are sitting on $28.7 trillion of equity
A row of homes in a residential neighborhood. Peter Spiro/Getting Images A new report from LendingTree found that US homeowners have $28.7 trillion in total home equity. That's more than $334,000 of equity per owner-occupied housing unit in the US. Huge home-price appreciation could help keep…#lendingtree #wellsfargo #massachusetts #vermont #mississippi #northdakota #missouri #jacobchannel #channel
Source: Reuters: Health - August 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Idalia to boost Florida apartment insurance costs further
[1/2] Damaged rooftops of a Fort Myers apartment complex are seen from a U.S. Army National Guard helicopter as U.S. National Guard Bureau Chief General Daniel Hokanson tours the area by air after Hurricane Ian caused widespread destruction in Fort Myers, Florida, U.S., October 1, 2022.…#fortmyers #usarmynationalguard #danielhokanson #hurricaneian #florida #cre #idalia #gulfcoast #carolinas #hawaii
Source: Reuters: Health - August 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Insight: Coal miners forced to save for a rainy day by insurance snub
[1/3] Load and haul operations at Thungela's thermal coal mining operation, Isibonelo Colliery (formerly Anglo American), in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa March 27, 2019. Philip Mostert/Anglo American/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights LONDON, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Some coal…#isibonelocolliery #angloamerican #mpumalangaprovince #southafrica #coal #seritiresources #thungelaresources #douggain #esg #iea
Source: Reuters: Health - August 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

McConnell Freezes Again; Lead & Cadmium in Weed Users; OTC Narcan Coming Soon
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) had another freezing moment in front of reporters. (CNN) Writers and actors risked good health insurance to participate...
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - August 31, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Behavior Is a Miracle Drug for Our Health
Healthcare is broken. Chronic diseases are eating up an increasing share of healthcare resources in every healthcare system across the world in ways that are not sustainable. Yes, there is a golden age of innovation happening in the form of new technologies like gene therapy, neural technology, immunotherapy, and increasingly the impact of AI on diagnoses and drug development, but we can’t let these extraordinary technological advances blind us to the tragedy of modern healthcare and to the much neglected miracle drug right in front of us: our daily behaviors. Whether for preventing disease or optimizing the treatmen...
Source: TIME: Health - August 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Arianna Huffington Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news

Leading with empathy: Foundation drives equitable outcomes for cancer patients
Cancer treatment breakthroughs seem to come at a rapid pace these days. From genetic testing to targeted immunotherapy treatments and revolutionary drugs, many cancer patients have hope for better outcomes. All too often, however, these better outcomes are only available to a select few —those with knowledge, money and good insurance. One Danville organization, begun in 2006, works tirelessly to change that paradigm with innovative ideas and an unorthodox approach to solving the problems associated…
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - August 31, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Mainland buyers return insurance sales to pre-Covid level in Hong Kong
A personalised news feed of stories that matter to you Get more with my NEWS Hong Kong’s life insurance sales to Chinese visitors return to pre-Covid levels as weaker yuan, rate gap drive the search for yield Life insurance sales in Hong Kong to mainland Chinese visitors surged 59-fold in the…#hongkongs #weakeryuan #hongkong #insuranceauthority #hk263billion #aia #manulife #prudential #samtsangoverall #hk999billion
Source: Reuters: Health - August 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

CMS: Medicaid Program and CHIP; Mandatory Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Core Set Reporting
Notice of final rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) establishing requirements for mandatory annual state reporting of the Core Set of Children's Health Care Quality Measures for Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the behavioral health measures on the Core Set of Adult Health Care Quality Measures for Medicaid, and the Core Sets of Health Home Quality Measures for Medicaid. These regulations are effective January 1, 2024. The initial round of Core Sets reporting must be submitted and certified by states by December 31, 2024.
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - August 31, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Farmers Insurance lays off 2,400 workers as insurers pull back from California
The company cited a need to reduce operational costs and focus on "long-term sustainable profitability" in an announcement to explain the job cuts.
Source: Reuters: Health - August 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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