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KFF says medical health insurance prices are anticipated to rise subsequent yr

KFF says medical health insurance prices are anticipated to rise subsequent yr

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – Inflation is inflicting costs throughout the board to soar and the newest may very well be healthcare insurance coverage.

The Kaiser Household Basis reviewed medical health insurance firms’ early fee filings for subsequent yr and the numbers are up.

Krutika Amin with the non-profit group says out of the 72 firms they reviewed throughout 13 states and Washington DC, the median premium enhance was a ten% hike.

She says there are just a few causes for this. For instance, folks delay physician visits in the course of the pandemic, however now they are going again. That

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Mark Farrah Associates Assessed Individual Health Insurance Enrollment Trends

Mark Farrah Associates Assessed Individual Health Insurance Enrollment Trends

The individual market has seen numerous changes in the last fifteen years. Enrollment in individual medical plans, both on and off the exchange, totaled approximately 19.5 million as of March 31, 2023, nearing the height of the market in early 2015, according to financial statements filed by insurers, and with estimates by Mark Farrah Associates ( MFA). In the latest brief, MFA provides insights into enrollment and financial trends for the individual health insurance segment.

Key highlights include:

  • The individual segment has been profitable, overall, for health plans since 2017, however, premium growth has, once again, been outpaced by medical

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Estate Planning: 5 Things to Consider

Estate Planning: 5 Things to Consider

If you are preparing to draft your estate plan with your estate planning attorney, there are a variety of issues that you will need to think about before your documents can be finalized.

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Prior to drafting your estate plan, we recommend that you give some thought to the following items:

  1. How do you want your money and assets handled if you die? Do you want any restrictions? If you are
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North Carolina governor signs bill allowing Blue Cross to restructure

North Carolina governor signs bill allowing Blue Cross to restructure

GREENSBORO, NC (AP) – North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed into law on Saturday a bill allowing the state’s leading health insurance provider to reorganize despite pleas from other executive officials to block the proposal.

The new law, which passed the GOP-controlled General Assembly with overwhelming bipartisan support, permits the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and a dental insurance provider to transfer assets into a parent holding company that the state insurance commissioner warned would be able to move money with little oversight. The law takes immediate effect.

“Our goal is comprehensive health insurance with access to

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Here’s Why Lawsuits Likely Won’t Slow United Health Down

Here’s Why Lawsuits Likely Won’t Slow United Health Down

UnitedHealth Group (UNH -1.26%), one of the largest publicly traded health insurance companies in the United States, is facing several cases brought by members unhappy over coverage decisions and costs. Although these lawsuits pose a risk to the insurance juggernaut, the company’s cash and cash equivalents of over $69 billion (as of Dec. 31) and its annual growth would likely be adequate to cover adverse decisions in any or even all of them. Even still, unhappy members could give investors pause but here’s why that might not matter.

Millions of members, several lawsuits over coverage

The company’s “member”

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Top 6 Fitness Youtubers;  Full body workouts from home without equipment

Top 6 Fitness Youtubers; Full body workouts from home without equipment

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Full body workouts from home without equipment

Sticking to a fitness journey is way easier than people make it seem.

Oftentimes, what keeps us from achieving our fitness goals is motivation. Who wants to do 100 crunches after a long day of work when your bed looks so enticing?

It doesn’t matter if you’re a cardio queen or a passionate yogi looking for new Yoga routines; without motivation, staying fit is one of the most challenging tasks of your life.

Like everything in this world, motivation is

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Lawmakers seek to resolve teacher shortages via pay raises and health insurance benefits

Lawmakers seek to resolve teacher shortages via pay raises and health insurance benefits

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#RedForEd marchers as they moved toward the Capitol in April 2018 as part of a protest over low teacher pay. Photo by Jesse Stawnyczy | Cronkite News

Lawmakers are hoping to convince teachers to stay in Arizona with a $10,000 pay raise, but the proposal comes with caveats that opponents say renders it purely performative.

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Schools in the Grand Canyon State are well into their seventh year of operating under a teacher shortage. As many as 2,890 positions are vacant and more than 1,800 teachers have called it quits since January. Rep. Matt Gress, who ran

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Health insurance as a fuel for medical progress

Health insurance as a fuel for medical progress

Newswise — There is a long-standing debate on whether rolling out health insurance toward high levels of coverage is desirable. For countries with non-existent or only patchy coverage, expanding health insurance would certainly be beneficial. However, in high-income settings where basic coverage is already granted the question remains open.

In a collaborative effort, IIASA Economic Frontiers Program Director, Michael Kuhn, and Ivan Frankovic, now an economist at the Deutsche Bundesbank, analyzed the macroeconomic impact of health insurance expansion in the United States between 1965 and 2005. The study, which has been published in the Journal of Health Economics, used an

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