Australian patients are being shortchanged by private health insurance companies, which are collecting significantly larger profits while returning a smaller proportion of premiums to customers. This week we released our 2023 Private Health Insurance Report Card, which shows the rebates for identical […]
Heather Howard (left) and Gillian Tisdale The Affordable Care Act, commonly known as “Obamacare,” was enacted 14 years ago this week. This landmark legislation made sweeping changes to improve access to and quality of health coverage: It expanded Medicaid, established marketplaces for […]
As January 16 coverage deadline approaches, Biden-Harris Administration continues to encourage Americans to sign up for quality, affordable health care coverage ACA Marketplace National Enrollment Snapshot Under the Biden-Harris Administration, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced today that over 20 […]
Under the IRDAI Vision 2047, the government is aiming to provide “Insurance for All” by 2047. The Association of Healthcare Providers India (AHPI) has lauded the Ministry of Finance for contemplating setting up an independent regulator for health insurance. The ministries of […]
Suriyapong Thongsawang | Moments | Getty Images Why health insurance inflation is hard to measure Health insurance prices are a tricky thing for economists to quantify. The BLS doesn’t measure direct consumer costs such as monthly premiums. That’s because those premiums don’t […]
More Australians see health insurance’s value | Insurance Business Australia Life & Health More Australians see health insurance’s value Report covers figures related to hospital treatment and extras cover Life & Health By Roxanne Libatique More Australians are seeing the value of […]
New York CNN — Workers and their employers are paying a lot more for job-based health insurance this year. The annual cost of family health insurance coverage at work soared to an average of nearly $24,000 this year, according to KFF’s Employer […]
The General Insurance Council (GIC) in consultation with general and health insurance companies has launched the ‘Cashless Everywhere’ initiative to extend the cashless treatment at all hospitals. Health insurance policyholders can now avail of cashless facilities even at hospitals that are not […]