9+ hour, 57+ min ago   (461+ words) Alarming findings have been revealed about the growing demand for, and cost of, adult care in Herefordshire. Between financial years 2022/23 and 2024/25, the number of adults receiving long-term care support in Herefordshire rose by 10 per cent, from 2,030 to 2,239, "and has continued…...

13+ hour, 50+ min ago   (448+ words) The Connecticut Insurance Department has finalized 2027 rate decisions for fully insured individual and small group health plans, approving an average 11.3% increase in the individual market and 15.1% in the small group market. Both figures came in below what insurers originally requested,…...

19+ hour, 49+ min ago   (755+ words) September 14, 2026 — 4:08am Australians paid more than five times the benchmark price for a visit to a specialist doctor on more than a million occasions last year, the Department of Health has found. Health Minister Mark Butler has put “excessive” specialist fees…...

21+ hour, 57+ min ago   (483+ words) Insurers file rate changes (mostly increases) for 2027 policies. It looks like another round of health insurance premium increases for millions of Floridians who get their insurance through the federal health care makretplaces. Twelve Affordable Care Act participating insurers submitted for…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (331+ words) As the campaign trail heats up ahead of the midterms, candidates will spend a lot of time talking about the cost of living. But if they’re serious about affordability, they can’t stop at property taxes, groceries and housing. They also…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (188+ words) standard-journal.com HARRISBURG — As health insurance companies propose some of the largest rate hikes in recent memory, the Shapiro administration says it is limited in what it can do to cap increases and is calling for federal action. Nearly…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (367+ words) A group of Democratic lawmakers is calling for the Trump administration to suspend a new surveillance program it quietly launched to collect the personal and identifiable health data of Americans who visit emergency rooms. KFF Health News first reported that…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1244+ words) Jazelle Rach in her apartment in Kalispell on Tuesday, Aug. 4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) Casey Kreider Jazelle Rach of Kalispell starts every day by checking on her elderly or disabled neighbors. Living in subsidized housing, there is no shortage…...

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1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1025+ words) A weekly roundup of public health news Despite lacking coverage, uninsured Americans pay almost two-thirds as much toward the U.S. healthcare system as people with insurance, new research in Health Affairs finds. The study, published in the journal’s September issue, found…...