1. Home Richard Newstead | Moment | Getty Images Housing is perhaps the most important category in the consumer price index, a key barometer of inflation. Housing is the largest expense for the average American family. The “shelter” category that measures costs for renters and homeowners thus accounts for more than a third of the […]
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Millions of Americans in recent years have stumbled upon this experience: filing a claim for health insurance that once might have been paid immediately but instead is just as quickly denied. If insurers’ experience and explanation often seems arbitrary and absurd, this could be because companies seem increasingly willing to employ computer algorithms or people
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Most of the changes coming when Wellstar takes over operations at AU Health will be on the back end, but once the deal is finalized, the clock will start with a policy change that could impact several patients. For the first year, the new Wellstar MCG Health will continue AU Health’s existing charity and charitable
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Two Tennessee women are suing the state over its health insurance plans for public employees after learning their health policies specifically exclude coverage for gender-affirming care. Gerda Zinner and Story VanNess, the plaintiffs in the case, became aware of the coverage gap after they scheduled surgeries to address their gender dysphoria and were denied insurance
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