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BLOOD IN THE WATER. 🩸 Trump administration just proposed a 0.09% "increase" for 2027 Medicare Advantage rates. In the world of medical inflation, a 0.09% bump isn't a "flat rate", it’s a brutal funding cut. The reaction was instant:$UNH: -9% 📉$HUM: -13% 📉$CVS: -9% 📉 pic.twitter.com/wU1qBIAtfI …
I wonder what do they all have in common? pic.twitter.com/WX8Ydd7LXQ — Kentucky Statesman (@ky_statesman) December 9, 2025 Healthcare in the United States has become increasing unaffordable. One place this is most visible is in the growing revenues of health insurance …
The three tankers had different owners, different operators and different clients. But they shared one thing: a small insurer headquartered in New Zealand, backstopped by some of the world’s biggest reinsurance firms. The company, Maritime Mutual, is run by 75-year-old …
‘Japan’s Top Life Insurer Says Unrealized Bond Losses Tripled.’ This Bloomberg headline sounds familiar, right? Back in March 2023, several US regional banks, including Silicon Valley Bank and later First Republic Bank, collapsed when ‘unrealized losses’ became realized losses as …
California homeowners were just reminded that the financial backstop of last resort for houses destroyed by wildfires is … other California homeowners. It’s a sign of what’s in store for the rest of the country when too many homes lack …
The U.S. has made great progress in getting more people insured since the Affordable Care Act took effect in 2014. The share of uninsured Americans ages 18 to 64 fell from 18% before the ACA to 9.5% in 2022. And …
OUCH! German private sector slides deeper into contraction on services, dealing another blow to an economy grappling with a govt collapse alongside flat-lining growth. The composite PMI dipped to a 9mth low of 47.3 in Nov from 48.6 in Oct – …
A California couple was dropped from their home insurance plan last month because of a satellite photo of ‘moss’ on their roof – but the owners said it was just solar panels. The Colemans, who live in the Bay Area …
A prominent insurance provider has aired an ultimatum to the entire state of California. The firm, State Farm General, asked the state’s Department of Insurance Thursday to let them raise residential insurance rates for millions of citizens, or see them …