Health Insurance Change to Improve Service for 257 Million Americans

This latest move by health insurers will give patients faster access to health care with "fewer challenges navigating the health system." ... Read More

Private health insurance premiums to reach new record high this year

While the increase in 2022 was 0.67%, last year saw a 4% surge and 2024 is set to repeat this to take the average cost of private health insurance premiums to $584 per month or $7,008 per year ... Read More

Workers are paying 7% more this year for employer-sponsored health insurance - CBS News

According to a new survey from health policy research firm KFF, workers this year are contributing, on average, $6,575 toward the cost of insurance premiums for their employer-sponsored family ... Read More

Record-breaking private health admissions, amid NHS crisis - City A.M.

The largest peak came in the final three months of 2023 when 161,000 private hospital admissions were funded this way. Insured admissions were 7 per cent higher in 2023 than in 2019. Read More

Britain’s NHS was once idolized. Now its worst-ever crisis is fueling a boom in private health care - CNN

The number of Brits paying for private healthcare is growing rapidly, as the UK’s world-renowned National Health Service (NHS) buckles under the weight of soaring demand and staff shortages. Read More

Health insurers made $41B the year COVID-19 landed. Why are they raising rates now? - Dallas News

Health insurers were huge financial beneficiaries of this surprise. Their profits increased 52% as they continued collecting insurance premiums while fewer patients went to the doctor.Whereas ... Read More

Health insurance prices increased by 11% this year - RTÉ

But it added that despite the price increases, the health insurance market continues to grow, with 2.51 million people now covered. This marked an increase of 13,633 since the second quarter of 2024. Read More

Health Insurance Premiums Now Cost $24,000 a Year, Survey Says

Health insurance premiums jumped this year amid a post-pandemic spike in costs of care, adding to the burden on employers and workers as inflation erodes broader buying power.. The average ... Read More

Number of Brits with private medical insurance soars amid NHS crisis - MSN

A total of 4.68 million people had private medical insurance by the end of 2023, up from 4.6 million in 2022, as delays in NHS care drive customers to go private advertisement Business Live ... Read More

Private health insurers called out for record $1.3 billion profits amid cost of living crisis | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site for latest headlines

Australia’s private health insurers are the latest to be called out after raking in $1.3 billion more in profits compared to two years ago in the middle of a cost of living crisis. Read More

NHS crisis sparks boom in private health insurance

NHS crisis sparks boom in private health insurance: Aviva chief Amanda Blanc reports ‘very strong demand’ for cover. By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS. Updated: 16:51 EDT, 16 August 2023 ... Read More

Aviva added more than 100,000 private health insurance customers in a year as NHS struggled | Money News | Sky News

Aviva added more than 100,000 private health insurance customers in a year as NHS struggled. ... But in the past year, the NHS has been hit by staff shortages, ... Be the first to get Breaking News. Read More