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...In a statement, James Sherwood, general manager for Bupa UK insurance healthcare management, said the company had “carefully considered” how to balance affordability for customers with the doctors’ demands...
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...Other health insurance companies, such as Humana, have also warned of rising medical costs....
...Aviva, one of the largest providers of health insurance in the UK, reported that its “protection and health” premium sales were up 23 per cent in the third quarter of last year compared with the same period...
...It comes as more companies look to help employees with mental health, offering access to therapy, or apps....
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...But it will be companies with large health insurance divisions such as UnitedHealth not traditional retailers, that will have the best shot at capturing more of that $4.5tn pie. pan.yuk@ft.com...
...The FTSE 250 company, which runs 39 hospitals as well as clinics and medical centres, said it was also benefiting from a strong rebound in corporate private medical insurance as more employers take out policies...
...Private health sales rose 41 per cent in 2023, as Aviva continued to benefit from strains on public healthcare. Premiums from its general insurance division, which includes car insurance, also grew....
...The positive data will also be a boon to Eli Lilly’s efforts to push for more widescale coverage of the drugs by private insurers and US federal health insurance programme Medicare, which were both initially...
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...“The biggest barrier is insurance companies,” said Lawrence Honig, a neurologist at New York’s Columbia University Irving Medical Center....
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...CVS Health has cut its full-year earnings guidance as its insurance unit faces rising medical costs, following similar warnings from rivals Humana and UnitedHealth last month....
...“Health insurance is not my top priority.”...
...But health insurance “doesn’t do what the NHS does . . . It’s a very restrictive model.”...
...Non-white mothers often can’t take time off work or get childcare to go to the doctor, may not have health insurance or don’t live in areas where medical care is easily accessible, CDC experts say....
...With a handful of companies expected to go public over the next 18 months, selectivity is key....
...US health insurer Cigna has abandoned plans to merge with Humana, a blockbuster transaction that would have created a $140bn insurance giant, according to people familiar with the matter....
...Axa’s health premiums fell 7 per cent in 2023, as two contracts with large corporate clients in France were not renewed, the company said....
...Without insurance coverage, they typically cost about $1,300 per month in the US, making them inaccessible for many....
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