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...Other health insurance companies, such as Humana, have also warned of rising medical costs....
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...“For those without private medical insurance, the ability to spread the cost of treatment means many who would not previously have considered private healthcare are now doing so,” she added....
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...Independent research suggests the number of Britons with medical insurance has grown at a high single-digit annual rate in recent years....
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...The private medical insurance sector is booming, with the number of people covered by health insurance hitting 5.8mn in 2022, according to the latest industry data — the highest level since 2008....
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...The private medical insurance sector took shape in the 1940s as an adjunct to the newly created NHS....
...The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said last month that Medicare Part D drug benefit plans will cover weight loss medicines when they are approved to treat a separate medical problem, such as heart...
...Opening and running medical practices is capital intensive....
...Many doctors are instead drawn to areas such as dermatology and cosmetic surgery, in which fees are uncapped because treatments are not covered by national insurance....
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...Corporate overdose Healthcare giant CVS’s big bet on Medicare is backfiring, with higher medical costs pushing earnings well below Wall Street estimates, The Wall Street Journal reports....
...“The biggest barrier is insurance companies,” said Lawrence Honig, a neurologist at New York’s Columbia University Irving Medical Center....
...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....
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...Earlier this week, Knight Insurance Group, one of more than a handful of companies that make up Hankey’s financial empire, put up a $175mn bond for Donald Trump, an amount the former president had to post...
...The Ulez charge has come alongside rising premiums for car insurance and higher petrol and diesel costs....
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