You may be surprised to find that health care budgeting is still necessary once you’re on Medicare, especially for those on limited incomes. (Getty Images) It is important to educate yourself on what is and is not paid for by Medicare so that you are not caught off guard by medical bills. Here are the …
The 77th round of the All-India Debt & Investment Survey reveals that medical care accounts for nearly 12% of total household debt in India. This is compounded by the fact that India’s out-of-pocket spending accounts for 62.7% of current health spending in 2018, while the global average is just 18.1% over the same period. In …
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PHILADELPHIA CREAM, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Independence Blue Cross (Independence) today announced that it has awarded six Clinical Care Innovation Grants (CCI Grants) to local health systems to support projects aimed at improving the quality and delivery of care health. Health systems receiving grants include Jefferson Health, Temple Health, Penn Medicine and Trinity Health …
By Abhishek Poddar India’s current population of 1.38 billion is about 17.7% of the world’s population. Yet collectively we spend only $63.75 on health care per capita. It’s almost an enigma, a mismatch between access, quality and affordability. India is perhaps the only country in the world with sprawling healthcare facilities that are often inaccessible …
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Better Access to Unemployment Insurance Treatment Can Positively Affect Women’s Health and Reduce Payer Costs BOSTON, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Renovia Inc. (Renovia), a women-led company developing digital therapies for female pelvic floor disorders, today announced that a recently published, peer-reviewed study has shown that women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and mixed urinary …
IRDAI is considering allowing life insurance companies to sell health insurance claims products, either distribution only or both manufacturing and distribution. Regulator IRDAI cited that the same is under consideration but no decision has yet been made. According to a report by Motilal Oswal Financial Services, the main objective of the move is to increase …
Two new Virginia laws will create health insurance options for two groups of businesses that have felt excluded from more affordable coverage. One allows associations to set up a consortium of benefits that would help small businesses gain the same buying power as large employers for employee health insurance. “It’s about access to health care, …
