A pair of reports illustrates the profit squeeze on health insurers, leading to faster premium rises.
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Minnesota's finances are in disastrous shape and it will get worse if Dems take full control of the state.
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Health insurance premiums have risen dramatically almost exclusively because of increases in providers' prices for health care.
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Medicare Advantage plans deliver equivalent cancer care at a lower cost.
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More AI craziness in health care. A company called H1 is buying Defacto Health for God-knows how much money. Both companies claim an AI background and to help with "provider intelligence". Anytime you see this gibberish in a press release you know trouble is in store for investors.
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/h1-acquires-defacto-health-expand-provider-network-intelligence?utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl&utm_campaign=HC-NL-FierceHealthcare&oly_enc_id=4679D3169845B3YAnother depressing weak in the debt market, as the US continues to have to pay far higher interest rates to attract buyers.
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Another benefits firm projects very high health care cost increases for employers in 2027.
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Along with rising claim costs comes increasing stop-loss premiums for self-funded employers.
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To show you how AI fever has infected every part of the investing world, this company, Forus, raised $150 million in new capital at a $3 billion valuation by saying it is AI driven. The company basically connects clinicians and drug manufacturers supposedly to enhance prescribing and treatment. The only reason I can imagine why it gets this kind of valuation is that drug companies think it will help them sell more of their really high priced medicines.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260908463918/en/Forus-Raises-%24150M-at-a-%243B-Valuation-as-Its-AI-Network-Becomes-How-Medicine-Reaches-Patients?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8wC1Jztt0NHShMqJFreMWZ0b6-zgfp7lOBDBiC7SuNdc0jzt9bZhzpZDkmOLrskuCjwU1xyroQ2nh85nP1h7aX7RrIrg&_hsmi=438128116&utm_content=438128116&utm_source=hs_emailThe really isn't significant ice melt anywhere on Earth, including Greenland.
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