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UnitedHealth Group has been a stock market darling for much of the past decade, dependably churning out earnings increases and rewarding shareholders with staggering returns.

Patients undergoing shoulder replacement surgery who have Medicaid, Medicare or no health insurance, had higher complication rates as compared to patients who had private insurance.

This is very big news. One of the key questions about the new Democratic majority was whether Congress would try to play it safe, backing down on big ideas about reform, especially on health care. You can view the whole chorus about how we’re still a “center-right nation” as an attempt by the usual suspects to scare Democrats into scaling back their ambitions.

Life Happens and LIMRA have published survey results highlighting a serious financial services market analysis problem: American survey takers appear to be hazy about what financial services products they own — and more reliable comparison numbers are hard to find.

A startling 75 percent of Americans over 65 live with multiple chronic health conditions, ranging from diabetes to dementia.
The nation’s strained health-care system is trying to keep sick seniors out of hospitals, assisted-living facilities and nursing homes and instead have them cared for in their homes.
The U.S. spent an estimated $103 billion on home health care last year, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Overall employment of in-home aides is projected to grow 41 percent from 2016 to 2026 — translating to 7.8 million job openings.

Policy experts, economists, business people and teachers are debating the extent to which personal finance education can turn around the fact that so many Americans are one emergency away from financial disaster.
At the same time, the ways in which people think about how we can become financially better off are increasing and evolving.

Cyber risk is one of the hottest topics in insurance. However, as it is still a relatively new and emerging concern, it can be made unnecessarily complex by industry jargons, buzzwords of the day, and a lack of standardization in policy wordings. As such, many companies find themselves confused about how cyber risk insurance actually works and are skeptical about whether it makes sense for their business to purchase a policy.

Over the next few weeks most college and university bound students will be packing up personal belongings and getting ready for the move away from home to enjoy the much anticipated “campus life”. But before packing away laptops, televisions, and iPods, students would be wise to have parents review their insurance policy to ensure valuable personal items are sufficiently covered in case of accidental loss or damage while away at school.

It’s the only way to achieve universal, affordable and high-quality health insurance.