3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (636+ words) Medical service costs paid per workers’ compensation claim in California increased 5% in 2026 after rising 10% in 2024, according to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California. Medical expenses represented 52% of total loss payments in the state’s workers’ compensation system during the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (810+ words) Federal officials are pointing to Indiana employers as examples of how businesses are using individual health insurance arrangements instead of traditional group plans. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz visited Indiana on Thursday to promote the newly branded…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1339+ words) Aon projects US employer healthcare costs will rise 9.5% in 2027, taking average annual spending above $19,000 per employee. The forecast extends a run of healthcare cost increases approaching double digits for a fourth consecutive year. Employers have faced one of the longest…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (830+ words) Medicare for All borrows the name of America’s best-known public health insurance program. The proposal, though, would replace today’s Medicare structure rather than extend it unchanged. Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, has backed a move away from the…...