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Newsmakers: Ameri Health Caritas NH names Slattery market president
2+ hour, 37+ min ago (629+ words) Ameri Health Caritas New Hampshire has named Robert "Rob" Slattery as market president. Slattery will lead the plan's operations and strategy, working closely with providers, community partners and stakeholders to support members across the state. Slattery is a seasoned health…...
School Care ordered to continue covering Dover school employees
2+ week, 2+ day ago (514+ words) The health insurance risk pool School Care faced a $4. 5 million deficit last year, which contributed to tax rate increases in some communities and school employee layoffs in others. A Stafford County Superior Court judge ordered School Care to continue paying…...
Healthy workers are ditching company insurance to save $1, 000 a month
2+ week, 2+ day ago (680+ words) Jessica Balcerzak, a 33-year-old nurse who works for a hospital in Buffalo, New York, decided to waive her employer's insurance in 2025. Daniel Wilson and his wife, Paige Wilson, joined a health share cooperative $550 each month and waived her employer's health…...
Amazon launches weight loss drug program
3+ week, 4+ day ago (556+ words) Injectable Wegovy is one of the weight loss drugs available through Amazon's new GLP-1 program. Demand for weight loss drugs is ballooning across the U. S. " and Amazon wants in. The Seattle-based tech giant launched its own GLP-1 program Tuesday aimed at…...
City Hall: GLP-1 coverage costs, dress code discussion for aldermen
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (993+ words) An Ozempic box and pen are seen at Children's Hospital in Aurora, Colorado. Manchester's human resources director told aldermen this week she is not in favor of the city covering GLP-1 medications for reasons other than a diabetes diagnosis " such…...
Dover Schools seek relief in court for lapse in coverage
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (782+ words) The dispute could affect 380 people currently employed by the district, 113 retired employees and many of their spouses and children, a news release from the district said. Last week, the Dover School Board voted not to renew their contract with School…...
Dover Schools leave network over $1. 7 million insurance bill
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (678+ words) Dover School District can't afford to pay the bill at this time, School Board members said in a unanimous vote. The district will switch to HUB International, a Chicago-based insurance broker with offices in Manchester and Alton, from School Care,…...
Why millions of seniors have suddenly lost health care coverage
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1574+ words) At 70, landscape artist Anthony J. Petchkis lives with a host of health problems. There was the heart attack that sent him on an ambulance ride from his home in the mountains of New Hampshire to Portland, Maine, for an arterial stent....
Portsmouth to pay unexpected school insurance bill
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (578+ words) The Portsmouth City Council agreed to make a one-time $1. 57 million payment to its school employees" health insurance risk pool, School Care, to prevent their coverage from being discontinued in May. The City Council unanimously voted for the city manager to…...
Portsmouth educators could stop having health care claims paid May 1
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (709+ words) City officials in Portsmouth are disputing an "unprecedented" $1. 57 million bill from its employee health insurance risk pool, School Care. Portsmouth's School Department is one of two School Care districts in New Hampshire that haven't paid their share of a $30 million…...