Top Massachusetts insurance News
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Here’s the biggest news you missed this weekend
Around 95,000 people gathered for Charlie Kirk’s public memorial Sunday at State Farm Stadium and an overflow arena outside Phoenix. President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Kirk’s widow, Erika, who was named CEO of Turning Point USA, the…
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Lyft CEO says company will save $200M in insurance costs from California worker unionization deal
Lyft CEO David Risher said on Monday that Lyft will save approximately $200 million in insurance costs due to the deal the company made with California lawmakers last month, which is paving the way for ride-hail drivers in the state to unionize. “What we got in return was enormous,” Risher said on stage on Monday
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A Tourist Ended Up With a Wild Bat in Her Mouth — And Nearly $21,000 in Medical Bills
In retrospect, Erica Kahn realizes she made two big mistakes. The first was choosing to temporarily forgo health insurance when she was laid off from her job. The second was screaming when a wild bat later landed on her face. The bizarre encounter happened last August, while the Massachusetts resident was photographing the night sky
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Surprise Medical Bills Were Supposed To Be a Thing of the Past. Surprise — They’re Not.
Last year in Massachusetts, after finding lumps in her breast, Jessica Chen went to Lowell General Hospital-Saints Campus, part of Tufts Medicine, for a mammogram and sonogram. Before the screenings, she asked the hospital for the estimated patient responsibility for the bill using her insurance, Tufts Health Plan. Her portion, she was told, would be
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Democratic attorneys general sue to block changes to ACA health insurance marketplaces
A group of Democratic attorneys general sued Thursday to block the implementation of portions of a Department of Health and Human Services rule set to go into effect next month that they say could lead to nearly 2 million people losing their health insurance. The attorneys general of 20 states, including New Jersey, California and