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bostonglobe. com > 04/29/2026 > business > healthy-workers-company-insurance

Healthy workers are ditching company insurance to save $1, 000 a month

1+ hour, 52+ min ago  (566+ words) A salaried job with health benefits has long been considered the gold standard of employment in the US. But now, as sharply rising health care premiums eat into workers" pay, young, healthy professionals are rejecting employer-sponsored insurance. Instead, they"re…...

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bostonglobe. com > 02/09/2026 > opinion > insurance-claims-denials

Most insurance claim denials are due to clerical error. The system needs to be simplified.

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (720+ words) Your doctor submits a claim to your health insurance. The claim is denied. You might be justified in thinking the denial is due to a medical disagreement. After all, adjudicating what health care services are necessary and paying for them…...

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bostonglobe. com > 01/01/2026 > nation > affordable-care-act-health-subsidies-expire

Health subsidies expire, launching millions of Americans into steep insurance hikes

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (800+ words) NEW YORK " Enhanced tax credits that have helped reduce the cost of health insurance for the vast majority of Affordable Care Act enrollees expired overnight, cementing higher health costs for millions of Americans at the start of the new year....

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bostonglobe. com > 07/11/2025 > business > floods-national-flood-insurance-program-fema-bankrate

Floods come again. Is it time to get flood insurance? - The Boston Globe

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (644+ words) Heavy rains on Thursday flooded sections of Interstate 93, shut down the Red Line, and prompted flash flood warnings south of Boston. A year earlier, a rain-packed storm caused severe flooding in Vermont. And the year before that, flash floods destroyed…...