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Fault Line @gizint@infosec.exchange · Aug 06, 2026
Washington built a $40 billion reinsurance facility to move ships through Hormuz. It has written zero business: not one dollar placed, not one vessel transited under it (Insurance Business, 17 May). The design explains the number. Cover applies only to vessels sailing under US naval escort, and two ships have ever done that, under the short-lived Project Freedom. A $40 billion facility waiting on a convoy. https://fault-line.io/extra-009/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=extra&utm_content=extra-009 #Hormuz #Shipping #Insurance
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bich
Bich Nguyen @bich@apobangpo.space · Jul 29, 2026
"Democratic attorneys general and the Justice Department are facing off for the first time in court Tuesday over the fine line between being sick and being 'medically frail,' a distinction that could cost Medicaid recipients their health benefits." https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/28/trump-dems-court-battle-over-medicaid-work-requirements-01013114 #healthcare #medicaid #insurance #disabilities #work #HealthPolicy #courts
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Bich Nguyen @bich@apobangpo.space · Jul 27, 2026
"Figuring out who’s offering the best deal on heart surgeries or routine physicals isn’t the most pressing issue for everyday Americans. That hasn’t stopped lawmakers on Capitol Hill from trying to turn that kind of price transparency into their marquee bipartisan health care goal this year." https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/26/health-care-price-transparency-insurers-hospitals-01011835 #healthcare #hospitals #insurance #CostsOfCare #transparency #UScongress #USpol
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Mx. Chara Aznable (they/them) of Pnictogen @mxchara@seattle.pink · Jul 24, 2026
Replying to @mxchara@seattle.pink
Now THERE was a triumph of #marketing indeed! Pres. Obama was completely outmaneuvered. Faithful to the politically self-defeating "centrism" of mainstream #Democratic politics, Pres. Obama thought he'd achieved an ideal compromise by rebadging Mitt Romney's Heritage-Foundation scheme for legally compelling more U.S. denizens to sign up for corporate health #insurance. He forgot that all Republican policies only work in Republican hands. He laid an egg in full sight of the nation, playing right into Republican hands: they instantly turned face and mercilessly shredded their own plan, successfully fastening Obama's own surname onto it as a slur. (cont'd)
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Mx. Chara Aznable (they/them) of Pnictogen @mxchara@seattle.pink · Jul 19, 2026
#Insurance. Ever think about insurance? I hardly ever do, but somewhere in our imagination there's Keyes from Double Indemnity, the razor-sharp insurance investigator played by Edward G. Robinson, talking about actuarial tables. There's a point to insurance. Run properly it's not merely a gatekeeping scam, an extortion racket supported by a fundamental human need for medicine, just as landlording is an extortion racket supported by the human right to housing. (cont'd)
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Brad Rosenheim @Brad_Rosenheim@climatejustice.social · Jul 17, 2026
My wife is on the phone with #UnitedHealthcare because a surgery she had scheduled for Tuesday next week was denied by the insurance company. The woman who is speaking to her has informed her that there is a nursing support call that is free of charge if my wife needs to discuss the emotions of getting this claim denied and to plan future care. It is such bollocks. USians generally hate our healthcare plans and these companies. Imagine facing surgery and being told that they won't pay for it, but they will pay for a nurse to call you and console you about their decision. Absolutely horrific. Oh, and I pay nearly $30,000 per year for this level of health insurance for my family. #USHealthcare #PrivateInsurance #MedicalCare #medicine #surgery #healthcare #insurance
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Bich Nguyen @bich@apobangpo.space · Jul 17, 2026
"As the Trump administration’s January deadline looms for states to enforce new Medicaid work requirements, some state lawmakers are turning the tables by pushing to publicly name the largest companies that have employees enrolled in the government program covering low-income and disabled people." https://kffhealthnews.org/medicaid/medicaid-work-requirement-big-business-employee-enrollees-states-name-shame/ #healthcare #medicaid #insurance #walmart #amazon #tesla #USpol
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Wen @Wen@mastodon.scot · Jul 14, 2026
Car insurance. (I know, dull dull dull, but I am incensed) My small electric car has been insured with Aviva for the last two years. Insurance hike - 35% - no accidents, no tickets, no repairs, lowish mileage. 35% hike on premium. A little shopping around took it back down to 15% below last years insurance. For effectively the same policy. Shop around folks, they assume that auto renewal will enable them to milk us. #Insurance #Aviva #RipOff #ElectricVehicles
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RantingCanuck @RantingCanuck@mstdn.ca · Jul 13, 2026
AMA it ceases to be 'we are experiencing unprecedented call volumes' when it goes on for months... Now it's just 'we are refusing to increase staffing levels to meet member demand' Sitting on hold #Alberta #insurance
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bich
Bich Nguyen @bich@apobangpo.space · Jul 07, 2026
"Health insurance costs on businesses have gotten so high that leadership in both chambers of the state Legislature have charged lawmakers with offering solutions ahead of the legislative session beginning in January. And there’s bipartisan support to drop costs." https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/06/texas-healthcare-cost-business-legislature/ #healthcare #insurance #business #restaurants #texas #txlege #USpol
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Michael Magras @michaelmagras@mstdn.social · Jul 04, 2026
RE: https://apobangpo.space/@bich/116859084570567268 Worth trying, perhaps, but what we really need is single-payer health care. Decouple employment from health insurance. #Health #HealthCare #Medicaid #Insurance #Business
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The Japan Times @thejapantimes@mastodon.social · Jun 30, 2026
Aflac Life Insurance Japan said that its customer portal site and other systems had been hacked, exposing the data of about 4.38 million customers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/30/aflac-hack-4-million/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #aflac #insurance #cybersecurity #hacking #privacy
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Bich Nguyen @bich@apobangpo.space · Jun 30, 2026
"The insurance industry is embracing MAHA, while the doctors’ lobby is pushing against the movement’s leader, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who many physicians see as a danger to public health. The opposing forces could shape Kennedy’s policy decisions on issues ranging from how much doctors earn to treat Medicare patients to how the government regulates medical services." https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/28/health-insurers-maha-rfk-doctors-00977386 #healthcare #HealthPolicy #insurance #physicians #HHS #CMS #medicare #MAHA #USpol
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Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social · Jun 14, 2026
Wetlands loss has increased residential flood insurance claim payments by $10 billion across the US, study finds https://phys.org/news/2026-06-wetlands-loss-residential-payments-billion.html #UnitedStates #USA #US #environment #wetlands #nature #flood #floods #flooding #insurance
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ProPublica
ProPublica @ProPublica@newsie.social · May 31, 2026
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When insurance coverage for her husband’s lifesaving care was denied, Teressa didn’t stand down. She fought back and won. She found the secret to winning buried deep in her insurance coverage booklet. Listen to her story on episode 3 of our podcast, "Paper Trail": https://www.propublica.org/podcast/health-insurance-industry-secret-external-review #podcast #health #healthcare #insurance #mentalhealth #medicine #podcasts
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Bich Nguyen @bich@apobangpo.space · Apr 22, 2026
"Democratic lawmakers are demanding that the Trump administration halt plans to collect sensitive medical records for millions of federal workers and retirees, as well as their family members." https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/opm-federal-workers-health-records-hipaa-democratic-letters/ #healthcare #insurance #HHS #HIPAA #healthIT #infosec #data #privacy #UScongress #USpol
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Bich Nguyen @bich@apobangpo.space · Apr 11, 2026
"Now, more than a year after the company filed for bankruptcy in January 2025, a new layer of harm has emerged: Prospect had promised to provide malpractice coverage for its hospitals and many of its doctors, but court filings show it set aside no money to pay those costs — or to compensate injured patients." https://www.propublica.org/article/prospect-medical-malpractice-bankruptcy-hospitals-doctors-philadelphia via @ProPublica@newsie.social #healthcare #hospitals #malpractice #insurance #PrivateEquity #business
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