Kids make up half of Missourians who lost Medicaid in 1st month of reviews

July 30, 2023
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More than 32,000 Missourians – half of them children – lost Medicaid coverage in June during Missouri’s first round of eligibility checks after the COVID public health emergency. According to a Department of Social Services announcement Thursday, out of the roughly 116,000 Medicaid recipients who had their eligibility checked in June, around 43% retained coverage, […]

Could a motor insurance crisis become a political storm?

July 29, 2023
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Content director’s view: As Zurich pulls out of the personal lines broker market, and with motor far from being flavour of the month for investors and capacity providers, Jonathan Swift asks could a combination of withdrawals and lack of new competition trigger a crisis to match the employers’ liability one at the start of the […]

July 22, 2023
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SSM Health is reducing trauma services at DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton, citing a low number of trauma patients. The Level II Trauma Center will be discontinued as of Sept. 10. The decision will leave north St. Louis County without a designated trauma center for urgent and severe injuries. According to the Florissant Valley Fire Protection […]

July 17, 2023
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Summer is upon us. Warmer months in the mid-Atlantic often conjure thoughts of flowers, trips to the beach or lake, and backyard cookouts. However, these increased temperatures also mean the emergence of annoying pests, like the mosquito. Most of us associate mosquitos with mean red, itchy welts and having to bring insect repellents along on […]

July 16, 2023
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While employer-sponsored benefits continue to be key to hiring, retaining and engaging talent in today’s competitive job market, managing benefits isn’t always easy for employers and their human resources teams. As a fast-growing voluntary benefits carrier, Renaissance has built a successful business on offering streamlined services in managing benefits for group customers. With a strong […]

Opinion: SLAPP legislation changes and the insurance industry

July 14, 2023
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Judges in the UK have been given powers to dismiss lawsuits, labelled by the UK government as intended to curtail the freedom of speech of journalists, at an early stage. Joe Wornham, senior technical underwriter – media liability at CNA Hardy, analyses the insurance implications of this new legislation and the impact on the UK […]

July 13, 2023
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Ryan and his daughter were both hospitalized and treated for advanced cancers. He says he was saved by the front line workers who took care of them. That’s why, as Covid ravished restaurants, he started to buy hundreds of lunches to support their kitchens and the health care workers who supported him. People took notice […]

July 12, 2023
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The career-defining moment for community health nurse Bernie Creaven was a walk she took with an energetic, unhoused pregnant mom who lived outside. “I can still see her bright eyes and inviting smile,” she says. Meeting this woman motivated Creaven to be part of the a community that is trying to address the scourge of […]

July 11, 2023
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Barb Elder doesn’t consider herself a health care hero. She’s a volunteer in the gift shop at Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup, something she’s done for 25 years. And each year, the proceeds from the gift shop generate $20,000 in scholarships to hospital employees who are enrolled in school to further their education in their […]

July 8, 2023
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Zion Gastelum was 2 years old when he died days after receiving root canals on his baby teeth during a visit to a dentist in Yuma in 2017. Lizeth Lares was just 4 when she died after getting a tooth pulled a year prior at the same dental office. And two more people died after […]