Tag: Health Insurance
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Choice Names 2025 Shonky Award Winners: Banking, Insurance, and Online Marketplace Draw Fire
Choice Reveals 2025 Shonky Awards: A Critical Look at Consumer Traps Australia’s consumer advocacy group Choice has unveiled the winners of its 20th annual Shonky Awards, a tongue-in-cheek ranking that highlights products and services deemed unfriendly or confusing to shoppers. The awards, which Choice describes as a lighthearted but pointed critique, focus on areas where…
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Choice Reveals 2025 Shonky Awards Winners: A Critical Look at Consumer Pitfalls
Overview: What the Shonky Awards Are Really About in 2025 Choice has announced the winners of its 20th annual Shonky Awards, a tongue-in-cheek set of accolades aimed at highlighting products, services, and companies that fall short for Australian consumers. While the term “Shonky” signals a lighthearted tone, the criticisms often reflect genuine concerns about value,…
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Choice Reveals Shonky Awards 2025 Winners: What Failed Consumers This Year
Introduction: What the Shonky Awards Are Australia’s consumer advocacy group Choice has released the 20th annual Shonky Awards, a tongue‑in‑cheek but purposefully pointed critique of products, services, and companies that fail consumers. Unlike prestigious accolades, the Shonky Awards spotlight practices or features that leave customers frustrated, misled, or stuck with poor value. The 2025 winners…
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Hospitalization Spending on Cancers in Hunan, China (2017–2019): A Comprehensive Look at Costs and Determinants
Overview Cacing the economic burden of cancer requires looking beyond incidence and mortality to how hospitalization costs accumulate. A retrospective study using the CNHSNRS data from 2017–2019 in Hunan Province, China, quantified inpatient spending for all cancers, described the cost distribution across cancer sites and patient characteristics, and identified factors associated with higher per-admission costs.…
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Hospitalization Costs for Cancers in Hunan, China (2017–2019): An In-Depth Look at Economic Burden and Driving Factors
Overview: The Economic Burden of Cancer in Hunan (2017–2019) The hospitalization expenditure for cancers in Hunan Province, China, from 2017 through 2019 reached US$2,490.36 million, illustrating a substantial economic burden on patients, insurers, and the health system. Across 872,309 cancer-related hospitalizations, medical insurance covered 64.10% of costs, while out-of-pocket payments accounted for 35.90%. These figures…
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Swiss Health Insurance Premiums Rise More Than Forecast: Deloitte Study
Key finding: Swiss health insurance premiums may rise more than forecast New analysis from Deloitte challenges the official outlook for Swiss health insurance costs. In a study covering 1,300 insured individuals, the consulting firm found that next year’s premium increases could exceed the government’s 4.4% forecast, with notable regional variation. Deloitte notes that the official…
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Swiss Health Insurance Premiums Rise More Than Announced, Deloitte Finds
A new Deloitte study analyzing health insurance costs across premium levels and Swiss regions suggests that next year’s premium increases could outpace official projections. The consulting firm, which surveyed 1,300 insured individuals, finds that the official figure of 4.4% does not capture the full picture the costs impose on households. Key findings from Deloitte’s analysis…
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Health Insurance Premiums Rise Beyond Expected, Deloitte Study
Key findings from Deloitte’s premium analysis Swiss health insurance premiums are set to rise again in 2026, but a new Deloitte analysis suggests the increase will be stronger in several regions than the official forecast. Deloitte examined costs by premium tier and canton, drawing on a survey of about 1,300 insured individuals. While the official…
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The Case for a Single Health Insurance Fund Returns to the Swiss Debate
Swiss Health Reform in Focus as Polls Favor a Single Fund The question of a single health insurance fund has resurfaced in Swiss public discourse as Tamedia’s latest poll shows 68% support for introducing a unified health insurance fund in Switzerland. The measure would consolidate multiple funds into one national entity to streamline administration and…
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Ticino Voters Back Health Insurance Premium Cap and Higher Deductibles
Ticino votes to curb health insurance costs The residents of Ticino backed proposals aimed at easing the burden of health insurance premiums in a turnout of 51.64%. The PS-backed initiative to cap premiums won 57.08% of valid votes in the canton, signaling a clear preference for curbs on rising healthcare costs at the cantonal level.…