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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today released a report detailing the complex costs and fees many consumers with health savings accounts are forced to pay. These accounts provide tax benefits to offset the costs of high deductible health plans. However, these benefits are being offset by charges like monthly maintenance fees, paper statement fees, outbound transfer fees, and account closure fees.
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8 months ago Read more at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

High job demands and low job control are recognized stressors across various professions. Police officers often face emotionally challenging interpersonal situations, such as encounters involving violence and interactions with victims of crime or accidents daily at work. Employers with a high job strain tend to have unhealthy lifestyles, compared to those reporting low strain.
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8 months ago Read more at Nature.com

despite maintaining the school’s interior well, it faces a significant challenge due to the presence of a huge overflowing MCD garbage receptacle point, or dhalao, and multiple open sewage holes adjacent to it. The overflow of waste onto the road poses a direct problem to the school's dining hall, where students eat, rendering the environment unbearable for them.
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8 months ago Read more at Millennium Post

Secretary, Health and Medical Education (H&ME), Dr Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, today chaired Executive Committee meeting of State Health Society, National Health Mission. He stressed upon reducing out of pocket expenditure at public health facilities through proper implementation and availability of funds for various welfare schemes under Maternal and Child Health. Dr Rasheed directed the concerned for strengthening the existing process of recruitment at district and UT level to bring more transparency in the system.
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8 months ago Read more at Daily Excelsior

The National Health Mission (NHM), Department of Health & Family Welfare organized a five-day training, informed DIPR. The training was conducted for two batches, on Expanded Packages of Services under Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC) for Staff Nurses posted at Ayushman Bharat – PHC from the District of Mokokchung, Mon, Longleng, Kiphire, Dimapur and Kohima. Dr. Akuo Sorhie National Health in
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8 months ago Read more at Nagaland Tribune

Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Insurance Products) Regulations, 2024, have come into effect on 1 April 2024. IRDAI had previously set an entry age of ‘at least up to 65 years’ for insurance companies to provide health insurance coverage. But only a handful insurers actually provided health policies to first-time buyers beyond 65 years. The revised guidelines include a reduction in waiting periods, now capped at a maximum of three years, down from the previous four years. This is in line
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8 months ago Read more at Business Today

Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, revealed in March that she has been diagnosed with cancer. The 42-year-old said she is currently undergoing preventative chemotherapy. Prince William has shared an update on his wife's health, as per E! Online.
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8 months ago Read more at NDTV

In 2022, Gallup estimated that workers’ mental health issues cost the U.S. economy $47.6 billion annually in lost productivity alone. That’s, in part, why the Business Roundtable today launched its Mental Health Initiative aimed at identifying the best practices for companies to promote mental well-being in the workplace. The initiative also includes resources, training programs, peer forums, and tools for managers.
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8 months ago Read more at Fortune

Roughly 60% of Americans give a poor or failing grade to how mental health conditions are treated, according to a new survey from West Health and Gallup. “The magnitude [of the problem] really surprised me,” said Tim Lash, President of West Health. The survey shows the impact of mental health challenges is significant with 51% of people said they experienced depression, anxiety, or another mental health condition in the past year.
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8 months ago Read more at ABC News

Brian Aliganyira, 36, runs a health clinic for the LGBTQ+ community in Kampala, Uganda. The clinic has had to remove health information leaflets aimed at the gay community and cannot provide the “complete healthcare” with frank conversations that people need, he says. Some are turning to transactional sex “to survive” or become dependent on potentially abusive partners.
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8 months ago Read more at The Guardian