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Consumers should know that medical identity theft can happen, whether from a large-scale breach or theft of an individual's data. The result could be thousands of dollars in medical bills.

A federal lawsuit alleges that health insurance giant Cigna used a computer algorithm to automatically reject hundreds of thousands of patient claims without examining them individually as required by California law

Not getting an explanation for why a claim has not being fully accepted puts consumers at a ‘serious disadvantage’, the consumer group said.

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New applications for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits fell 9,000 for the week ending July 15 to a seasonally adjusted 228,000. The previous week’s figure was unrevised. The four-week moving average as of July 15 fell 9,250 from the previous week’s unrevised average to 237,500.

The Government has said it keeps the advice under constant review.

President Joe Biden’s administration is announcing new rules meant to push insurance companies to increase their coverage of mental health treatments

Actor played student Ryan Shaver in the popular dark Netflix drama, but says her earnings meant she ‘barely qualified’ for insurance

One patient likened her stay to a prison, and said she was ‘terrified’ after being given a sedative against her will, writes Graig Graziosi

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Fraud team is responding to complaints about Kurri Kurri Community Services