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Inflation outpaced by health care costs as top financial worry, Primerica survey shows

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Inflation is no longer Americans’ No. 1 concerns. Nowadays, it’s the price of health care that’s making Americans sweat.

Health care costs are the top concern among middle-income American households for the first time since 2021, outpacing inflation, according to a national survey from financial service provider Primerica. While more than half of the survey respondents said that they remained pessimistic about the economy as a whole, 20% expressed being “slightly more optimistic” about their personal finances compared to just 15% of respondents in the previous quarter.

“As the nation heads further into 2023, middle-income Americans are showing increasing confidence

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Alberta election could be a referendum on private health care

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Canadians’ long-standing opposition to private care appears to be dissipating amid a health crisis

Published April 05, 2023 • Last updated 1 week ago • 4 minute read

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, seen in Calgary on April 3, 2023, has spoken in favor of greater private-sector involvement in the health-care system. Photo by Gavin Young / Postmedia News

Speaking last month at the annual Canada Strong & Free Network (CSFN) conference in Ottawa, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith implored her fellow conservatives to “run towards” health care, rather than away from it.

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‘Cycling is my meditation.’ For the CEO of this health care startup, bike rides bring mental clarity

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In our CEO wellness series, we ask executives about their day-to-day habits to gain insight into the tactics they use to minimize stress and maintain their well-being.

Adrian Aoun is founder and CEO of Forward, a startup aiming to be the first health care system to deliver high-quality health care to a billion people for free. Prior to founding Forward, Aoun was head of special projects for Larry Page at Google/Alphabet, where he founded one of the Alphabet companies, Sidewalk Labs.

Coffee or tea? And what do you put in it?
I’ve never been a big coffee guy, but a

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Here’s how patients want Ontario’s primary health-care system to change

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In the ongoing debate over how to improve health care in Canada, there’s a new effort to find solutions by listening to the views of patients.

The initiative — called OurCare — has surveyed thousands of ordinary Canadians about what they want from primary health care, which includes family doctors — most people’s first point of contact with the health system.

A new report outlines several key recommendations to emerge from OurCare’s first regional panel, which was focused on Ontario. Some of those recommendations include:

  • Improving patients’ access to electronic medical records.
  • Shifting more family doctors away from solo medical
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Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC Lowers Stock Holdings in Fidelity MSCI Health Care Index ETF (NYSEARCA:FHLC)

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Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC reduced its position in the Fidelity MSCI Health Care Index ETF (NYSEARCA:FHLC – Get Rating) by 22.1% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 5,684 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,617 shares during the period. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in Fidelity MSCI Health Care Index ETF were worth $364,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Salem Investment Counselors Inc. purchased a new stake in

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New health-care services to be built in Kelowna this fall – Okanagan

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Residents in a Kelowna, BC, neighborhood will soon have increased access to team-based, everyday health care with the construction of a new urgent and primary care center in the Rutland area this fall.

“The past year has been particularly difficult, with multiple Rutland family doctors closing their practices,” said Dr. Christine Hoppe, lead physician at Central Okanagan Division of Family Practice.


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Health minister on funding and priorities for BC health care


“With a community health center and an urgent and primary-care center opening in Rutland in the months ahead, Rutland residents will have better access to much-needed health care

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Is Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care ETF (RYH) a Strong ETF Right Now?

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The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care ETF (RYH) made its debut on 11/01/2006, and is a smart beta exchange traded fund that provides broad exposure to the Health Care ETFs category of the market.

What Are Smart Beta ETFs?

The ETF industry has traditionally been dominated by products based on market capitalization weighted indexes that are designed to represent the market or a particular segment of the market.

Because market cap weighted indexes provide a low-cost, convenient, and transparent way of replicating market returns, they work well for investors who believe in market efficiency.

However, some investors believe

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Hotel Managers: New Career Opportunities in Hospitality Bridging Healthcare (H2H)

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As more health care facilities grow to become “medical campuses” and medical meccas for care, they emulate hotels in their quality and delivery of health and wellness (H2H) services. Many build hotels or have partner hotels for medical guests and tourists on their health campuses. An innovative approach to blending hospitality and health care can be found in Orlando, where the RosenCare model could increase lodging revenue by using medical travel to the United States. In fact, in medical centers and hospitals, after the procedure (surgery or other treatment), approximately 75% of the services provided to patients are hospitality/hotel-related services

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