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TL/DR - In Canada, 35% of the population lives without dental insurance and 24% avoid dental care due to cost. In an attempt to address this, the Canadian federal government unveiled the Canada Dental Care Plan (CDCP) in 2023, which offers coverage for eligible individuals (those with a net income of less than $90,000 and without private dental…

TL/DR - The article reports multiple hit-and-run incidents at Grand Rapids Community College, along with a trespassing incident involving a man with a bench warrant. In the hit-and-run incidents, damages were noted by responding officers, with partial license plate information and car descriptions gathered from witnesses. The trespassing incident…

TL/DR - The North Carolina (N.C.) Insurance Commissioner, Mike Causey, has rejected a proposed increase of 42% in homeowner insurance premiums by the state’s insurance industry. The N.C. Rate Bureau, which represents the state's insurance companies, argued that the increase was due to inflation, labor and material shortages from the COVID-19…

TL/DR - The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has released over P257 million as the first tranche of capitation payments to primary care provider networks (PCPNs) to enhance the nationwide implementation of its expanded primary care benefit package, Konsultasyong Sulit at Tama (Konsulta). PhilHealth President and CEO Emmanuel Ledesma…