Tag: health insurance

Philippines health insurer hacked: What we know

By Pam Castro, with Qasim Nauman in Seoul MANILA, Oct 9, 2023 (AFP) – Hackers have stolen the personal data of potentially millions of people from the Philippines’s national health insurer, which has urged members to change their passwords after the “staggering” cyberattack. The hackers have started releasing files including confidential memos from the stolen data to pressure the government into paying a $300,000 ransom. Here is what we know so far about the attack, […]

Estimated 23 million would lose health insurance under Republican bill -CBO

WASHINGTON, United States (Reuters) — An estimated 23 million people would lose health coverage by 2026 under Republican legislation aimed at repealing Obamacare, a nonpartisan congressional agency said on Wednesday (May 24), in the first calculation of the new bill’s potential impact. The report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) also said federal deficits would fall by $119 billion between 2017 and 2026 under the bill, which was approved this month by the Republican-dominated House […]