U.S. Personal Finance Ratings Slide Amid Rising Prices
Significantly fewer Americans now than a year ago rate their personal finances positively as a record-high mention inflation as the top financial problem facing their family.| Gallup.com
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Significantly fewer Americans now than a year ago rate their personal finances positively as a record-high mention inflation as the top financial problem facing their family.| Gallup.com
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As state policymakers grapple with rising commercial health care prices, they showed a growing interest during 2025 legislative sessions in leveraging ownership transparency as a tool to understand health care markets, strengthen oversight efforts, and inform consumers. Stacey Pogue discusses what s| CHIRblog
Young adults are buying more wine, and Chinese vendors are adapting to meet the demand, but how long will it last as trends can change so quickly?| South China Morning Post
The recently enacted federal budget law is set to significantly roll back health insurance coverage for millions. CHIR experts Billy Dering, Amy Killelea and Christine Monahan discuss what this means for people with insulin-requiring diabetes.| CHIRblog
Consumers’ views on the economy are stabilizing as of late, as reports say that negativity toward the future is decreasing,| RISMedia
IDR entities have come to play an instrumental role in OON payments, but entities’ determinations and decision-making practices lack transparency. In their latest piece for Health Affairs Forefront, Kennah Watts and Jack Hoadley analyze variation IDR entities’ decision-making patterns and discuss the implications for the IDR process.| CHIRblog
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Fewer Americans say they use cash for all or most purchases than say they did so five years ago. Close to two-thirds believe the U.S. will be a cashless society in their lifetime.| Gallup.com
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In May, we welcomed spring blooms and warm weather, while staying engaged with the latest health policy research. This month we read about potential effects of the reconciliation bill on provider revenue and uncompensated care, Rhode Island’s affordability standards and their effects on hospital pri| CHIRblog
William Higham, founder of consultancy Next Big Thing, shares his insights on building innovative workplace cultures, and understanding the deep emotional drivers shaping consumer behaviour.| Marketing Gazette
The proposed Marketplace Integrity rule and House-passed budget bill purportedly aim to curb ACA fraud but overlook basic steps to address broker misconduct. CHIR experts explain how these policies increase barriers for eligible enrollees without improving oversight of unethical brokers or implement| CHIRblog
While the health plan price transparency data available under current guidance and enforcement have proven challenging to access and use, a renewed focus under the Trump administration aims to improve Transparency in Coverage (TiC) data. In this blog, CHIR experts Stacey Pogue and Nadia Stovicek pre| CHIRblog
Social media, news articles and conversations around the dinner table don’t always have a positive story to tell about Canadian beef.| Canadian Cattlemen
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has called Amazon's reported plan to display tariff costs a "hostile and political act" during a recent briefing.| WinBuzzer
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If the EU can harness consumers' savings via its Savings and Investment Union it could help save the EU economy.| Consumer Corner
The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) has the potential to benefit consumers by opening up markets that Big Tech has dominated for too long. But this potential will not be fulfilled unless the European Commission acts decisively to ensure the DMA is fully implemented. In the face of Big Tech gatekeepers dragging their feet, and now enlisting the US Government to fight off EU laws, the EU must hold its ground or lose its credibility, argue Vanessa Turner and Sébastien Pant. It is f...| Consumer Corner
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The EU must devise new ways to channel the funds of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) away from emissions-intensive animal agriculture into climate-friendly food production. The post EU needs stronger plant-based food strategy, Smart Protein conference hears appeared first on Smart Protein Project.| Smart Protein Project
Spanning more than four years and 20 countries, the first-of-its-kind Smart Protein Project, an agricultural research initiative, is officially coming to a close. Register for the closing conference. The post From Farm to Fork: Highlighting the Next Generation of Plant Proteins at the Smart Protein Closing Conference 2024 appeared first on Smart Protein Project.| Smart Protein Project
A pan-European survey, funded by the EU’s Smart Protein project, has found that 51% of meat eaters in Europe claim they are actively reducing their annual meat consumption, up from 46% in 2021. The post Most Europeans are reducing their meat consumption, EU-funded survey finds appeared first on Smart Protein Project.| Smart Protein Project
We spoke to ProVeg’s Mathilde Alexandre and Paloma Nosten about their roles in the Smart Protein project. Mathilde is Senior Project Manager while Paloma is Senior Communication Manager. The post Interview with Mathilde and Paloma from ProVeg International appeared first on Smart Protein Project.| Smart Protein Project
Americans' already-low economic confidence fell further in May.| Gallup.com
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42.7% of respondents cited avoiding data breaches as the primary reason for valuing data privacy, reflecting widespread concern over the security of personal information.| Marketing Tech News
As food waste issues are attracting increasing attention from research and policy arenas, regulation changes regarding date label use on food items in the United States have been proposed because of concerns that date labels may confuse consumers about the quality and safety of food items and hence cause waste. For instance, the proposed 2016 […]| PolicyMatters
In response to widespread concerns about the impact of medical debt, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a rule in June 2024 aimed at limiting the influence of medical debt on credit reports and preventing certain debt collection practices. Despite recent changes by credit agenc| CHIRblog
Americans are racking up credit card debt as they struggle to keep up with costs, and experts say those who earn the least are hardest hit.| Washington State Standard
In today’s retail landscape, customers expect a seamless shopping experience that spans both digital and traditional channels. The convergence of these experiences has made omnichannel strategies a crucial focus for businesses aiming to meet evolving consumer demands. At the 2024 CommerceNext Growth Show, industry leaders from Tapestry, Sephora, Lowe’s and Bluecore shared their insights on […]| CommerceNext
Health insurers use of prior authorization appears to be on the rise. A recent report by CHIR researchers examines four states' prior authorization policies for the commercial market to identify potential reform strategies to ease provider burden and improve patient access without also increasing in| CHIRblog
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Nearly three in five U.S. adults, up from 39% in 2015, believe they spend too much time on their smartphone. The increase was about equal by gender and age, though younger adults continue to be much more likely to say this.| Gallup.com
Fifty-six percent of Americans say rising prices are causing their household financial hardship, up from 49% in January.| Gallup.com
While 95% of companies surveyed reported a dramatic growth in customer self-service requests in 2021, major gaps still exist between what businesses think customers want and what consumers actually prefer| CXMToday｜Where Technology Powers Customer Experience
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U.S. adults on average read 12.6 books in 2021, three fewer books than in the prior measurement from 2016.| Gallup.com
