beinsure.com (28.09.2026) PureHealth has launched an AI-powered document processing system for the National Insurance Company – Daman, targeting faster and more accurate health insurance operations in the UAE. The technology is expected to process more than 60 mn documents annually for Daman, which serves over three million members across the country. PureHealth said more than 80% of documents are expected to be converted into structured digital data, reducing processing times from days to minutes.

moneycontrol.com (21.09.2026) The guidelines say, “NPS Swasthya seeks to enable subscribers to build a dedicated corpus for meeting retirement expenses while facilitating access to health insurance and healthcare-related services through the ecosystem established under NPS architecture.” The scheme will have an NPS Swasthya investment account and a separate super top-up health insurance policy. The insurance policy will be mandatory for enrolment. Any individual eligible to join NPS can enrol in NPS Swasthya.

consumeraffairs.com (17.09.2026) Workers with unstable hours, incomes, or employment were far less likely to have access to employer-sponsored health insurance, a new study found. An estimated 14.6 million low- and middle-income U.S. workers had volatile incomes, while 11.4 million experienced substantial swings in weekly hours. Researchers warn that Medicaid work requirements and Affordable Care Act changes taking effect in 2027 could disproportionately affect workers in volatile jobs.

medicalxpress.com (21.07.2026) People around the world are living longer than ever before but spending more of those additional years in poor health, according to a new Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study published in The Lancet Public Health.

ilo.org (02.03.2026) A new ILO policy brief highlights that gender must be a core consideration in the design and implementation of social health protection schemes.

theconversation.com (05.02.2026) For nearly three decades, decisions about which medicines the NHS pays for have not been made by ministers, but by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, known as Nice. Its job has been powerful: to act as a check on the pharmaceutical industry by demanding evidence that new drugs are clinically effective and worth the price, protecting NHS budgets from spiralling costs.

Asian Development Bank (Nov 2025) Showcasing innovative community-based long-term care (LTC) models in Indonesia, Mongolia, and Viet Nam, this publication looks at ways integrated and holistic care and support services can underpin aging in place and improve health outcomes.

ilo.org (03.11.2025) This document analyzes how Chile, Morocco, the Philippines and Spain are advancing in the design and implementation of public care policies, highlighting their progress, challenges and lessons learned. The report demonstrates that investing in care systems can create jobs, reduce inequalities and strengthen social protection.

who.int (01.09.2025) Digital health technologies (‎DHTs)‎ are becoming an integral part of successful and sustainable health service delivery in every Member State of the WHO European Region. Despite increasing evidence of their impact in optimizing the capability of the health and care workforce, enabling access to health services, and improving patient empowerment and quality of care, the adoption of DHTs by the workforce has been slow and faces significant challenges.

who.int (05.09.2025) This review is part of a series of country-based studies generating new evidence on affordable access to health care (‎financial protection)‎ in health systems in Europe. Financial protection is central to universal health coverage and a core dimension of health system performance. Catastrophic health spending is higher in Italy than in many other European Union countries. It is heavily concentrated in households with low incomes, households in the southern region and households headed by pensioners.