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☆ She's worked at nearly every FAANG company. In her free time, she built a free tool to appeal health insurance denials.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Holden Karau works in Big Tech during the day and builds her startup, Fight Health Insurance, at night. AdvertisementWith insurers increasingly using AI to sift through claims, Karau said Fight Health Insurance offers a way to "level the AI playing field." "I think that it's really important that patients don't want to pay to use Fight Health Insurance because they already pay so much," Karau said. She said just the other day she was talking to someone whose back surgery was successfully appealed using Fight Health Insurance. "I think consumers are hurting a lot in the health insurance space right now," Karau said.

Persons: Holden, Karau, Holden Karau, I'm, I've, Brian Thompson, there's Organizations: Big Tech, Health Insurance, Facebook, US, Fight Health, Mistral, eBay, Insurance, Fight Health Insurance Locations: California

☆ Stop being fooled by misinformation. Do this instead
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

It’s a text from your credit card company — someone is trying to purchase a $2,500 laptop using your account number. Be it finance, health care or politics, there is a global “infodemic” of misinformation that is affecting people’s health and well-being, according to the World Health Organization. “For most of the population who isn’t extreme in their attitudes, fact-checking and debunking reduces the degree to which people rely on falsehoods, but it doesn’t fully eliminate it,” van der Linden said. This approach works much like a vaccine, van der Linden said. “Instead of talking about immigration or abortion, talk about ‘Star Wars’ and ‘South Park’ as a starting point,” van der Linden said.

Persons: COVID, ”, Sander van der, van der Linden, Oscar Wong, nudges, “, ” van der Linden, you’re, Anakin, Obi, ” Obi, “ We’ll Organizations: CNN, Facebook, World Health Organization, WHO, “, Social, University of Cambridge, American Psychological Association, Getty, Cambridge, Research, ‘ Locations: Sander van der Linden, Covid, Cambridge, Canada, absolutes

☆ Chinese people are living two years longer thanks to ‘war on pollution,’ report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Jessie Yeung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

China’s pollution levels in 2021 had fallen 42% from 2013, according to a new report released Tuesday, making it a rare success story in the region, where pollution is getting worse in some parts, including South Asia. The improvement means the average Chinese citizen’s lifespan is now 2.2 years longer, the report said. In 2021, Beijing recorded its best monthly air quality since records began in 2013. But, the report warned, there is still work to do as China remains the world’s 13th most polluted country. While China’s particulate pollution levels are within its national standards, they “significantly exceed” the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidelines, the report said.

Persons: Greg Baker, China’s, ”, Health Organization’s, “ Organizations: Hong Kong CNN —, Getty, Energy, Institute, University of Chicago, Health, CNN Locations: Hong Kong, South Asia, Beijing, AFP, China, United States, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Africa

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