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A |     The cost of health coverage through work jumped this year, in part because of inflation, according to a survey of U.S. employers.Premiums for both family and single plans climbed 7% after barely rising in 2022, according to a report Wednesday by KFF, a nonprofit that researches health care issues.Later this fall, companies begin their annual coverage enrollment window for 2024, and health care experts say another price hike could be coming.“It’s hard to imagine that there won’t be another year of health care cost increases, at least at the level we’re seeing right now,” said Paul Fronstin, director of health benefits research for the Employee Benefit Research Institute.Employer-sponsored health insurance is the most common form of coverage in the United States. KFF says almost 153 million Americans have it. Companies generally pay most of the premium — 70% or more in many cases.That can soften the impact of price hikes on employees. Coverage costs also are taken out of paychecks before taxes, which helps mitigate the financial pinch workers may feel, noted Fronstin, who was not involved in the KFF study.KFF noted that premiums climbed roughly with wages and inflation. The wider economy has felt those two pressures for more than a year, and now they are starting to affect health care costs, said Gary Claxton, a senior vice president with KFF. He noted that there can be a delay because health care contracts can keep costs stable after prices start rising in other parts of the economy.Fronstin said health care provider consolidation also can drive up care costs, which ultimately affects premiums. He also thinks the U.S. health care system — with its limited capacity to treat people — is still catching up on providing care that was delayed during the COVID-19 pandemic.“There’s only so much room for catch up,” he said. “I don’t believe colonoscopy centers are running 24/7 to catch up.”___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group. The AP is solely responsible for all content.。

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    Collage contrasting Lang's over-beautified profile photo and her real-life photo. Photo: Screenshot from media reportsA psychiatrist's official profile photo went viral for its heavily beautified look, which stood in stark contrast to no‑frills style of standard official portraits most people use. Some netizens joked that people "got cured of depression without booking a consultation," domestic media outlet The Paper reported.
The doctor that swept across the internet is Lang Xiao'e, a psychiatrist working at the First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University. As of press time, the photo on the hospital's online appointment booking platform has been updated to better reflect her actual appearance, The Paper reported.
The online platform also showed that Lang specializes in treating schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, adolescent psychological and psychiatric disorders, and other mental illnesses. She has received 235 silk banners in gratitude from patients, with her cumulative appointment bookings hitting 87,000.
Even after the photo was updated, the topic continued generating buzz online. Many netizens dug up unretouched photos of Lang to contrast her heavily edited profile photo with her usual demeanor as a poised, highly experienced top psychiatrist, The Paper reported.
The contrast sparked a wave of lighthearted reactions online, with one netizen commenting, "Got cured of depression without making an appointment."
Some netizens also said that Lang has broken the entrenched stereotype that psychiatrists are always stern and reserved, according to the report.
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