Month: November 2022

Navigating health insurance options can seem like a daunting task for self-employed workers. Since you don’t have an employer-sponsored plan, it’s hard to know where to start. Do you even need insurance? What are you looking for if you do decide to enroll? Here’s what you need to know, from insurance options to costs and even tax deductions.

Who is considered self-employed?

Over 15 million workers in the United States are self-employed. But what does that actually mean? If you earn taxable income and have neither an employer nor employees, you’re considered self-employed. This includes:

• Freelancers
• Consultants
• Independent contractors
• Entrepreneurs

Do I need health insurance if I’m self-employed?

The decision to self-pay or enroll in health insurance is up to you. You know your situation better than anyone else. However, it’s no secret that health care can get expensive – and needs are often unpredictable. A quality plan can help

More babies were born at home in 2021 than in any year since at least 1990, according to data published Nov. 17 by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Following a 22% increase from 2019 to 2020, the number of home births jumped 12% between 2020 and 2021.

While the rate of home births remains small—making up just 1.4% of all U.S. births in 2021—it’s risen by about 2% each year from 1990 to 2019. The NCHS researchers do not speculate about why home births have historically been rising in popularity, but other experts say that it’s being driven by a growing number of women and families who want to make their own decisions about where and how they give birth. The pandemic greatly accelerated that trend.

In West Virginia, home births increased by 49% from 2020 to 2021. Angelita Nixon, a certified nurse midwife there who delivers

See-Mode Technologies, a medtech startup based in Melbourne, Australia and Singapore, has received the approval of Health Canada for its software product that supports breast and thyroid ultrasound examinations.

Founded in 2017, the company develops AI to better predict the risk of stroke and vascular diseases by improving the analysis of ultrasound images. Its flagship product, Augmented Vascular Analysis (AVA), automatically analyses and produces a report of vascular ultrasound scans.

Over the past two years, See-Mode has also obtained regulatory approvals for its AVA software in the United States, Europe and Australia. The company, which has so far raised $10 million in funding, is backed by prominent venture capital firms, including MassMutual Ventures, Blackbird Ventures, Cocoon Capital, and SGInnovate.

The company has recently expanded the application of its AI software to analyse breast and thyroid ultrasound scans.

HOW IT WORKS

See-Mode’s medical AI software detects lesions in ultrasound images and