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Consequences now Menendez not Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair?
Credit: (Bonnie Cash/Pool Photo via AP)April 26, 2022: Sen. Bob Menendez, then chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, looks on during a committee budget hearing.
In 1954, a year into the Cuban Revolution, Bob Menendez was…
How lawmakers want to fix Michigan’s home care for injured drivers
Port Austin — David Deming, an over-the-road truck driver who spent years hauling cotton seed from the Carolinas to Michigan dairy farms, has climbed up the ladder on the back end of a grain trailer more times than he can count.
Chad…
New health care grants look to reform how hospitals are paid
The federal government wants to improve primary care in several states around the country by changing how hospitals are paid. Under a new grant opportunity announced last week, the feds will give eight states up to $12 million apiece to…
State opens up public comment period on public health insurance option
A 30-day public comment period began this week on the state’s application for a federal waiver to create a public option for health insurance.
The public comment period, which started Monday and runs…
Changes to Medicare Advantage Plans Are on the Horizon
Original Medicare recently added these therapists and counselors as providers whose services Medicare would cover. According to CMS, about 400,000 of these providers will now be eligible to enroll in Medicare and can begin…
Britain falls from top spot in Economist Impact’s latest Health Inclusivity
The second phase of the index, supported by Haleon, assesses governments' efforts across 40 countries to ensure that good health is accessible to all individualsLONDON, Nov. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Economist Impact, an arm of The…
Red Shawl Day on Nov. 19 honors missing and murdered Indigenous people
Coverage of tribal natural resources is supported in part by Catena FoundationGabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZA Native woman with red handprint over her mouth supports the Murdered Missing Indigenous Women, or MMIW movement, at the 2023…
It’s the Cheapest Option for Millions of Members — Should You Sign Up?
Art Wager / iStock.comCostco now offers members access to online healthcare services for only $29.See: 8 Frugal Habits of the Past To Save Money TodayFind: 8 Ways You’re Wasting Money at the Grocery StoreThe new service is available…
Phoenix sober living home fraud investigation nets 8 arrests
The sober living home operators made written and verbal agreements with undercover agents to broker patients to behavioral health facilities, court documents said.
PHOENIX — Eight people were arrested after an…
Portland teachers lose district-provided insurance for December, sparking worry
While her colleagues picketed on Southeast Powell Boulevard on Thursday morning, Cleveland High School social studies teacher Sadie Adams sat in a hospital room with her husband, Steve Middlebusher. Last week, Middlebusher started to…