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chron.com - ROBIN ERB/Bridge Michigan - Michigan school districts offer insurance-free care to beat rising health costs
Michigan school districts offer insurance-free care to beat rising health costs
Chron

Three Michigan school districts are betting that a specialized clinic may be the antidote to surging health care costs. The medical care here at the Corunna Plum Health clinic — inside a collection of converted high school classrooms on the…

winnipegfreepress.com - Robin Erb/bridge Michigan, The Associated Press - Michigan school districts offer insurance-free care to beat rising health costs
Michigan school districts offer insurance-free care to beat rising health costs
Winnipeg Free Press

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nola.com - Stephanie Riegel - A $421M jury award against Blue Cross heads to the Louisiana Supreme Court
A $421M jury award against Blue Cross heads to the Louisiana Supreme Court
NOLA.com

Nearly two years after an Orleans Parish jury rendered a $421 million judgment against Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, finding the insurer shortchanged a New Orleans surgical hospital on thousands of reconstructive breast surgeries, the…

nextgov.com - Edward Graham - CMS taps Mathematica, Deloitte to improve effectiveness of its healthcare models
CMS taps Mathematica, Deloitte to improve effectiveness of its healthcare models
Nextgov/FCW

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has launched a project to help its innovation unit scale the deployment of effective healthcare payment and service delivery models. Mathematica first announced the effort in an Aug. 24 press release…

fortune.com - Tatiana Sataua - America built thousands of colleges for more students. Now there are about to be 500,000 fewer of them
America built thousands of colleges for more students. Now there are about to be 500,000 fewer of them
Fortune

America has spent decades building a sprawling higher-education system around a steady supply of college-age students. Now, there are about to be fewer of them to go around. The U.S. graduated a record 3.9 million high school students in 2025. But…

psychologytoday.com - Allan E. Barsky PhD, MSW, JD - Patient Privacy on Healthcare Websites
Patient Privacy on Healthcare Websites
Psychology Today

When patients share personal information with healthcare or mental healthcare providers, those providers have ethical duties to maintain the privacy and confidentiality of the information they collect (ACA, 2014 ; AMA, n.d.;. APA, 2017 ; NASW…

theweek.com - Becca Stanek, The Week US - How much does it cost to freeze your eggs?
How much does it cost to freeze your eggs?
The Week

Egg freezing is becoming an increasingly popular and visible choice among women. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently joined the ranks of public figures who have shared their experience, detailing on social media her own decision-making and the…

thechronicle.com.gh - Editorial: 56.4% Of Ghanaians Living In Poverty Is Unacceptable! - The Ghanaian Chronicle
Editorial: 56.4% Of Ghanaians Living In Poverty Is Unacceptable! - The Ghanaian Chronicle
Home - The Ghanaian Chronicle

The World Bank dropped a bombshell last week, announcing that 56.4% of Ghanaians remain in poverty, which is more than half the country's population. According to the Breton Wood institution, widening disparities across the regions point to a…

fortune.com - Lori Janke - Businesses have lost the trust of a generation
Businesses have lost the trust of a generation
Fortune

Someone in my network moved his family across the country for a new job last year. New schools. New mortgage. A whole life uprooted on the strength of an offer letter. He was laid off eleven weeks later. He is not the exception. I'm part of a…

thehindubusinessline.com - Older, savvier, and more ambitious
Older, savvier, and more ambitious
BusinessLine

Remaining India's No. 1 life insurer 70 years since inception and 26 years after the insurance sector was opened to private and foreign players is a remarkable achievement in itself, says R Doraiswamy, CEO and MD, Life Insurance Corporation of…

upi.com - Joe Fisher - Voter ID, abortion and bans on trans athletes on ballots in November
Voter ID, abortion and bans on trans athletes on ballots in November
UPI

Voters across the country will be voting on how elections are administered, access to reproductive healthcare and one measure to require students to undergo sex verification examinations to participate in sports as early as elementary school. File…

minnpost.com - Andy Steiner - Changes to Medicaid are coming. Are users ready?
Changes to Medicaid are coming. Are users ready?
MinnPost - Nonprofit, independent journalism

On January 1, thousands of Minnesotans who rely on Medicaid for health insurance will be required to work or volunteer for at least 80 hours per month in order to keep their benefits. Some, however, will be exempt from the requirement, which…

bangordailynews.com - Patty Wight, Maine Public - Lawmakers seek solutions after closure of midcoast hospital's birthing center
Lawmakers seek solutions after closure of midcoast hospital's birthing center
Bangor Daily News - Bangor Daily News

When MaineHealth announced this spring that it was considering closing the birthing center at Lincoln Hospital in Damariscotta, it sparked fierce community backlash. Many politicians, including Gov. Janet Mills, urged MaineHealth to delay a…

timesleader.com - Election 2026: Where governor candidates Garrity and Shapiro stand on Medicaid, fraud, and more
Election 2026: Where governor candidates Garrity and Shapiro stand on Medicaid, fraud, and more
Times Leader

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. HARRISBURG — Key federal Medicaid changes will…

govexec.com - Erich Wagner - Trump's 2027 pay freeze has unions warning of recruitment, retention problems
Trump's 2027 pay freeze has unions warning of recruitment, retention problems
Government Executive

Organizations representing federal employees and their allies in Congress in recent days have decried President Trump's plan to freeze most federal workers' pay while directing sizeable raises for federal law enforcement and members of the…

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