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DPS moves to drop Kaiser health insurance after 50 years, prompting internal investigation and union pushback
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A 53-year-old alliance between Denver Public Schools and Kaiser Permanente Colorado may be coming to an end, a split that has pitted two of the metro area's largest employers against each other, left one…
Americans are getting chronic illnesses more often and earlier in life, report finds
Americans are getting sick more often and earlier in life, according to a new report from health insurance group UnitedHealthcare and the non-profit Health Action Council. The number of health care claims for Millennials and Gen Zers are rising…
ACA enrollment falls far less than predicted in Colorado
COLORADO, USA — Colorado's health insurance marketplace saw far fewer losses than predicted this year, despite warnings from state leaders that enrollment on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace could plummet if U.S. lawmakers didn't…
Membership-based health care grows in Maine, reducing insurance claims and ER visits
PORTLAND, Maine — Direct primary care, where patients pay a monthly fee to join a doctor's office, is becoming more popular in Maine. A similar option has already signed up 1,400 patients in less than two years. With Trellis Health, a…
Sex workers at Nevada brothel fight for the first-ever unionization
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) — Nevada is the only state where people can legally purchase sex, and now sex workers at one of the state's oldest brothels are fighting to become the nation's first to be…
'Sunny Dancer' Actor Neil Patrick Harris Latest Star To Avoid Political Talk At Berlin Film Festival
The Berlinale has always been viewed as a deeply political forum, possibly the most politically charged of all major film festivals. This year, despite the event taking place against a backdrop of deadly protests in the U.S. and the Epstein…
Around Amherst: Morning Movement and Mentoring program honored for innovation
AMHERST — Morning Movement and Mentoring, a program in its fourth year of engaging almost 100 seventh through ninth graders with before-school sports activities, is receiving statewide acclaim. The Massachusetts Municipal Association in…
Want 'affordability?' Start by retooling your state's regressive tax system.
The White House's top economic advisors recently advised states to consider repealing taxes on corporate and personal income and to make up for it by drastically raising their sales taxes. This is the last thing states should do if they want to…
Sex workers at Nevada brothel fight for the first-ever unionization
Nevada is the only state where people can legally purchase sex, and now sex workers at one of the state's oldest brothels are fighting to become the nation's first to be unionized. “We want the same things that any other worker wants. We…
This is how you end up the face of a Japanese lubricant company without ever having signed a document': Nevada sex workers fight for union status
Nevada is the only state where people can legally purchase sex, and now sex workers at one of the state's oldest brothels are fighting to become the nation's first to be unionized. “We want the same things that any other worker wants. We…
Sex workers at Nevada brothel Sheri's Ranch fight for the first-ever unionization
Sheri's Ranch, a brothel, is shown on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in Pahrump, Nev. (AP Photo/Ian Maule) By JESSICA HILL, Associated Press PAHRUMP, Nev. — Nevada is the only state where people can legally purchase sex, and now sex workers at one…
Puerto Rico enacts law recognizing fetus as human being
Puerto Rico 's governor has signed into law a contentious bill that officially recognizes a fetus as a human being, a move that medical professionals and legal experts warn will have profound consequences for the U.S. Caribbean territory. The…
Sex workers at one of Nevada's oldest brothels fight for first unionization
PAHRUMP, Nev. — Nevada is the only state where people can legally purchase sex, and now sex workers at one of the state's oldest brothels are fighting to become the nation's first to be unionized. “We want the same things that any…
Medicaid Undone | Adam Gaffney
One year ago President Donald Trump promised to “love and cherish” Medicaid. Alas, his affection for the public insurance program was short-lived. The so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA) he signed into law on July 4—the…
Pricey blockbuster GLP-1s are costing users - and most of the rest of us, too - Harvard Gazette
The popularity of pricey GLP-1 drugs has hit the budgets of users — and just about everyone else. In the U.S., about 12 percent of adults say they're already on them. And worldwide, more than 25 percent of adults could benefit from the…
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