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OCare is planning a huge increase in fees percentage wise for next year. This is due to changing enrollment patterns and the probability of higher drug prices next year.
Best news I've heard in a while. RFK Jr. is planning to get rid of all the members of the USPSTF. He says it's because they are too woke. I say because they are out of touch with reality. They have caused a real increase in deaths from prostate cancer and have also made tactical errors in breast cancer. I wish he could not only change the composition of the committee but also disband the whole thing. However, it was created by Congress and only Congress can get rid of it.
The treasury is going after local governments that received Covid funds under Biden and were supposed to account for those funds but did not. There are 235 of these that have never filed a report nor returned unused funds. Top
California's Orange County has removed Orange County Global Hospital from the routing for potential stroke patients. The hospital has had complaints against it along with state findings of substandard care. It has lost its designation as a stroke neurology receiving center.
In an interesting development Tennessee has a person set to be put to death soon but he has an implanted pacemaker. All are afraid that when the convict is put to death the pacemaker will deliver painful shocks in an effort to keep him alive. He was to have the pacemaker turned off. The hospital, Nashville General, which is the third party provider for incarcerated patients says they can not do it in the narrow timeframe since there is only one provider who can do it. Now they say they never agreed to do it in the first place. There may be more behind the scenes as the convict is intellectually disabled and some want the court or governor to commute the sentence on those beliefs.
The Justice Department is investigating new York Presbyterian Hospital broke antitrust laws by making secret deals with insurance companies that kept what they were paid high. This was started because a service union did not like how much they were paying for medical services and that they were being forced to use the higher priced hospital. They sent a letter to the Justice Department requesting the investigation. This is a really big deal because it may actually lead to competition and not cronyism. Top
The Great Briton junior doctors will go back on strike for five days. The Government continues to vastly underpay them. Top
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