Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks at a campaign Get Out the Vote Event in Charleston, South Carolina, February 26, 2020. Brian Snyder | Reuters Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., unveiled a bill Thursday to divert money from President Donald Trump‘s border wall to the U.S. coronavirus response. As concerns… Read More »
We’re obsessed with celebrity PT Svava Sigbertsdottir, so we asked for her favourite weight loss hacks – are you as surprised by them as us? Weight-loss, fat loss, muscle gain, home workouts, gym plans – where do you even start? The amount of health and fitness information out there can be seriously overwhelming. So when… Read More »
“Can I use my saved allowance to buy a Pura Vida bracelet?” my 12-year-old daughter asked this past August. I didn’t think twice about saying yes. It was $ 12. But then I learned that these colorful bracelets — made by artisans in Costa Rica — are part of the larger “VSCO girl” trend, an… Read More »
A major cause of rising healthcare costs is vertical consolidation among providers, the America’s Health Insurance Plans told a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee by statement. When more and more of a region’s doctors and medical experts work for the same hospital or health system, the price for services provided by the acquired physicians increase by an… Read More »
Dive Brief: Utah has asked CMS to approve a Section 1115 demonstration waiver capping the growth rate of federal payments for its limited Medicaid expansion at the rate of medical inflation, rather than the usual (and much lower) rate of consumer price inflation. The formal request, filed Friday, asks CMS to pay the full 90%… Read More »
New Zealand’s priorities are changingREX/Shutterstock By Ruby Prosser Scully New Zealand’s latest budget, unveiled this week, is being touted as the first in a Western country to put well-being over economic pressures. The country’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern promised billions of dollars in additional funds to address mental health problems, suicide and child poverty. Almost… Read More »