HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra says doctors who are balking at the rules of the No Surprises Act aren’t looking out for patients. “I don’t think when someone is overcharging that it’s going to hurt the overcharger to now have to [accept] a fair price,” Becerra says. The Congressional Budget Office […]
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Digital generated image of cut out male head multilayered with covid-19 cells inside on blue background. Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images Digital generated image of cut out male head multilayered with covid-19 cells inside on blue background. Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images Even before the federal government’s […]
Jason Dean received six stitches and a tetanus shot after he cut his knee in May. In August, his wife, DeeAnn, feared going to the same emergency room where he was treated, delaying her diagnosis of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Blake Farmer/WPLN News hide caption toggle caption Blake Farmer/WPLN News […]
Eugene Mymrin/Getty Images Eugene Mymrin/Getty Images Kelly LaDue thought she was done with COVID-19 in the fall of 2020 after being tormented by the virus for a miserable couple of weeks. “And then I started with really bad heart-racing with any exertion. It was weird,” says LaDue, 54, of Ontario, […]
CHICAGO — As the medical assistant put on rubber gloves and readied the syringe, 5-calendar year-old Victoria Macias, donning a pink Minnie Mouse mask and white blouse, turned her head away and closed her eyes. “It’s not going to hurt, Okay? I’ll maintain your hand, I’ll maintain your hand,” explained […]
Left to right: Filipino American health care workers Karen Cantor, Karen Shoker, and John Paul Atienza were among many who cared for COVID patients in the early days of the pandemic. Rosem Morton hide caption toggle caption Rosem Morton Left to right: Filipino American health care workers Karen Cantor, Karen […]