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The Mediterranean diet is healthier, cheaper than the typical Western diet

Share on PinterestNew research finds that following a Mediterranean-style diet can help improve your health and save you more money per month than a typical Western-style diet. jamie grill atlas/stocksy New research has found that the Mediterranean diet could help you save on your grocery bill. The diet has been found to offer savings of

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A fluke in health insurance discounts?  It's not as crazy as it sounds

A fluke in health insurance discounts? It’s not as crazy as it sounds

Americans will receive $1.1 billion in rebates from health insurance companies this year thanks to a provision I wrote into the ACA. Former Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.), in a tweet on May 17, 2023 Former Democratic Senator Al Franken tweeted recently that Americans will receive $1.1 billion in rebates from health insurance companies this year

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How Investing in Primary Care Can Advance Equity – California Health Care Foundation

Photo: Jessica Brandi Lifland When properly supported and designed, high-quality primary care is a common good that provides better population health and more equitable outcomes, according to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). But primary care in the United States has been under-resourced for decades, especially in Black, Indigenous and other historically

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The EU needs more plasma!

Benefits of the Substances of Human Origin (SoHO) Regulation.

At the end of June, the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) will vote on amendments to the European Commission’s draft proposal for a regulation on quality and safety standards for substances of human origin intended for human application (SoHO Regulations). This includes plasma. It is essential that the

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How a Medical Re-Registration May Limit Cancer Patients’ Breast Reconstruction Options – Pennsylvania Capital-Star

From Rachan PradhanaANDAnna Werner, CBS NewsANDLeigh Ann Winick, CBS News The federal government is reconsidering a decision that breast cancer patients, plastic surgeons and members of Congress have protested would limit women’s options for reconstructive surgery. The procedure offers potential advantages over implants and operations that take muscle from the abdomen. But it’s also more

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That's why nobody is willing to sell a house these days

Measuring inflation can be complicated and bizarre. Here are 3 examples

1. Home Richard Newstead | Moment | Getty Images Housing is perhaps the most important category in the consumer price index, a key barometer of inflation. Housing is the largest expense for the average American family. The “shelter” category that measures costs for renters and homeowners thus accounts for more than a third of the

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Analysis: Denied health insurance claims are on the rise, to the detriment of patients

Millions of Americans in recent years have stumbled upon this experience: filing a claim for health insurance that once might have been paid immediately but instead is just as quickly denied. If insurers’ experience and explanation often seems arbitrary and absurd, this could be because companies seem increasingly willing to employ computer algorithms or people

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FILE - The AU Health campus on January 4, 2023. The Augusta University Health System and Wellstar Health System announced on Friday, March 31, 2023 that they will now include Wellstar MCG Health.

AU Health, Wellstar merger will change charity care policy, here’s how

Most of the changes coming when Wellstar takes over operations at AU Health will be on the back end, but once the deal is finalized, the clock will start with a policy change that could impact several patients. For the first year, the new Wellstar MCG Health will continue AU Health’s existing charity and charitable

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Story VanNess hugs Shannon Brown in Knoxville after the Tennessee Senate passed a bill in February banning gender transitional health care for minors.  VanNess has now filed a federal lawsuit against the state, alleging that she was denied transgender healthcare based on her plan to serve her as a Knox County public school teacher.

Tennessee Transgender Healthcare: State Sued for Coverage

Two Tennessee women are suing the state over its health insurance plans for public employees after learning their health policies specifically exclude coverage for gender-affirming care. Gerda Zinner and Story VanNess, the plaintiffs in the case, became aware of the coverage gap after they scheduled surgeries to address their gender dysphoria and were denied insurance

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