March 24, 2023

Health Insurers Get Government Cash, Then Jack Up Prices (The Lever)

Health Insurers Get Government Cash, Then Jack Up Prices Oct 11, 2022 by David Sirota Despite the Affordable Care Act’s promises, publicly subsidized insurers are jacking up prices while Americans lose coverage. Health Insurers Get Government Cash, Then Jack Up Prices (AP Photo/Richard Drew)   Back in 2010, Democrats sold the Affordable Care Act (ACA) […]

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She didn’t need the risky surgery. County doctors talked her into it anyway, lawsuit says (LAT)

She didn’t need the risky surgery. County doctors talked her into it anyway, lawsuit says Bernetta Higgins at her home in Silver Lake on June 14, 2022. She says she underwent an unneeded operation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center at the urging of a surgeon who was being paid by a medical device maker. Higgins suffered

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