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How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them (ProPublica)

How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them by Patrick Rucker, Maya Miller and David ArmstrongMarch 25, 5 a.m. EDT Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said. Series: Uncovered How

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Shannen Doherty calls on Fran Drescher to change SAG-AFTRA healthcare rules (CoverMedia)

On Thursday, the Charmed actress took to Instagram to post a photo of her sitting in hospital with an IV in her left arm. In the accompanying caption, Shannen asked The Nanny actress, who was elected president of the labour union that represents actors and media professionals in 2021, to reconsider rules relating to health

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100 Million People in America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt (KHN)

  100 Million People in America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt By Noam N. LeveyJUNE 16, 2022 DISPONIBLE EN ESPAÑOL Elizabeth Woodruff drained her retirement account and took on three jobs after she and her husband were sued for nearly $10,000 by the New York hospital where his infected leg was amputated. Ariane Buck,

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Ke Huy Quan Lost His Health Insurance Right After Filming ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ (Deadline)

Ke Huy Quan Lost Health Insurance After Filming ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ By Greg Evans March 3, 2023 1:06pm Oscar-nominated Everything Everywhere All At Once actor Ke Huy Quan is used to the long periods of inactivity in a performer’s life, but the former Goonies child star found himself in a particularly thorny stretch

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Report Shows Big Insurance Profiting Massively From Medicare Privatization (CommonDreams)

Report Shows Big Insurance Profiting Massively From Medicare Privatization The seven largest for-profit insurance companies in the U.S. have seen their combined revenues from taxpayer-backed programs grow 500% over the past decade. In a report from Wendell Potter, a former insurance executive who now advocates for systemic healthcare reform, government programs are now the source

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The Medical Civil Rights Movement and Access to Health Care (NiH)

THE MEDICAL CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE January 14, 2016 Exhibitions, For All the People, Guests 6 comments Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Beatrix Hoffman. Dr. Hoffman is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University and guest curator of NLM’s most recent exhibition, For All the People: A Century of Citizen Action

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California Nurses recharge their fight for Medicare For All (PeoplesWorld)

California Nurses recharge their fight for Medicare For All February 23, 2023 9:51 AM CST  BY MARK GRUENBERG Sen. Bernie Sanders campaigns for Medicare for All. | brookings.edu/YouTube screenshot   OAKLAND, Calif.—Let’s say this for National Nurses United and its affiliate, the California Nurses Association, in NNU’s home state: When it comes to Medicare For All,

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CNA Press Release: CalCare Spot Bill AB 1690

PRESS RELEASE California nurses renew fight for guaranteed health care California Nurses Association February 17, 2023 Following historic gains for CalCare last session, California Nurses Association aims to build political power with new state legislature Vowing never to back down against the corporate health care industry, the California Nurses Association (CNA) announced today they are renewing

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