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Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield to reverse plan to cap anesthesia coverage in three states By Mary Kekatosm ABCNews December 5, 2024   Insurance company Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield said it will reverse a policy that would have resulted in coverage for anesthesia services being potentially capped in Connecticut, Missouri and New York.   […]

Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths By Amy Yurkanin November 21, 2024   Georgia officials have dismissed all members of a state committee charged with investigating deaths of pregnant women. The move came in response to ProPublica having obtained internal reports detailing two deaths.  

Why Project 2025 Is So Bad for Veterans By Mark Foreman October 02, 2024   In 1968, when I was 20 years old, I volunteered to serve with the Marines in Vietnam. I was trained to be a Navy Corpsman (medic) and attached to the Marines. I was only there five weeks before being seriously

November 11 Is Armistice Day: Veterans Demand Ceasefire in Gaza By Gerry Condon November 11, 2024   November 11, declared Armistice Day at the end of World War I, is celebrated in the U.S. as Veterans Day. Understanding why requires us to recall World War I and its aftermath.   World War I was an

How California Got Convinced to Lock More People Up By Jonah Valdez November 9 2024   California voters chose harsher sentencing, the continuation of forced labor in prisons, and tough-on-crime prosecutors this week in overwhelming numbers.   Proposition 36, a bill that upgrades a raft of petty theft and drug crimes from misdemeanors to felonies,

Will there be a future for newborns in Gaza? By Bilal Irfana, Abdallah Abu Shammalae, Khaled Salehd October 23, 2024   The ongoing Israeli military assault on Gaza has led to an alarming humanitarian catastrophe, whereby the onset of famine is coupled with a deterioration of maternal health services, severely impacting the wellbeing of pregnant

Infant mortality got worse after Roe reversal. Experts are investigating. By Ariana Eunjung Cha October 23, 2024   Hundreds more babies died than expected in the year and a half after the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion in June 2022, raising questions about the ripple effects of the ruling on maternal and

Israel is turning northern Gaza into a killing cage by Jeremy Scahill and Sharif Abdel Kouddous Oct 14, 2024   With the full support of the Biden administration, Israel is waging a merciless war of extermination against the 400,000 Palestinians remaining in the northern Gaza Strip as the government of Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly considering

To Improve Indigenous Health, Expand Community Health Aide Programs by Victoria Kliewe, MD October 9, 2024   “He’s not breathing normally,” the woman said to the camera that was streaming live beside a patient who appeared to be in his mid-20s.   “Can you get an oxygen saturation reading on him?” asked the emergency department

US health system ranks last compared with peer nations, report finds By Jessica Glenza September 19, 2024   The United States health system ranked dead last in an international comparison of 10 peer nations, according to a new report by the Commonwealth Fund.   In spite of Americans paying nearly double that of other countries,