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The American health insurance system leaves both uninsured and insured people to languish, polling suggests.Martin Barraud / Stone / Getty Images / Texturelabs The American health insurance system is expensive, actively antagonizes patients, and leaves millions of people without access to coverage - and, as a new poll shows, is often dysfunctional even for the majority of people who have an insurance plan.

The whirlwind closure of Oakland's Hi Felicia on May 24 following a highly publicized burglary led to multiple reports about the difficult work environment at both the permanent restaurant that opened in 2022 and in Hi Felicia's early days as a pop-up.On Thursday, June 8, the San Francisco Chronicle detailed allegations involving sexual harassment and inappropriate comments from Hi Felicia owner and founder Imana, who goes by her first name only, as well as multiple instances of bounced or delayed paychecks.

The whirlwind closure of Oakland's Hi Felicia on May 24 following a highly publicized burglary led to multiple reports about the difficult work environment at both the permanent restaurant that opened in 2022 and in Hi Felicia's early days as a pop-up.On Thursday, June 8, the San Francisco Chronicle detailed allegations involving sexual harassment and inappropriate comments from Hi Felicia owner and founder Imana, who goes by her first name only, as well as multiple instances of bounced or delayed paychecks.

"A lot of 'dones,' a lot of 'ols,'" she said.Some of them helped her sleep, but left her feeling numb.She recalled thinking, "I still feel sad, so what are we doing here, antidepressants?"Diamond was curious whether a clinically guided mushroom trip would help, and she enrolled in this clinical trial testing the safety and efficacy of psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in "magic mushrooms," for her type of bipolar depression.

Florida Governor and 2024 presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis speaks during a campaign stop at the Greenville Convention Center in Greenville, South Carolina, on June 2, 2023.LOGAN CYRUS / AFP via Getty Images Hundreds of thousands of poor Floridians have been kicked off Medicaid in recent weeks as their Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, travels the country for his 2024 presidential bid and rakes in campaign cash from big donors.

As the strike by unions representing thousands of film and TV writers approaches its second month, the role that A.I. might play in writing scripts remains one of the biggest issues.While the Writers Guild of America has expressed a willingness to work with A.I. as a tool, some producers are dreaming bigger: They want to replace humans with chatbots.

These past few years have been particularly challenging for families between the pandemic, inflation driving up the cost of living, and we've been on the cusp of a recession for years.Some numbers show that a recession is all but confirmed, and people are trying to prepare should that become the case.

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Striking entertainment industry writers gathered in Greenpoint on Wednesday, blocking access to a local production lot and forcing a filming shutdown of popular shows and films.

Record numbers of people are paying for private healthcare, spending up to 3,200 on having a cataract removed and 15,075 on a new hip, amid growing frustration at NHS waiting lists.Across the UK last year 272,000 people used their own funds to cover the cost of having an operation or diagnostic procedure at a private hospital.

Employees at the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Park Slope are looking to unionize, making them the second New York City branch of the book emporium to organize, they announced Thursday.Roughly 30 workers at the 7th Avenue store near 6th Street have already signed authorization cards in order to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, according to the RWDSU, and notified management of their intention to unionize on May 25.

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Employees at the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Park Slope are looking to unionize, making them the second New York City branch of the book emporium to organize, they announced Thursday.

Italy is well-known for having one of the best healthcare systems in Europe: skilled physicians, advanced technology, and quality facilities available free of charge to every citizen.But is that actually the case?In reality, across the country, access to quality healthcare varies widely and since the 1990s, Italy's world-famous public system has gradually given ground to a growing number of private providers who offer top-notch services at a top-shelf cost.

Italy is well-known for having one of the best healthcare systems in Europe: skilled physicians, advanced technology, and quality facilities available free of charge to every citizen.But is that actually the case?In reality, across the country, access to quality healthcare varies widely and since the 1990s, Italy's world-famous public system has gradually given ground to a growing number of private providers who offer top-notch services at a top-shelf cost.

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In his Arcadia home, Roland Coleman grew increasingly frustrated as the months passed without an answer from Keck Medical Center of USC.Coleman, 73, was seeking a kidney transplant to free him from his listless afternoons undergoing dialysis and lengthen what remains of his life.