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Public health
fromTruthout
10 hours ago

Illinois Had Massive Gaps in Mental Health Coverage. We Organized to Fix It.

Illinois law mandates fairer insurer payments to mental health and substance-abuse providers, expanding access and reducing ghost networks for roughly 2.5 million people.
Music
fromKqed
1 week ago

Bay Area Latino Community Celebrates Bad Bunny Halftime Show | KQED

Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance celebrated Puerto Rican culture and its in-between identity, transforming cultural liminality into an inclusive, All-American statement through Spanish-language music.
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Trump health care plan doesn't help people facing skyrocketing ACA premiums

The plan does not include a remedy for people who buy their health insurance on Healthcare.gov, some of whom are facing sky-high premium hikes this month. Trump dubbed the ideas "The Great Healthcare Plan." According to a White House fact sheet and a press call hosted by Medicare and Medicaid chief Dr. Mehmet Oz, the planned legislation, which the administration is asking Congress to develop, has four pillars: Drug price reforms Health insurance reforms Price transparency for health costs Fraud protections and safeguards
US politics
New York City
fromwww.amny.com
4 months ago

City's public sector unions approve sweeping healthcare shift for 750,000 workers amid secrecy criticism | amNewYork

Over 750,000 city employees and pre-Medicare retirees will be moved into a self-funded EmblemHealth/UnitedHealthcare plan starting Jan. 1, 2026.
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