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New Research Calls for Transparency in Medicare Advantage Operations
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BALTIMORE, MD, October 8, 2024 – New findings from a team of renowned researchers calls for transparency and rigorous oversight of the U.S. Medicare Advantage (MA) program, the United States’ largest healthcare capitation program.

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Hurricane Milton: How to Shore Up Supply Chains When Extreme Weather Events Become the New Normal
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Hurricane Milton is barrelling toward the west coast of Florida. Meteorologists predict the storm will make landfall Wednesday at a level of either Category 3 or 4, in what one Wall Street analyst predicts could inflict between $50 to $175 billion worth of losses on the Tampa/Fort Myers region. Millions of residents have been ordered to evacuate. 

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Dockworkers pause strike after Biden administration’s appeal to patriotism hits the mark
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Aided by intense pressure from senior Biden administration officials, the shipping companies, represented by the U.S. Maritime Alliance, significantly increased the raise they were offering the dockworkers to 62% from their previous offer of a 50% boost in pay. The International Longshoremen’s Association, the dockworkers’ union, was seeking a 77% raise, but it accepted the new offer, which will be phased in over six years.

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Does Checking Your Credit Score Help or Hurt?

Does Checking Your Credit Score Help or Hurt?

News Release, January 6, 2022

CATONSVILLE, MD, January 6, 2022 – January is filled with resolutions to start the new year off right, from exercise and diet to financial health. One area that may often be overlooked is checking your credit score, and according to new research, there may be a reason for that.

Will Mask Mandates Help Stop Omicron Spread? What We Know

Will Mask Mandates Help Stop Omicron Spread? What We Know

Healthline, December 20, 2021

As the Omicron variant picks up speed in the United States, public health experts in some states are calling for new mask policies to soften the blow of a winter surge — which will involve both Omicron and Delta variants of the coronavirus.

Cheap, at-home COVID-19 testing is the quick fix we need

Cheap, at-home COVID-19 testing is the quick fix we need

The Washington Times, December 20, 2021

To better reduce COVID-19 transmission, the U.S. must learn from Europe. Americans need cheap or free at-home COVID-19 antigen testing kits. According to medical experts, they give a result in 15 minutes and typically identify 98% of infectious cases. Getting millions of at-home tests to Americans is the most important action the government can do.

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