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HHS investigators describe a poorly coordinated interagency process that left distraught parents with little or no knowledge of their children’s whereabouts, according to an unpublished internal watchdog report obtained by The Washington Post. Meanwhile, the government is now moving detained children in middle-of-the-night journeys to a tent city in Texas, and an official downplays the impact of the administration’s expanded “public charge” policy.
The plans hit the market on Tuesday, but consumers should be aware that while they are cheaper than other individual coverage options, they don’t have to follow the regulations set into place by the health law.
Survivors Remember Unimaginable Horror And Heroism A Year After Las Vegas Shooting
“Today, we remember the unforgettable,” Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval said during a morning service in Las Vegas. “Today, we comfort the inconsolable. Today we gather in mind and body and we never left each other in spirit and heart.”
New Sacramento City Unified School District guidelines will ban selling unhealthy snacks during school hours, be it at a bake sale table, on the lunch line, or in a vending machine. They also forbid the use of junk food as a reward or for celebrations.
Troubled Sonoma West Medical Center Files For Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
The center was recently embroiled in a controversy over its business venture with a Florida-based drug testing company that triggered a major lawsuit over an alleged billing scheme.
California Nurses Overwhelmingly Ratify Contract That Includes 15 Percent Pay Increase Over 5 Years
“Nurses stood together in solidarity and fought back over 60 takeaways that would have directly affected our ability to care for our patients,” said Megan Norman, a registered nurse at UC Davis Health. “We won new language addressing infectious disease and hazardous substances as well as stronger protections around workplace violence and sexual harassment.”
One Of Nation’s Largest Dialysis Providers Agrees To $270M Settlement Over Medicare Advantage Fraud
The settlement cites improper medical coding by California-based HealthCare Partners from early 2007 through the end of 2014. According to the settlement, the company, which is part of giant dialysis company DaVita Inc., submitted “unsupported” diagnostic codes that allowed the health plans to receive higher payments than they were due.
Midnight Journeys To Move Immigrant Children To Texas Tent City Play Out Across Country
To deal with the surging shelter populations, which have hovered near 90 percent of capacity since May, a mass reshuffling of detained immigrant children is underway and shows no signs of slowing. Hundreds of children are being shipped from shelters to a West Texas tent city each week, totaling more than 1,600 so far. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is seeking authority to block abortions sought by undocumented immigrants under 18.
Government Shutdown Averted After Trump Signs Spending Bill
The legislation includes a big bump for the National Institutes of Health, as well as an overall increase in funding for HHS.
The Associated Press fact checks statements from President Donald Trump about what’s going on with those popular provisions, the threat to which has voters worried just weeks before midterms.