Documents and recordings offer an extraordinary behind-the-scenes look at how one of America's leading health care insurers, , relentlessly fought to reduce spending on care, even as its profits rose to record levels.
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Marlen Garcia
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Freelance editor/writer. Previously: Block Club Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Columbia College Chicago.
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BREAKING: Laurence Msall, the president of the Civic Federation in Chicago, has died. He was respected by politicos on both sides of the aisle for his knowledge and objective view on how government operates. Big loss to the civic community.
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Bobbi Wilson, 9, was hunting for spotted lanternflies, an invasive species, in New Jersey. A neighbor called the police, but her effort has since earned recognition “from far and wide,” her mother said.
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Caving to the right on Black history, the College Board gives a course in cowardice
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Brady retires 'for good,' ends 23-year NFL career
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Granddad: “When I was your age, I could go out with a couple of dollars and come back with enough food to last the whole week.”
Grandson: “I know Granddad, but there are security cameras everywhere these days.”
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los angeles billionaire isaac larian accidentally triggered a mistrial in a terrorism case when he walked into a closed courtroom because he "wanted to say hello" to the judge
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It’s a culture war most of America is not fighting. Midterms told me that
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In Missouri if new legislation is enacted, a drag performer caught lip-synching in front of teenagers on two separate occasions could be charged with a Class E felony and sashayed away to their local prison for up to four years. thebulwark.com/dark-and-nasty
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It was the real "October Surprise" - 2016 deceptions that put Trump in the White House, fueled by FBI leaks
Knowing now that a top FBI agent went to work for a billionaire Putin ally, the NY Times need to reveal the truth of these stories
My new column
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As a health and science reporter, she had studied the maze of U.S. health care and high-priced drugs. But when her son, 3, got sick, she still got lost and had to fight hard against her insurance company.
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Jury Awards $1 Million to Woman Who Was Told, ‘I Don’t Serve Black People’
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State Department Issues Warning for Travelers Taking Ubers in Cancún.
Tension between taxi drivers and ride-hailing drivers has recently escalated.
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I went to a really trendy nightclub last night.
The doorman said to me "Sorry ma’am , I can’t let you in, you've had too many!"
I said "What, drinks?"
He said "No, birthdays".
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No, that Duquesne court crasher from last night didn't work for UberEats or DoorDash.
"This was a prank, planned in advance, done for internet exposure," the school said in a statement.
More details in this @FOS story.
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Who makes the best marinara sauce? They tested 12 supermarket options and ranked them.
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Abcarian: Two universities that tried to squelch academic freedom have backtracked. Here's hoping that's a trend latimes.com/opinion/story/
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Great news from @LEEBEY: “A 2021 video tour I hosted on South Side architecture has now been retooled into a 30-min television special called Building/Blocks: The Architecture of Chicago’s South Side that will air Feb 6 at 9pm on Channel 11.”
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My local paper, the has a strong editorial calling out for her complacency regarding George Santos. Free to read for non subscribers, including
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From : Chicago White Sox pitcher Mike Clevinger is under investigation by Major League Baseball following allegations of domestic violence involving the mother of his 10-month-old daughter and child abuse.
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Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of men and women.
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Lynette Hardaway, known by the moniker “Diamond” of the conservative political commentary duo Diamond and Silk, died Jan. 8 of heart disease due to chronic high blood pressure. yhoo.it/3XAor8U
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Months After Hurricane Ian Hit Florida, Many in Fort Myers Are Living in Tents.
This creeped out my sister
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I had an editor who operated this way
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Alex Kuczynski on Nicke Finke's methodology:
“I had gotten this great tip and that I had a really reputable first source but not a second,” Kuczynski said. “She basically said you call five people, plant a seed in their brain and wait a day for someone else to have heard it.”
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10 people killed, 10 injured in mass shooting at Monterey Park dance studio
A federal judge ruled that DeSantis violated the First Amendment and the Florida Constitution by removing an elected state prosecutor from office, the Associated Press reports.
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A Young Founder Fooled JPMorgan (According to JPMorgan)
Charlie Javice promised to simplify the college financial aid process. It was a compelling pitch. Especially, as now seems likely, to those with little firsthand knowledge of financial aid
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My baby's cancer may have returned and my insurance, , is refusing to help cover a PET scan so we can find out if it has, and if needed, continue our work to save his life. No qualms about putting my child's life on the line for their bottom line. He is not even 2 years old
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Florida will not allow a new Advanced Placement course on African American studies to be offered in high schools. The state's education department said the course content was "inexplicably contrary to Florida law," but did not cite what was objectionable.
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From her kitchen table in rural Illinois, Mary Kaye Richter started a global foundation for families who shared her son’s rare genetic disorder, hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia. She has died at 77.
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Hundreds of U.S. law-enforcement agencies have access without court oversight to a database of more than 150 million money transfers between people in the U.S. and in more than 20 countries.
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Utah man who killed 7 members of his family was investigated for child abuse. He wasn't charged.
Arson at Illinois Planned Parenthood Causes Extensive Damage, Authorities Say.
Police in Peoria, Ill., said they received a report of someone throwing a “flammable item” into the clinic on Sunday.
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After Lecturer Sues, Hamline University Walks Back Its ‘Islamophobic’ Comments.
In an about-face, the school said that using the term was “flawed” and that respect for Muslim students should not have superseded academic freedom.
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Northwestern’s game at Iowa tonight has been postponed. Northwestern only has 6 available players due to COVID, source told .
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Two Illinois Paramedics Charged With Murder in Patient’s Death
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UCF professors are renaming courses and removing phrases like “human rights”, “social justice”, “equity” and “equal” to avoid being targeted or tracked by the state.
This is happening in 2023 in the United States under the new McCarthyism of Ron DeSantis.
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