Tag: healthcare

Another NS Woman Dies After Extended ER Wait Time, Family Calls for Health System Reform

Another Nova Scotia woman has died after waiting for hours at an emergency room before she gave up and left. Now her family is gathering stories of similar cases to push for a change in the province’s health care system. “I was sad. But now? Now I’m mad,” said Katherine Snow on Nova Scotia Healthcare Crisis,…


Michigan Healthcare Workers’ Lottery Club Wins $1 Million Powerball Prize

A Michigan lottery club of 78 healthcare employees won a $1 million prize in Powerball, which will be divided between them, the club announced on Thursday. The “Heroes to Zeroooos” lottery club from Traverse City, Mich., gathered at MiddleCoast Brewing Company in Traverse City to claim their prize, according to local media. Each of the…


Walgreens to Pause Mergers & Acquisitions Deals, Focus on Healthcare Pivot

Walgreens Boots Alliance said on Thursday it will not strike new deals in the short term after a spate of acquisitions in recent years, as it focuses on ramping up sales at its newer healthcare business. The company, one of the largest U.S. pharmacies, has been looking to gain a bigger foothold in the healthcare…


US Taxpayers Foot $324 Million Annual Health Care Bill for Illegal Aliens

American taxpayers are paying out over $300 million a year to fund health care services to illegal aliens in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to the agency’s year-end report. The report (pdf), published on Dec. 30, states ICE’s operational budget for fiscal year 2022 “approached” $324 million. Funding for ICE is allocated by…


GE HealthCare Rises 8 Percent in Market Debut, Eyes Small Deals

GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.’s shares rose as much as 8.4 percent in their Nasdaq debut on Wednesday and its chief executive said the company was looking to do small acquisitions to boost its cardiology and oncology operations in the long term. The company, which was spun off from conglomerate GE, had opened 3 percent lower…


100 Million Americans to Be on Medicaid by March, Think Tank Projects

Up to 100 million Americans will soon be enrolled in Medicaid, according to an enrollment monitoring project by the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA), a think tank focused on welfare and health care policy. On Dec. 28, FGA announced it believes that the number of Americans enrolled with Medicaid will cross the 100 million mark…


LIVE 10:30 AM ET: Social Media Being Used for Menticide Agendas; Canada Funds Suicide Book for Children

The Chinese regime is pushing programs for “mind dominance” using social media. Studies show the impact social networks have on a person’s views and opinions, including on politics and social issues, and this is now raising concerns over foreign manipulation for culture war. Meanwhile, a new “health care” agenda is being rolled out in countries…


LIVE NOW: Social Media Being Used for Menticide Agendas; Canada Funds Suicide Book for Children

The Chinese regime is pushing programs for “mind dominance” using social media. Studies show the impact social networks have on a person’s views and opinions, including on politics and social issues, and this is now raising concerns over foreign manipulation for culture war. Meanwhile, a new “health care” agenda is being rolled out in countries…


Social Media Being Used for Menticide Agendas; Canada Funds Suicide Book for Children

The Chinese regime is pushing programs for “mind dominance” using social media. Studies show the impact social networks have on a person’s views and opinions, including on politics and social issues, and this is now raising concerns over foreign manipulation for culture war. Meanwhile, a new “health care” agenda is being rolled out in countries…


LIVE 1/3, at 10:30 AM ET: Social Media Being Used for Menticide Agendas; Canada Funds Suicide Book for Children

The Chinese regime is pushing programs for “mind dominance” using social media. Studies show the impact social networks have on a person’s views and opinions, including on politics and social issues, and this is now raising concerns over foreign manipulation for culture war. Meanwhile, a new “health care” agenda is being rolled out in countries…