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May 14 2024
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EQT-Backed Waystar Said to Seek as Much as $1 Billion in US IPO
Waystar Holding Corp. is seeking to raise as much as $1 billion in its US initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter.
A listing for the EQT AB-backed firm could happen as soon as in June, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is confidential. Waystar filed publicly for a Nasdaq listing in October, and the health-care payments software
BloombergMay 15 2024
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Wegovy could bankrupt U.S. health system, Sanders says in new report
Blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy could bankrupt the U.S. healthcare system unless the price drops, according to a staff report released Wednesday from the office of Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Unless prices dramatically decline, Wegovy and weight loss drugs could push Americans to spend $1 trillion per year on prescription
The HillMay 15 2024
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California workers lost $4,000 in wages
A new report from Rutgers University found that California workers paid below the minimum wage lost on average nearly $4,000 a year over the past decade. California's minimum wage is currently set way higher than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. In January, California set the minimum wage to $16 per hour and in April, the minimum wage for fast food workers increased to $20 per hour
NewsweekMay 15 2024
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McIntosh running for State Senate District 3
BIO: Republican Dr. Julie McIntosh, a physician and dedicated advocate for traditional Oklahoma values, has officially filed her candidacy for State Senate. She is commitment to traditional Oklahoma values and positive change A mother of four, McIntosh has homeschooled her children for more than two decades. She will always fight for parental rights and reject any efforts by the radical left
Tulsa WorldMay 13 2024
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South African President to Sign Contentious Health Plan Into Law
South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa will sign-off on a controversial health insurance bill Wednesday, two weeks before national elections.
Ramaphosa will sign into law the National Health Insurance Bill aimed at transforming “South Africa’s health-care system to achieve universal coverage for health services and, through this, overcome critical socio-economic imbalances and inequities of the
BloombergMay 14 2024
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'It is a shame on humanity': DFW doctor stuck in Gaza urges ceasefire
North Texas physician Dr. Mahmoud Sabha was supposed to be home Tuesday night. Instead, he's stuck in Gaza along with at least 20 other American healthcare workers after Israel seized the Rafah crossing--the only remaining way in and out of the Gaza Strip, through its border with Egypt. “The situation in Gaza that I’ve seen personally is just getting worse and worse and worse," Sabha said,
Dallas-Fort Worth NewsJul 10 2023
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HCA Healthcare Data Leak Appears to Be Theft
HCA has reported the data breach to law enforcement and hired advisers to help investigate. HCA Healthcare HCA -1.01%decrease; red down pointing triangle , which operates about 180 hospitals and other health-care facilities, said some patient information, including names, emails and phone numbers, were leaked online. The company said an unknown and unauthorized party made the information
Wall Street Journal (News)Dec 30 2023
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California to offer 700,000 illegal immigrants free healthcare as deficit soars and population shrinks
California is ushering in 2024 with free healthcare for more than 700,000 migrants living illegally in the Golden State as the state is faced with a looming $68 billion deficit. The program, which was announced in May by Gov. Gavin Newsom, will provide health insurance for approximately 700,000 illegal immigrant residents aged 26-49. California has been providing free health insurance to
Fox BusinessOct 07 2023
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Striking Healthcare Workers Return to Work—Without New Contracts
Striking Kaiser Permanente workers, seen Friday in Vallejo, Calif., returned to work but without a resolution on staffing and compensation differences. Striking Kaiser Permanente workers returned to work Saturday but without new contracts, ending the largest healthcare strike on record as their unions and employer continued to bargain. Negotiations are scheduled to pick up again Thursday. The
Wall Street Journal (News)Oct 04 2023
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75,000 Healthcare Workers Go on Strike Over Wages
Picketing began Wednesday morning at Kaiser Permanente hospitals as some 75,000 healthcare workers go on strike in Virginia, California and three other states over wages and staffing shortages, marking the latest major labor unrest in the United States. Kaiser Permanente is one of the country’s larger insurers and healthcare system operators, with 39 hospitals nationwide. The non-profit
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