(2024-07-03). Medicare Dis-Advantage: Overpayments And Inequity. popularresistance.org Medicare Advantage—the privatized Medicare plans run by insurance firms but funded by the federal government—rips off taxpayers. On this there is little controversy. In March, MedPAC, Congress's nonpartisan advisory board on Medicare policy, estimated that this year alone taxpayers will overpay Medicare Advantage plans by $83 billion—the savings to Medicare if all of those plans' enrollees were instead covered by the traditional, fully public Medicare program. A 2022 New York Times exposé, "'The Cash Monster Was Insatiable': How Insurers Exploited Medicare for Billions," lays out the gory mechan…
(2024-07-03). Why Gazans' Extreme Hunger Could Leave Its Mark on Subsequent Generations. counterpunch.org 
As Israel's offensive in Gaza rages on, people across the entire Gaza Strip find themselves in increasingly dire circumstances, with nearly the entire population experiencing high levels of food insecurity, including malnutrition, hunger and starvation. A famine review analysis from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification reported on June 25, 2024, that "a high risk
(2024-07-03). Democracy Now! 2024-07-03 Wednesday. democracynow.org Headlines for July 03, 2024; Science, Not Scaremongering: St. Vincent & Grenadines PM on Hurricane Beryl & Climate Crisis; "This Must End": Israel Orders New Mass Evacuation, Continuing Attacks on Gaza Health System; How to Replace Biden & Beat Trump: Longtime DNC Member Jim Zogby Proposes Process to Pick New Nominee | Headlines for July 03, 2024; Science, Not Scaremongering: St. Vincent & Grenadines PM on Hurricane Beryl & Climate Crisis; "This Must End": Israel Orders New Mass Evacuation, Continuing Attacks on Gaza Health System; How to Replace Biden & Beat Trump: Longtime DNC Member Jim Z…
(2024-07-03). The Heat: Middle East crisis escalates. america.cgtn.com 
Nearly nine months into the conflict in Gaza, the Hamas-run Health Ministry there reports nearly 38,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks, and more than 87,000 have been wounded. | On the Israeli side, the death toll is estimated to be about 1,100, with dozens of hostages still held captive. Sigrid Kaag, the United Nations Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, spoke about conditions in Gaza, at a UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday. | Meanwhile, fighting between the Israeli Defense Forces and Hezbollah have increased at the Lebanon-Israel border. Increased cross-border, ti…
(2024-07-03). Injured Workers Panel On Injured Workers, Workers Comp, OSHA, Healthcare & Workers Rights. indybay.org Workers and health and safety advocates will speak out about the attack on health and safety on the job and the corruption of the workers compensation system as well as the capture of government agencies by employers that are supposed to be protecting workers on the job and injured workers…
(2024-07-03). Human Rights Watch accuses Ethiopian forces of attacking hospitals. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Ethiopian forces of committing "widespread attacks amounting to war crimes against medical professionals, patients, and health facilities" in the Amhara region.The report included interviews with 58 people, including eyewitnesses and victims of the attacks, HRW documented attacks by federal forces and a pro-government militia against "medical workers, healthcare facilities, and transports in at least 13 towns".The Amhara region fell into an emergency state later in August 2023 after fighting erupted there between federal forces and the Fano "self-defense" militia.Shocki…
(2024-07-03). FDA approves endorsed Alzheimer's drug for early symptoms. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved new Alzheimer's treatment from Eli Lilly for adults with early symptomatic Alzheimer's disease, brand named Kisunla, following multiple delays and regulatory hurdles.According to a statement by Eli Lilly, Kisunla "demonstrated very meaningful results for people with early symptomatic Alzheimer's disease" including individuals with verified amyloid pathology who have moderate cognitive impairment (MCI) or the mild dementia stage of AD.According to the Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's disease affects around 7 million people in the United States…
(2024-07-03). Biden in the Bardo. counterpunch.org 
Seymour Hersh said Biden isn't all there. Thomas Friedman and Jane Fonda were reduced to tears. Rob Reiner, who watched the debate with Fonda in LA in the company of Doug Emhoff, the husband of Biden's VP Kamala Harris, screamed at the TV: "We've lost." One of the party's top money-bundlers told Politico: "Our only hope is that he bows out, we have brokered convention or dies. Otherwise, we are fucking dead."
(2024-07-03). Biden in the Bardo. counterpunch.org Seymour Hersh said Biden isn't all there. Thomas Friedman and Jane Fonda were reduced to tears. Rob Reiner, who watched the debate with Fonda in LA in the company of Doug Emhoff, the husband of Biden's VP Kamala Harris, screamed at the TV: "We've lost." One of the party's top money-bundlers told Politico: "Our only hope is that he bows out, we have a brokered convention or he dies. Otherwise, we are fucking dead."
(2024-07-03). In 2014 a former Nokia technology chief blew the whistle about harms caused by mobile phone use. expose-news.com In 2014, the Finnish newspaper Satakunnan Kansa posted an article about a former Nokia technology chief who said that mobile phones had wrecked his health. He went on to express his concerns …
(2024-07-03). Haiti PM Vows 'Transparency' To Population Traumatized By Gangs. latintimes.com Despite what he called an "extremely complicated" situation in the gang-plagued Caribbean nation, the leader of Haiti's transitional government pledged on Tuesday to offer "transparency" to his countrymen as he takes on the challenge of restoring order.
(2024-07-03). Explosive Hearing: Philippines' House of Representatives Investigates 290K+ Excess Deaths Correlated with Experimental Vaccines. asia-pacificresearch.com
(2024-07-03). New tax breaks, grants and assistance: Pa. task force makes recommendations on flood insurance. whyy.org From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? The problem is often cost. Families pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars per year on top of their regular homeowners insurance, and state officials want to chang…
(2024-07-03). Dozens killed in attack on village in central Mali. aljazeera.com Mali has been plagued by al-Qaeda-linked and ethnically based armed groups, but forced out UN peacekeepers.
(2024-07-03). Rift Valley Fever Outbreak Confirmed in Ntungamo. plusnews.ug 
An outbreak of Rift Valley Fever has been confirmed in Ntungamo district. The disease has already claimed three lives, in the areas of Rubaare, Nyarutuntu and Itojo, according to the District Surveillance Focal Person Moses Asiimwe. The majority of cases are registered among 13 to 45-year-olds and livestock handlers. Asiimwe says that while six …
(2024-07-03). Deputy Prime Minister's top choice for next Tory leader revealed. leftfootforward.org The Deputy Prime Minister has raised some eyebrows after it was revealed who his preferred candidate to lead the Tory Party aside from Rishi Sunak would be. | Oliver Dowden told his constituents that he believed Health Secretary Victoria Atkins was the only other "star of his generation" to be Conservative party leader aside from Rishi Sunak. | A leaked recording from the event last December revealed his choice, while the Health Secretary did not deny rumours she could run when asked by reporters at an election event. She said she was currently "not entertaining" questions about her leadership while campaignin…
(2024-07-03). Is the UK's health system worse than much poorer countries? aljazeera.com The worsening state of the NHS is high on the list of voter grievances ahead of the UK's snap election. Some of them sa…
(2024-07-03). Dangerous skin diseases spreading among children in Gaza. aljazeera.com More than 150,000 people have contracted skin infections in the squalid conditions prevailing in the enclave.
(2024-07-03). US bans additives in sports drinks, soda due to health concerns. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently declared that it will no longer permit the use of hazardous additives in packaged drinks and food items. According to a statement released by the FDA, brominated vegetable oil (BVO) is a type of vegetable oil that is used as a food additive to prevent citrus flavouring from rising to the top of beverages, as reported by CNN. The FDA has also informed that this decision will take effect on August 2, 2024. According to the FDA statement, the packaged food companies will have a year from that date to reformulate and relabel their products…