Sloan Kettering cancer patients sick over threat of losing medical coverage under insurer Cigna: 'My heart just stopped' – New York Post
metro exclusive by carl campanile issued January 7, 2024, 4:23 PM ET A financial dispute between a prestigious Manhattan specialty hospital and a major health insurance company has left many cancer patients scared to death after being told they could lose their health insurance, The Post has learned. Patients, including some with severe stage 4 […]
Sloan Kettering cancer patients sick over threat of losing medical coverage under insurer Cigna
A financial dispute between a prestigious Manhattan specialty hospital and a major health insurance company has left many cancer patients scared to death after being told they could lose their health insurance, The Post has learned. Patients, including some with severe stage 4 cancer, received letters last month from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center claiming […]
Supreme Court rules Idaho may enforce abortion ban, even in medical emergencies
As the battle over the law plays out in court, the Supreme Court ruled Friday that Idaho can enforce its abortion ban, including in medical emergencies. The court announced it would hear arguments in April and put on hold a lower court ruling that blocked the law in a medical emergency. The lower court's ruling […]
Trump releases 'exceptional' medical report on Biden's 81st birthday
FOX News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel discusses voters’ concern about the mental acuity of presidential candidates and … source
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson’s family, attorney say medical negligence led to her death
The family of late Texas congressman Eddie Bernice Johnson is currently working with Dallas-based health care providers and rehabilitators after they say she died after contracting an infection while lying in her own stool after back surgery. I plan to file a medical negligence lawsuit against the facility. Johnson, a registered nurse and the first […]
Apple, Palantir, Agilon Health, Medical Properties Trust, Peloton, and More Movers – Barron's
Apple fell 0.2%. The tech giant's stock price is down 5.7% so far in 2024. The stock price ended the first three trading days of the year lower. The last time the stock fell in the first four days of a calendar year was in 1982, according to Dow Jones Market Data. Two Wall Street […]
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says he is open to medical marijuana program
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, who advocates full legalization of recreational marijuana, said he is open to the more limited legalization of medical marijuana proposed by Republicans. Republicans have been working on a medical marijuana bill behind closed doors for years, but they plan to unveil it this month. The move to legalize marijuana in Wisconsin […]
Kentucky governor backs longer list of conditions eligible for treatment under medical marijuana law
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday that access to medical marijuana in Kentucky should be expanded to include a list of more serious health conditions once the program is launched. Hundreds of thousands more people advocated for changes to the treatment. It starts next year. The bill passed by the Republican-led Congress […]
Alabama judge puts medical marijuana licenses on temporary hold
A judge has temporarily blocked Alabama from issuing licenses to medical marijuana facilities as a legal battle continues over how the state will select winning companies. Montgomery Circuit Judge James Anderson late Wednesday issued a temporary restraining order preventing the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission from issuing licenses to “integrated” facilities that grow, transport and sell […]
NY Gov. Hochul pitches paid medical leave during pregnancy
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, the state's first “mommy governor,” said Thursday she wants to enact into law 40 hours of paid medical leave during pregnancy. Democrats announced a plan to give more time to prenatal care visits at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn, saying it would make the Empire State the first state […]