Despite growing evidence of the harm caused by medical debt, hundreds of U.S. hospitals maintain policies to aggressively pursue patients for unpaid bills, using tactics such as lawsuits, selling …
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By Noam N. Levey, Kaiser Health News (TNS)
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1/14/23
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If you'd asked me in 2018 whether I was likely to be a victim of identity theft, I would have said no.I used free credit monitoring. I had unique passwords and two-factor authentication on all my …
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By Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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12/24/22
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Money transfer apps are a convenient way to send and receive money, but scammers can use them to steal your funds.Bank of America customers earlier this month filed a class-action lawsuit against the …
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By Evan Moore, The Charlotte Observer (TNS)
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12/7/22
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Librarians and their legislative allies are pushing publishers of electronic books to lower their prices and relax licensing terms, an effort that could make it easier for millions of library users …
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By Caitlin Dewey, Stateline.org (TNS)
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9/15/22
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The FBI considers sovereign citizens an anti-government extremist movement. Sovereign citizens believe the U.S. government is illegitimate and actually a corporation that secretly sold bonds using …
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Kevin Krause, The Dallas Morning News (TNS)
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9/11/22
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Arthur Brewer, representing the Alzheimer’s Association Capital of Texas Chapter, and manager of the Walk to End Alzheimer’s, considers this a family business. He is proud to announce …
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By Betty Cohn, Staff Writer
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9/10/22
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Texas residents will tell you “right quick” when you mispronounce landmarks across the state. Plenty of that correcting occurs in Central Texas, because some of our place names are a bit …
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By Betty Cohn, Staff Writer
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8/31/22
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A Leander native is serving in the U.S. Navy as part of the nation’s nuclear deterrence mission at Strategic Communications Wing One (STRATCOMMWING ONE). …
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By Stephanie Fox, Navy Office of Community Outreach
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8/19/22
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With a cowboy hat atop her head and fresh flowers in hand, Rosalind Alexander-Kasparik walked from her family farm on a Tuesday afternoon this spring to the adjacent private cemetery where …
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By Timia Cobb, The Texas Tribune
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6/3/22
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Korra Elliott has tried to avoid seeing a doctor while waiting to get on Medicaid. She worries she can’t afford more bills without any insurance coverage. But in early March — five …
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Bram Sable-Smith and Rachana Pradhan, Kaiser Health News (TNS)
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4/9/22
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The controversy began in September, more than a year into the pandemic, when the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners issued a warning to doctors in the state: Spreading misinformation about COVID-19 …
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Michael Ollove, Stateline.org (TNS)
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4/9/22
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Wylie James Prescott, 3, had to wait more than a year after his autism diagnosis to begin behavioral therapy, even though research shows early treatment of autism can be crucial for children’s …
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Andy Miller and Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News (TNS)
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4/3/22
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Most of the nation will rejoice when the Biden administration lifts the public health emergency that has been in force since March 2020. But when that moment comes — probably this summer, …
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Michael Ollove, Stateline.org (TNS)
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3/12/22
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For some counties and cities that share a public health agency with other local governments, differences over mask mandates, business restrictions and other COVID-19 preventive measures have strained …
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Vignesh Ramachandran, Kaiser Health News (TNS)
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3/6/22
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Fraudsters stand to siphon off $120 billion or more of the federal infrastructure money flowing to states and local governments for roads, bridges, broadband and other projects over the next five …
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Jenni Bergal, Stateline.org (TNS)
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3/5/22
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It’s not exactly uncharted territory, any more. Nor is it any longer a realm occupied exclusively by polymaths.So, a Cedar Park kid is headed to the high frontier as a rocket scientist.“Anyone …
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Richard Stone | Editor at Large
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2/24/22
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What’s the difference between socialism and communism? How does global warming occur? What’s an economy of scale? Easily Google-able questions — and parents’ own unhappy …
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Arianne Cohen, Rate.com (TNS)
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1/30/22
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Imagine you connect a credit card to a game on your child’s phone for convenience. A few weeks later, you find out thousands in charges were processed to your card in a matter of …
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Holly D. Johnson, Bankrate.com (TNS)
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1/30/22
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At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, people often relied on telemedicine for doctor visits. Now, insurers are betting that some patients liked it enough to embrace new types of health coverage …
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Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News (TNS)
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1/24/22
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TurboTax — which has been criticized for some sketchy tactics when it came to providing online access free of charge through the IRS site — is now shocking taxpayers by informing them …
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Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press (TNS)
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1/24/22
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