Source: NorthJersey.com New Jersey residents who receive unemployment compensation for as little as a week this year can get health insurance at virtually no cost, through funding provided by the American Rescue Plan. The $1.9 trillion COVID relief measure, passed by Congress and signed by President Joe Biden on March 11, provides subsidies that lower […]
Sarcoma Awareness: CureSarcoma.org · RWJ Barnabas Health/Rutgers Cancer Ctr. · American Cancer Society · Nat’l Fnd. Cancer Research · Donate Source: National Foundation For Cancer Research Sarcoma is a rare but deadly form of cancer affecting connective tissues such as fat, muscle, blood vessels, nerve, bone, deep skin and cartilage. There are roughly 15,000 new […]
Source: National Public Radio PART ONE The bizarre part of all this is that many monopolized hospitals are technically considered “nonprofits” There are, apparently, “a lot of nonprofits to be made in the healthcare industry,” according to Zack Cooper, an economist at Yale School of Public Health. He doesn’t take their “nonprofit” status very seriously. […]
Source: National Public Radio Last month, Michigan’s two largest hospital systems, Spectrum Health and Beaumont Health, announced they wanted to become one. The $12.9 billion “megamerger” would create a health industrial complex spanning 22 hospitals, 305 outpatient facilities, and an insurance company. It would employ 64,000 people, making it the largest employer in Michigan. Local […]
Source: NJ Spotlight New Jersey’s COVID-19 statistics continued to head south today, with yet another jump in new confirmed cases and a big increase in the transmission rate of the virus. The report of new infections rose 17% over yesterday’s total and are now more than double what was seen at the beginning of this month. […]
NEW JERSEY – All lots of Neutrogena and Aveeno aerosol sunscreen products have been voluntarily recalled, announced Johnson & Johnson. According to a company announcement, internal testing identified low levels of benzene in some product samples. Benzene is classified as a human carcinogen, a substance that could potentially cause cancer depending on the level and […]