[ad_1] Packages of Tampax brand tampons on a drugstore shelf in New York on Wednesday, February 10, 2016. Richard Levine | Corbis News | Getty Images Over a lifetime, period products in the U.S. cost a total of around $6,000 per person, according to research published in 2021 — and that’s before tax. In 21 states, a sales…
[ad_1] Healthcare workers strike in front of Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, as more than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers go on strike from October 4 to 7 across the United States, in Los Angeles, California, October 4, 2023. Aude Guerrucci | Reuters More than 85,000 health workers reached a tentative labor agreement with…
[ad_1] Striking Kaiser Permanente workers hold signs as they march in front of the Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center on October 06, 2023 in Vallejo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Kaiser Permanente workers on Friday threatened further strikes if executives don’t meet their demands over health-care staffing and job outsourcing. More than 75,000 Kaiser…
[ad_1] Kaiser Permanente employees, joined by Union members representing the workers, walk the picket line in Los Angeles, California on October 4, 2023. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers remained on strike Thursday for a second day over a short-staffing crisis at health facilities. A spokesperson…
[ad_1] Exhibit from court record: red 2018 Ferrari Spider. Source: U.S. DOJ A Miami federal judge ordered a lab owner convicted of defrauding Medicare to forfeit more than $187 million worth of proceeds from the scam, including $30 million in cash, a 2018 Ferrari Spider and real estate, the U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday….
[ad_1] People hold placards, as a coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions representing 75,000 healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente start a three day strike across the United States over a new contract, in San Diego, California, U.S. October 4, 2023. Mike Blake | Reuters More than 75,000 workers at Kaiser Permanente — the nation’s largest health-care…
[ad_1] A sign is posted on the exterior of the Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center on September 08, 2023 in Vallejo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images More than 75,000 workers at the largest nonprofit private health-care provider in the United States are poised to strike Wednesday after negotiations failed to reach an agreement over…
[ad_1] Thousands of healthcare workers march down Vermont to call for the urgent need for improved working conditions, better support systems and increased investment in the healthcare workforce at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in Hollywood on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA. Dania Maxwell | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images…
[ad_1] Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., July 13, 2023. Kevin Wurm | Reuters The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued the largest anesthesiology provider in Texas, claiming the company has wielded monopoly power to…
[ad_1] Michael Nesterov | Istock | Getty Images A federal jury in Miami convicted a Florida nurse practitioner of health-care conspiracy and other charges for playing a key role in a scheme that swindled hundreds of millions of dollars from Medicare. Elizabeth Hernandez, 45, fraudulently billed Medicare for more than $200 million in orthotic braces…
