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This Is Why Hospitals Can Charge $6,000 Or $60,000 For The Exact Same Procedure

ZERO HEDGE – Several months back, we pointed out how new disclosure laws would be forcing hospitals to disclose the cost of services and rates negotiated by insurers. Now, the numbers are starting to trickle in - and they're ugly. Roughly 6,000 hospitals across the nation are starting to reveal the rates they negotiate with insurers for a number of procedures. The figures show how widely prices vary for the same procedure depending on who is paying,...

Biden’s “Attack On Florida” Raises Objections

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott told a cable news audience Saturday that any virus-driven travel ban on the state would be an “attack” on Florida.

Biden Opens Southern Border To 25,000 Refugees

The Biden administration has announced plans for tens of thousands of people who are seeking asylum and have been forced to wait in Mexico under a Trump-era policy to be allowed into the U.S. while their cases wind through immigration courts.

Florida Man “Sadistically Mutilated” Pets, Cites Stress, Anxiety

KIRO-7 NAPLES, Fla. — A Florida man killed at least eight hamsters in an effort to relieve stress and anger, investigators said. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office said Christian Hunter, 21, severed the head of a hamster and left the remains of the mutilated animal in a blood-smeared box on the side of the road, WINK reported. A resident found the box Jan. 5 and told detectives she had found several others over the last year with...

Cuomo Aides Admit Lying To Conceal True Nursing Home Covid Death Count

A top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told leading state Democratic lawmakers that the administration had withheld data on COVID-19 deaths at nursing homes to avoid federal scrutiny, according to a bombshell new report.

Death Row Inmate’s Plea: Execution Would Be ‘Superspreader Event’

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama would be the first state to carry out an execution this year if it proceeds with plans to put to death a 51-year-old inmate convicted of the shotgun slaying of a police detective's sister decades ago. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay blocking the Thursday night execution, but the state is expected to appeal. Willie B. Smith III was scheduled to receive a lethal injection at a...

Beloved Red Sox, World Series Veteran “Billy C” Dead, 73

BOSTON GLOBE – Major League Baseball held its first amateur draft in 1965, and with the fifth overall pick, the Red Sox selected Billy Conigliaro, an outfielder from Swampscott High School. It was no surprise, as Mr. Conigliaro’s older brother, Tony, was the immensely popular power-hitting right fielder for the Sox. Billy Conigliaro overcame the pressure and made his own path, debuting with the Sox in 1969 with two home runs in his first start, and...

WHO Exoneration of Wuhan Lab ‘Shameful’: Cruz

The origin of the year-long coronavirus pandemic remains a mystery after scientists from the World Health Organization (WHO) wrapped up its investigation in Wuhan, China -- drawing criticism from U.S. officials.

Coronavirus NOT From China Lab, Says WHO; Anyone Surprised?

WUHAN, China (AP) — The coronavirus most likely first appeared in humans after jumping from an animal, a team of international and Chinese scientists looking for the origins of COVID-19 said Tuesday, saying an alternate theory that the virus leaked from a Chinese lab was unlikely. A closely watched visit by World Health Organization experts to Wuhan — the Chinese city where the first coronavirus cases were discovered — did not dramatically change the current...

Tot, 3, Maimed By Pit Bull Inside Texas Restaurant; Dog Owner BLAMES CHILD

A Texas dog owner is now facing charges after her animal mauled a 3-year-old girl at a restaurant, leaving the child with severe face injuries that may require plastic surgery to repair, reports say.

Congressman Dead With Covid-19; Also Had Cancer

Texas Republican U.S. Rep. Ron Wright has died more than two weeks after contracting COVID-19.

‘The Supremes’ Founder Dies, 76

Singer Mary Wilson, who co-founded the legendary Motown group The Supremes, died suddenly Monday night at her home in Henderson, Nevada.

Iowa Guv Cancels Mask Mandate

"Strong conservative governors are the last line of defense against Joe Biden's executive orders and the far left's radical agenda/"

What People Don’t Know About Mrs. Anthony Fauci

ELLE – In January 2020, Dr. Christine Grady's husband, Dr. Anthony Fauci, was tapped to join the White House COVID-19 task force. It didn't take long for the American public to lionize the soft-spoken infectious disease expert. His bespectacled face was meme-ified and printed on coffee mugs, masks, and prayer candles. He inspired love songs and appeared on late-night talk shows. The New Yorker dubbed him “America’s Doctor,” and Brad Pitt played him on SNL. In a...

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