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COVID Care Is Free, If You Know This

Hospital bills for uninsured COVID patients are covered, but no one tells them | "Asking questions about insurance coverage is often referred to as a 'wallet biopsy,' and can result in fines for hospitals or even being temporarily banned from receiving Medicare payments." Nashville Public Radio – When Darius Settles died from COVID-19 on the Fourth of July, his family and the city of Nashville, Tennessee, were shocked. Even the mayor noted the passing of a 30-year-old...

Anthem Revenue Up 16%, Tops $30B For Quarter

Anthem tops 3Q forecasts | Oct 28, 2020 | Indianapolis (AP) – Anthem delivered a better-than-expected third quarter even though a jump in benefit expenses and other costs contributed to an 81% drop in the health insurer's net income. The Blue Cross-Blue Shield coverage provider also said Wednesday that it was leaving its 2020 earnings forecast unchanged, as insurers continue to deal with uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Anthem covers more than 42 million people...

California Collects $100M From Shuttered Restaurants

Fed up: Restaurants seek state booze, health fee refund | Oct 26, 2020 | Los Angeles (AP) – California's financially battered restaurants filed government claims Monday to recover more than $100 million in fees for liquor and health permits and tourism charges that they say were assessed even though their businesses were shuttered or only partially operating under long-running coronavirus orders. Few industries have been hit as hard during the pandemic as restaurants, which in California were...

Fast Food Burgers in ‘Re-Usable’ Containers: Good Idea?

New York (CNN Business) Burger King is planning to test reusable containers starting next year as part of its efforts to reduce waste. The trial is part of a partnership with TerraCycle's zero-waste delivery platform, Loop. Customers can opt in for reusable packaging for menu items such as sandwiches, soft drinks, and coffee. They can then return the reusable sandwich container or beverage cup to Burger King restaurants to be cleaned and reused. But for those who...

Racism, Sexism Okay – As Long As It’s Produced By Mainstream Media

"That Africa skit was tone def , insensitive and inappropriate. Men and women in are fighting for their lives and to reduce the continent as sexual destination for white women is shameful." Adele and SNL sketch tout 'massive' African penis size Oct 26, 2020 CNN – "Saturday Night Live" is facing a backlash over a sketch in which Adele, Kate McKinnon and Heidi Gardner play White divorcees lusting over African men. The skit, intended to mock sex...

Schwarzenegger ‘Fantastic’ After Heart Surgery

I’s true, I’m back!” | Fox News – Ex-CA Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger tweeted Friday that he was feeling “fantastic” after undergoing heart surgery to receive a new aortic valve. “Thanks to the team at the Cleveland Clinic, I have a new aortic valve to go along with my new pulmonary valve from my last surgery,” the “Terminator” star and former Republican governor of California tweeted. Schwarzenegger included photos of him giving a thumbs up in the hospital...

Workers Fired, Penalized for Reporting COVID Safety Violations

"The law prohibits employers from firing, demoting or otherwise retaliating against workers who refuse to take part in activities they believe are incompatible with public health and safety mandates." Workers Fired, Penalized for Reporting COVID Safety Violations Oct 23, 2020 Kaiser Health News – When COVID-19 began making headlines in March, Charles Collins pulled out a protective face mask from the supply at the manufacturing company in Rockaway, New Jersey, where he was the shop foreman...

Chinese Noodles Fatal For Nine

Noodles made from fermented corn flour are a common dish in the region New York Post – Nine members of a family in China died after eating homemade corn noodles, authorities said. The family ate the noodles for breakfast on Oct. 5, according to a state-run media report. Hours later, all fell ill. Eight died by Oct. 11, and the ninth died on Monday, the outlet reported. The cause of their deaths was poisoning from bongkrekic acid, a respiratory toxin. Gao...

Animal-Lover Keeps Fawn As Pet, It Grows Up And Attacks

“We can’t say it enough: Wild animals are not pets.” Woman cited with possessing, feeding young buck deer that gored neighbor | Oct. 19, 2020 | COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – A Black Forest woman who told Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers she took a days-old fawn into her home more than a year and raised it has been cited with two misdemeanors after the deer, now a young buck, gored a neighbor last week. CPW officers cited...

Beach Volleyball Champ Shamed After Equating Masks, Slavery

"I PREFER DANGEROUS FREEDOM TO PEACEFUL SLAVERY" Sep 9, 2020 | USA TODAY – Three-time Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings began an Instagram post caption with "This going to be a long post & it's going to upset some people." She was right, especially about the "upset some people" part. Walsh Jennings wrote how she did not wear a mask while shopping over the weekend: "I read a quote the other day that shook me -...

Masturbation Scandal Rocks CNN

"According to sources, Toobin was seen masturbating in what was supposed to be a 10-minute 'strategy session' ... " Fox News – CNN's go-to media reporter Brian Stelter has been widely criticized for not offering up the full story about his network colleague Jeffrey Toobin, who was swept up in a Zoom masturbation scandal Monday. Vice broke the news that The New Yorker magazine had suspended Toobin -- also CNN's star legal analyst -- over an alleged...

FL Man Lands State Record Catfish

Fisherman shatters state's blue catfish record | PLUS: Is wild-caught catfish safe to eat? Fox News – It's no easy feat to wrangle an 111-pound fish. A Florida man set a new state record in Georgia after reeling in a massive Blue Catfish on the Chattahoochee River. The fish officially weighed in at 110 lbs., 6 oz. and measured out to 58-inches long and had a 42-inch girth. The Georgia Wildlife Resources Division announced the new record on its Facebook...

Rush’s Cancer Talk Sparks Savage Rant, Megyn Tirade

"I think I speak for, oh, pretty much everyone when I say STFU you absolute d-----bag." Megyn Kelly to Michael Savage Talk radio host Michael Savage ripped for remarks after Rush Limbaugh’s cancer update Fox News – Radio host Michael Savage took heat on social media earlier this week for comments he made after Rush Limbaugh's emotional cancer update. Savage wrote on Twitter: "Limbaugh's crying about his cancer on air! Worst 15 minutes in radio history! "Spilled a...

New China Virus: Acute Diarrhea, 90 Percent Fatal

“We know it infects human cells.” Oct 17, 2020 | AP via South China News – An emerging coronavirus strain that causes gastrointestinal illness in swine - and is especially dangerous to baby pigs - could wreck the pork industry and has the potential to jump species and infect humans, a University of North Carolina study has found. The study, published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, looked at a virus called...

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