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The NFL Has Been Using An Unproven Measure To Get Players With Covid Back On The Field Fast

The National Football League in December quietly made a small but meaningful change to its rules for allowing players to return after testing positive for covid, one that hinges on an arcane and hotly debated measurement called a cycle threshold, or Ct value.

Mar 8, 2022

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With Federal COVID-19 Sick Leave Gone, Workers Feel Pressure

Federal laws that offered COVID-related paid sick leave to workers have expired, leaving low-income workers the most vulnerable.

Nov 30, 2021

WHEN CAITLIN WELLS SALERNO AND JON SALERNO’S FIRST SON, HANK, WAS BORN, HIS DELIVERY COST THE FAMILY ONLY $30. GUS’ BILL CAME IN AT MORE THAN $16,000. THE FAMILY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ABOUT $3,600 OF IT./RAE ELLEN BICHELL/KHN

How Billing Turns A Routine Birth Into A High-Cost Emergency

Over the past 20 years, hospitals and doctors have learned there’s great profit in upcoding visits.

Oct 28, 2021

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