EDITORIAL: One-way ticket to bankrupt health care
by Toronto Sun
Toronto Sun— The recent decision by an Ontario Division Court that forces the province’s health insurance plan to cover “gender-affirming” surgery for a patient sets a dangerous precedent for health-care entitlements. In a 3-0 ruling, the court said the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) must pay for the non-binary patient to travel to Texas for specialized surgery […]
CNBC—Walmart to shutter health centers, virtual care service in latest failed push into health care. Walmart said clinics are not a sustainable business model due to a challenging reimbursement environment for primary care and increasing operating costs.
NBC News—Owner of Michigan warehouse in deadly blast is arrested at airport with one-way ticket. The owner of a Michigan business that exploded in March has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after a flying canister from the blast hit and killed a 19-year-old standing outside a quarter-mile away. Noor Kestou, the owner of Select Distributors, was arrested this week at the John F. Kennedy Airport in New York after police in Michigan were alerted that he was attempting to leave the country on a one-way ticket to Hong Kong, officials said. “We don’t know what his ultimate goal was,"...
Mother Jones—SCOTUS v. pregnant patients: How Idaho's abortion fight could blow up one of America's most "revolutionary" health care laws.. Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in what could end up being its most consequential abortion decision since Dobbs. In a case pitting Idaho’s extreme abortion ban against a federal law known as EMTALA—that since 1986 has required hospitals to provide emergency care—conservative justices seemed to embrace the idea that states can deny […]