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Workers With Health Insurance Face Rising Out-of-Pocket Costs – The New York Times

The high cost of health care is persisting during the pandemic, even for people lucky enough to still have job-based insurance. The average annual cost of a health plan covering a family rose to $ 21,342 in 2020, according to the latest survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit group that tracks employer-based coverage.… Read More »

Coronavirus live updates: New York City lifts curfew; Malaysia to allow interstate travel starting June 10

White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci has said the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. appears to be going in “the right direction” despite a few “blips.” New York saw its lowest daily death toll in eight weeks on Thursday and the number of daily deaths related to Covid-19 have been on a slow, steady decline from… Read More »

For-Profit Healthcare Doomed Our Coronavirus Response – The New York Times

The arrival of Covid-19 has provided a nuclear-level stress test to the American health care system and our grade isn’t pretty: At least 71,100 dead, 1.2 million infected and 30 million unemployed; nursing homes, prisons and meat packing plants that have become hotbeds of infection. The actual numbers are certainly far higher, since there still… Read More »

Cuomo says New York will grant marriage licenses remotely: ‘There is now no excuse when the question comes up’

A couple hold hands while wearing protective masks in Central Park as the coronavirus continues to spread across the United States on March 20, 2020 in New York City. Cindy Ord New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state will start granting marriage licenses remotely as lockdown measures designed to stop the spread of coronavirus… Read More »