Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid funding can be blocked for now, appeals court rules

[ad_1] Boston — A U.S. appeals court panel on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to block Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood while legal challenges continue. A federal judge in July ruled Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed with Medicaid funding as the nation’s largest abortion provider fights the administration’s efforts to…

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Private Medicare, Medicaid plans exaggerate in-network mental health options, watchdogs say

[ad_1] Companies running private Medicare and Medicaid insurance plans inaccurately list many mental health professionals as being available to treat the plans’ members, a new federal watchdog report says. The investigators allege that some insurers effectively set up “ghost networks” of psychologists, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals who purportedly have agreed to treat patients…

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1.4 tons of cocaine found floating in Pacific Ocean 1,000 miles off coast of El Salvador

[ad_1] El Salvador seized packages containing 1.4 tons of cocaine floating in the Pacific Ocean, President Nayib Bukele said Tuesday, calling it a strike “against international drug trafficking.” The shipment was found approximately 1,000 miles southwest of El Cordoncillo at the mouth of the Jaltepeque estuary on El Salvador’s Pacific coast, he said, in a social media…

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4 dead, 12 injured in Mississippi shooting, officials say

[ad_1] Four people were killed and at least 12 others were injured in a shooting early Saturday morning in Leland, Mississippi, officials said. Leland Mayor John Lee told CBS News the shooting happened around midnight, and four of the injured people were airlifted to local hospitals. There was no immediate information about their condition.  There…

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