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FALLS CHURCH, Va. –

Whether you’re new to TRICARE For Life (TFL) or you’ve had it for years, you may have questions about getting care with TFL.

TFL is Medicare-wraparound coverage for military retirees and their family members who are TRICARE-eligible and have Medicare Part A and Part B. Medicare is your primary health coverage when you have TFL.

“This means that Medicare pays first on a health care claim,” said Anne Breslin, TRICARE For Life program manager. “TRICARE pays second, or last if you have other health insurance.”

Knowing how Medicare coverage works can help you avoid unexpected costs.

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Gaza’s Health Care System Collapses

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A World Health Organization official who recently returned from the Gaza Strip said on Wednesday the health care system is rapidly deteriorating, and more staff, supplies and access are urgently needed.

“I’ve seen the health care system collapsing before my eyes,” Sean Casey, WHO Health Emergency Officer, told reporters at the United Nations.

Casey spent five weeks in Gaza, starting in early December, and he met with medical professionals and patients across the territory.

“I saw patients in hospitals every day with severe burns, with open fractures, waiting hours or days for care, and they would often

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House Royal Museums Of Fine Arts Of Belgium

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The highlights of the collection embrace the Sumerian Stele of Ushumgal, the Elamite silver Kneeling Bull with Vessel, the Pratt Ivories, and a set of monumental stone lamassu, or guardian figures, from the Northwest Palace of the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II. Today, the museum accommodates greater than 380,000 pieces of art, together with the “Mona Lisa” (as properly as 25 % of all of da Vinci’s paintings). It also features items that range from early Mesopotamia and Ancient Greece and the famous “Venus de Milo” statue.

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You could argue that the colonial building is equally as attention-grabbing as the exhibits …

Ala. community college nursing students are more prepared for the health care industry

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – A new report from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing shows that nursing students from Alabama’s community colleges are more prepared to enter the health care industry after graduation.

The report shows that more than 95% of Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) candidates and 95% of Registered Nurse (RN) candidates from one of the state’s community colleges passed their Next Generation NCLEX. The test measures the student’s preparedness.

The national average for LPN is 75%, RN is 68%.

Anita Naramore is the Associate Dean of Nursing at Jefferson State Community College. She said all the

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Nearly 600,000 Florida kids shed from government health care, study says

TALLAHASSEE — Nearly 600,000 Florida children lost their government-provided health insurance last year after the federal government ended the national COVID-related health emergency, more than any other state except Texas, according to a newly released report by the Georgetown Center for Children and Families .

The report, a national study of how states shed children from Medicaid after the federal government lifted a hold that blocked them from dropping these patients during the pandemic, found that Florida lost 589,671 children in state-run government health insurance programs from April to December.

Total enrollment for children in April 2023 was 3,093,191. By

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Report: Amedisys-UnitedHealth Group Closes In On Sizable Divestment Package

A new report claims that home health giant Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) and UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) are closing in on a sizable divestment package to help circumvent antitrust concerns from regulators.

UnitedHealth Group and its Optum arm announced a $3.3 billion deal to acquire Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Amedisys last year, offline the in-home care company away from previous suitor Option Care Health (Nasdaq: OPCH). Since the deal was announced, UnitedHealth Group has faced mounting pressure from individual lawmakers and federal regulators alike.

specifically, the new report comes from The Capitol Forum, a news organization that covers antitrust, merger control,

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Lawmakers grill UHG CEO at hearings following Change Healthcare cyberattack

Senate and House lawmakers May 1 grilled UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty about the continued fallout from the Feb. 22 cyberattacks on Change Healthcare — the most significant and consequential cyberattack on the US health care system in American history.

Members of the Senate Committee on Finance and House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations pressed Witty for answers about what the company is doing to support hospitals and providers still feeling impacts from the attack; whether the company would waive timely filing deadlines for claims; and why a Change Healthcare Citrix portal that was hacked did not

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