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Have you noticed something odd about your medical bill? Don’t overlook it. A study published Friday in JAMA Health Forum found that filing an appeal often uncovers errors and can make bills more affordable.”If you get a bill that seems strange or that’s an amount you can’t afford, pick up the phone and contact the billing office,” said Erin Duffy, director of research training at the University of Southern California’s Schaefer Center for Health Policy and Economics and lead author of the study. “Most people have good outcomes when they do that.”The survey results showed that about one in five…

ReutersDivers search off the coast of PorticelloOne man has died and six are missing after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of Sicily due to extreme weather conditions. The 56-metre, British-flagged Baysian was carrying 22 people – 12 passengers and 10 crew – when it was hit by a severe storm producing a water tornado early Monday morning. Fifteen people have been rescued but searches are ongoing for those still missing, including British tech tycoon Mike Lynch.Here’s what we know so far about the tragedy and how it happened:What happened to the yacht?Witnesses said the Basin was hit by…

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Wendy Fry, Alexei Kosev, Sameer Kamal | CalMattersLast-minute protests denied two Senate-approved bills a chance to be voted on in the Assembly, and the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus has vowed to reintroduce the bills next year, saying reparations are a “multiple-year effort.”California had been working for years to become the first state in the nation to get a reparations bill to the governor’s desk and have it signed into law, but in the final hours of this year’s legislative session, two key bills to compensate African-Americans descended from slaves for harms came to a tragic end.While other bills…

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — When it comes to the niche business of relocating elephants, Dr. Amir Khalil and his team might be the best.Egyptian veterinarians have perhaps the most The most famous elephant relocations on earthIn 2020, Khalil’s team KaavanA Malayan Asian elephant, who had been living alone for years in a Pakistani zoo, was rescued and given a better life with other elephants in a Cambodian sanctuary.At the time, Ka’avan was called “the loneliest elephant in the world” and the project was a huge success, but Ka’avan wasn’t the only one who needed help.Next is the last…

JMU football opened the 2024 season with a 30-7 win over Charlotte. The Dukes trailed 7-3 in the second quarter but gradually pulled away from Biff Poggi’s squad the rest of the way. Charlotte head coach Poggi said after the game that he felt Charlotte was the better team, but the scoreboard told a different story. In Week 1, JMU’s defense shone, holding Charlotte to under 10 points. With Bob Chesney’s JMU team off to a 1-0 start, let’s break down some takeaways from Week 1. Alonza Barnett will start at QB. The story of the night was at quarterback,…

Disney’s networks, including ABC and ESPN, have been pulled across DirecTV, marking the start of another major impasse in its struggling pay-TV business. The fight between the two companies has intensified in recent days, even as they sat down to negotiate ahead of a Sunday deadline for an existing contract. DirecTV has shrunk in recent years but remains a major operator, with about 11 million subscribers across its traditional satellite, cable and internet-based DirecTV Stream service. “Our contract with Disney, the provider of this channel, has expired,” a message to viewers on the affected networks read. “Please be patient while…

Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham made headlines Sunday for trying to break the Silicon Valley convention that founders run the companies they start. In an essay posted on his website, he recalled a talk last week from Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky that many attendees said was the best speech they had ever heard. “The theme of Brian’s talk was that the conventional wisdom about how to run a big company is wrong,” Graham writes. “As Airbnb grew, well-meaning people advised him that to scale the company, he needed to run it a certain way. Their advice, optimistically, was…

CNN — The deaths of six hostages on Saturday have thrown ceasefire and hostage release negotiations between Israel and Hamas into disarray, with the White House national security adviser saying the “next few days will be crucial” in the release of those held by Hamas. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told families of the American hostages in an online meeting on Sunday that the administration would “work around the clock to reach an agreement to secure the release of the remaining hostages,” according to a summary of the discussions released by the families. U.S. officials said the deaths of hostages…

Alonza Burnett began the second half of Saturday’s game against Charlotte with big questions hanging over him. Burnett was the surprising winner of an offseason quarterback battle among Power Five transfers, but his first half against the 49ers left fans stressed and sparked questions on social media about whether the redshirt sophomore was looking to repeat his performance against Bucknell in 2023. Barnett became famous (at least in JMU circles) after going 3-11 against Bucknell and losing his starting role to Jordan McCloud after just two quarters, and McCloud never looked back, leading JMU to an 11-0 victory. Barnett played…