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fromTruthout
2 days ago

Medicare Advantage Companies Focus on Profits Over Care as Open Enrollment Ends

Low or $0 premiums plus supplemental benefits that traditional Medicare is not authorized by Congress to cover - dental, vision and hearing care - have attracted increasing numbers of seniors. The many disadvantages, including the need to get preauthorization for procedures or medicines your doctor has prescribed or the narrow group of health professionals that are in-network in many MA plans, are not mentioned in advertisements by brokers hired to recruit members.
Public health
fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

Accounting has had a talent problem for years. It's finally looking up - for now.

New data, however, suggests that the profession's talent crunch may be - cautiously - easing. Graduates who earned a bachelor's or master's degree in accounting fell to 55,152 in the 2023-24 academic year, according to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). That's a 6.6% decline from the year prior - still a drop, but a slower one than the 9.6% decline in 2022-23
Higher education
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Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 weeks ago

School of the Art Institute of Chicago Lays Off 20 Workers

SAIC laid off 20 employees, including three of five Video Data Bank positions, citing enrollment-driven financial pressures that reduced staff across departments.
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Healthcare
fromMedCity News
3 months ago

Why a US Judge Paused Several Provisions of the Marketplace Rule - MedCity News

A federal judge stayed major provisions of the Marketplace Integrity and Affordability Rule, blocking changes that would tighten ACA eligibility, shorten enrollment, and restrict subsidies.
fromThe Mercury News
5 months ago

Cal Maritime officially merges with Cal Poly

"We've been anticipating this time between now and last November and we're looking forward to the new collaboration and coordination," Cal Poly Maritime Director of University Affairs Chelsea McClain said. "We will be integrating the academic year from quarter to semester. Cal Maritime was already semester and now Cal Poly will transition."
California
SF parents
fromSan Jose Spotlight
5 months ago

San Jose language programs could boost school enrollment - San Jose Spotlight

San Jose school districts are using specialized programming like dual language immersion to mitigate declining enrollments.
NYC parents
fromChalkbeat
7 months ago

Literacy support, HBCU classes, health care careers: 7 new schools coming to NYC

New public schools in NYC aim to address enrollment challenges and meet community educational needs.
Social justice
fromwww.nytimes.com
7 months ago

After Black Enrollment Fell, Amherst College Faces an Identity Crisis

Amherst College's Black student enrollment dropped to 3% for the freshman class, raising concerns about its commitment to diversity.
SF parents
fromABC7 San Francisco
7 months ago

North Bay lawmakers seek answers on future of embattled Sonoma State amid $24 million deficit

Sonoma State University is facing significant budget cuts, and its leaders are urging lawmakers for support in implementing a recovery plan.
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