Healthcare and Insurance
A Web site created by the founders of Instagram to track the COVID-19 virus rate of transmission by state shows that Kansas is on the threshold of stopping the spread. Today’s update on the site, rt.live, put at 1.0 the…
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With today’s additional relaxation of restrictions on business activity and social gatherings comes the potential for increased spread of the COVID-19 virus, and medical professionals are urging heightened individual vigilance to keep transmission in check. Physicians from the University of…
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Nearly two months into the COVID-19 outbreak in America, with 74,000 deaths recorded by the Centers for Disease Control, the Kansas City region is at an inflection point on multiple levels: With the finances of its health-care delivery system. With…
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The unemployment rate hit 14.7 percent in April after non-farm payroll fell by 20.5 million throughout the month, reported the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics. Unemployment rose by 10.3 percent, following several months of record-breaking strong employment numbers. The 20.5…
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It looks like most public pools in the Kansas City area will be closed this summer. Prairie Village and Roeland Park have both opted to go that route, while Kansas City, Mo., and Overland Park seem to be considering a…
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A new report by the American Hospital Association says that between March and the end of June, hospitals are projected to lose $202.6 billion, or an average of $50.7 billion per month, due to COVID-19 challenges. "These challenges have created…
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Jackson County government has released its phase-one recovery plan for the eastern part of the jurisdiction. Starting on May 11, retail stores will be able to reopen at 25 percent occupancy for store under 10,000 square feet and larger ones…
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Kansas City Life Insurance Co. reported a net income of $150,000 during its second quarter, down from a gain of just more than $4 million over the prior financial period. Year over year during the second quarter, net investments were…
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A new bill in the House of Representatives would forgive student loans for healthcare workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Called the Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act, it was introduced to the House by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.)…
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The Department of Health and Human Services has started distributing COVID-19-relief funds to hospitals, and a big chunk of that is going to be given to rural hospitals that could soon be hit hard by the pandemic. Those facilities, which…
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