Xavier Becerra, former HHS Secretary, testified before Congress and was questioned about the implementation of the No Surprises Act. The Act was passed in 2020 to prevent surprise medical bills and ensure fair negotiations between insurance companies and healthcare providers. However, there have been many challenges with its implementation. Senator Michael Bennet criticized the implementation
A clinical trial has found that using hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) with mitomycin C alongside surgery for locally advanced colorectal cancer (CRC) has significantly reduced the risk of locoregional recurrence. At the end of three years, patients who underwent cytoreduction plus HIPEC with mitomycin C had a 10% increase in locoregional control compared to those
According to the Bank of England’s Chief Economist, Huw Pill, companies and workers are reluctant to accept that they are worse off due to inflation and are trying to pass the impact of inflation onto each other. This behavior risks persistent inflation. In an episode of Columbia Law School and the Millstein Center’s “Beyond Unprecedented”
The Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar has released the official trailer for his latest short film, “Strange Way of Life”, starring Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke. Shot in southern Spain, it is Almodóvar’s second English-language film after “The Human Voice”, which starred Tilda Swinton in 2020. Premiere at Cannes Film Festival The short film will debut