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Nurse Blake coming to The Weidner for his Shock Advised Comedy Tour

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Comedian and TikTok star Nurse Blake is bringing his Shock Advised Tour to The Weidner on Oct. 28.

GREEN BAY – Health care workers, this one is for you.

Comedian Nurse Blake, the registered nurse whose social media videos have garnered him more than 3.5 million followers, is bringing his Shock Advised Comedy Tour to The Weidner at 8 pm Oct. 28.

The 100-city North American tour kicks off in July in Alaska and wraps up in December in Hawaii. It follows his popular PTO Comedy Tour in 2022.

Nurse Blake, whose real name is Blake Lynch, first started posting comedy videos aimed at fellow health care workers as a way to cope with the stress of his

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Is California breaking its promise to cut health care costs?

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A medical examination room in Fresno on June 8, 2022.

Brian Iv works in a factory in Orange County, earning around $26 per hour. He suffers chronic pain from a lifetime of manual labor jobs and previous workplace injuries, but often treats the pain with home remedies or traditional Cambodian practices. Going to the doctor is too expensive, he said.

Iv recently got a raise and was able to purchase health insurance through his company, but for a long time he had a Covered California Silver Plan, a mid-tier plan under the state’s version of the federal Affordable Care Act marketplace. A visit to a primary care doctor cost nearly

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Dishing with DKG: The man who knows how to fix health care

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Will more money fix today’s problems? It’s not about more money, Dr. Jon Meddings agrees, what’s needed is an efficient and accountable system

Published February 12, 2023 • Last updated 3 days ago • 4 minute read

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Dr. Jon Meddings is former dean of the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary, who is currently guiding British Columbia in the setup of a second medical school — at Simon Fraser University — to boost BC's roster of primary care physicians.
Dr. Jon Meddings is former dean of the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary, who is currently guiding British Columbia in the setup of a second medical school — at Simon Fraser University — to boost BC’s roster of primary care physicians. Photo by Donna Kennedy-Glans

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Lawmakers target Hoosiers’ high health care costs | columnists

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A debate has stirred for years in Indiana about the kind of public action needed to bring down our state’s out-of-control hospital prices.

In the previous legislative sessions, elected officials have chiseled around the issue, passing legislation in hopes the health care market will fix itself. After not seeing improvement, last year House Speaker Todd Huston and Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray sent letters to the largest hospital-system and insurance company CEOs, asking them to work together to lower their prices to the national average, signaling that if they did not, they would be forcing policy makers to step

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The Bay Health Foundation works to make health care services more accessible

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PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) – A local foundation is proving its commitment to the people of Bay County by continuing to make health care services more accessible to those who otherwise couldn’t afford them.

The Bay Health Foundation was formed more than a decade ago after Bay Medical leased the hospital to Ascension Sacred Heart. Since then, the board has been investing the money back into the community with more than $5 million in donations spread among a list of organizations.

On Thursday, the list grew at the 11th annual grant recipient luncheon. The foundation presented a $500,000 check to

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Fixing health care on Prince Edward Island

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On Wednesday, leaders of Prince Edward Island’s health authority were questioned at a government committee meeting.

But they also laid out what’s plaguing health care, as well as what’s needed to improve the industry.

Dr. Michael Gardam, the chief executive officer of Health PEI, said at the meeting that 95 per cent of the problems related to health care on the island are related to staffing.

In an interview with CTV Atlantic, Gardam doubled down on his comments, noting part of the issue with recruiting and retention is “self-inflicted.”

“Our government system has been slow to evolve, to be really

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Injunction sought against Vancouver’s Harrison Healthcare, claiming contravention of Medicare Protection Act

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The commission overseeing British Columbia’s public Medical Services Plan (MSP) has applied for an injunction against Harrison Healthcare for breaching the Medicare Protection Act.

Documents filed by the Medical Services Commission (MSC) in BC Supreme Court claim Harrison Healthcare’s bundled client program fees constitute extra billing in contravention of section 17 of the Act.

According to Harrison Healthcare’s website, its “Premier” program for adults cost $5,500 to join in the first year, dropping to $4,500 per year after. The “Foundations” program for teens and young adults costs $1,600 per year, while the “Harrison Kids” program charges $675 per year per

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