Montreal nurses want investigation to highlight systemic Quebec health-care issues

The nurses union at the Lakeshore General Hospital hopes that the investigation into recent emergency room deaths will highlight bigger issues in the health-care network and not focus on blaming staff.

Quebec’s Ministry of Health launched an investigation into the deaths and appointed former Montreal center-west health and social services (CIUSSS) head Francine Dupuis to lead the investigation.

Lakeshore is in the West Island’s CIUSSS territory, but the union fears Dupuis’ close working relationship with its CEO Dan Eric Gabay may be a conflict.

“We were a little surprised to see that she’s worked very closely in the past with

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GMHBA Shows the Honest Reasons We Need Health Insurance in New Brand Campaign via Howatson+Company

GMHBA Health Insurance has launched their latest brand work via Howatson+Company to show Australians that they’ll protect their members, for the life they choose, and the one they don’t.

The campaign, shot by award-winning director Matthew Thorne of Pool Collective, shines an empathetic light on the stories of everyday Australians in a way that’s not often represented in the category. From growing faster than they had planned, to those families who might be more fragile than they look.

Helen Stevens, Chief Marketing Officer at GMHBA, said, “It was really important that we created a campaign that expressed who we are

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Do young dogs need pet insurance?

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Pet insurance is almost always cheaper for younger dogs than it is for older ones.

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Pet insurance is a unique way to protect both your wallet and your furry friend. In exchange for an inexpensive fee to a provider each month (often discounted if paid annually), pet owners can rest easy knowing that they’re covered should a medical issue or emergency arise. Pet insurance can be advantageous for dogs, cats (and even some exotic animals) at all stages of their life, although restrictions will grow as your pet ages

But what about young animals? Specifically, puppies.

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Ke Huy Quan Actually Lost His Health Insurance After ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’

To Huy Quan is opening up about the dilemmas over health insurance in the entertainment industry.

Just after he finished filming Everything Everywhere All At Oncethe recent SAG Award winner revealed that he lost his health insurance completely.

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During his recent appearance on The Late Late Show, To Huy recalled how during the pandemic, he was being good and “at home trying to stay safe like everybody.”

However, because of that decision, no other acting offers were coming in since his comeback role Everything Everywhere was being held for release for so

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Protein Sparing Irish Cream – Maria Mind Body Health

St. Patrick’s Day is coming and you all know I love to make the holidays fun for my boys!

This year my son Kai wanted to try Irish Cream so right away I jumped into the kitchen and made the most delicious keto Irish Cream (which was with heavy cream) but then I thought why not make a lighter version for a protein sparing Irish Cream ?

Both the keto Irish Cream and my protein sparing Irish Cream were an absolute hit, I had to share these recipes with you!

HOW TO MAKE PROTEIN SPARING IRISH CREAM

To make my

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How to Create a Better Consumer Market for US Health Care

Measures to make prices more transparent were good steps in the drive to create more competition in health care. But they don’t do what is necessary to create a vibrant consumer market in which patients would actively shop around for the best prices. Four additional steps that would make a big difference include: (1) force care providers to specify their prices for a list of standardized, consumer-focused bundles of services tied to full episodes of clinical interventions; (2) require all providers to participate in this bundled pricing system; (3) mandate that the prices posted for these services be available to

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Biden to defend health-care spending, ridicule possible GOP cuts

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President Biden is planning to mount a vigorous defense of his health-care policies as he ramps up criticism of Republican proposals that he argues could threaten the Affordable Care Act and Medicare.

Biden is traveling to Virginia Beach on Tuesday afternoon as part of a new line of attack that puts the White House and congressional Republicans on a collision course over possible budget cuts. Some top Republicans have threatened to vote against raising the debt ceiling — which would cause the federal government to default on its loans within a few months — unless

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