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Horizon BCBS New Jersey gives $2.5 million for personal protection equipment

To help front-line health professionals responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is spending $ 2.35 million to donate 500,000 N95 respirator masks and 81,000 face shields to the state’s coordinated-response effort. The first shipment of these supplies is expected to be delivered to the state for distribution beginning… Read More »

US appeals court ruling on Obamacare gives health-care industry brief reprieve

Getty Images The S&P Health Care Sector index hit a new 52-week high on Thursday after a U.S. appeals court punted on deciding whether the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional, pushing the decision out to another year or so. In a 2-to-1 decision, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said late Wednesday that it… Read More »

Texas Legislature Gives Green Light To University Of Houston College Of Medicine – Houston Public Media

The Health 2 serves as the temporary home to UH’s College of Medicine. The process to create the University of Houston’s College of Medicine has cleared a significant hurdle in the Texas Legislature this week with the State Senate passing a bill to recognize the college and sending the legislation to Governor Greg Abbott’s desk.… Read More »