A 61-year-old man who was sucked into an MRI machine on Long Island while wearing a metal neck chain has died from his injuries, authorities said Friday. The freak accident happened Wednesday at Nassau County Open MRI in Westbury when the man was pulled into the magnetic resonance imaging machine by his 'large metal chain,' Nassau County cops said.
New Jersey law requiring hospitals to provide care to patients who cannot pay is constitutional despite the fact that the state does not reimburse them for all — or even most of — the costs associated with charity care, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
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U.Va. Health has now lost two senior leaders in one week as Melina Kibbe, dean of the School of Medicine and chief health affairs officer at U.Va. Health, and University Medical Center CEO Wendy Horton will both leave the health system to accept new positions. Kibbe will become president of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, after being named the sole finalist for the position. Horton has accepted a leadership role at the University of California San Francisco Health Center after serving in her position at U.Va. Health since 2020.
Elevance Health Inc. shares plummeted nearly 12% on Thursday after the health insurer reported second-quarter 2025 adjusted earnings that missed analyst expectations and significantly lowered its full-year guidance, overshadowing strong revenue growth. The company reported second-quarter 2025 revenues of $49.42 billion, up 14.3% year over year, higher than the consensus of $48.34 billion.
A coalition of 20 Democratic attorneys general sued the Trump administration Thursday to block implementation of a rule they argue will undermine the ACA. The complaint was co-led by California, Massachusetts and New Jersey and filed in federal court in Massachusetts. The lawsuit alleges that HHS illegally made changes to the health law, which will make it harder for people to enroll and will shift costs to states.