Companies selling private Medicare plans to older adults have posed as the Internal Revenue Service and other government agencies, misled customers about the size of their networks and preyed on vulnerable people with dementia and cognitive impairment, according to a new investigation of deceptive marketing practices in the industry released Thursday by the Senate Finance…
Emily Forrest, Zola’s director of communications, wasn’t surprised by the survey results. She thinks that people just feel more comfortable these days doing what feels right for them, regardless of what any (heteronormative and old-fashioned) tradition might have dictated. “I do think there may still be some type of generational difference in the expectations of…
A senior staff editor for Well shares six simple tips for staying happy, healthy and balanced.
In the last few weeks, wraparound sunglasses were spotted on Rihanna, Bella Hadid, Kylie Jenner, Kaia Gerber and Addison Rae, and, within the past few months, on Justin Bieber, Bad Bunny, ASAP Nast, Offset and Pharrell Williams. Kim Kardashian, the influencer in chief, has posted about 40 photos of herself in wraparound sunglasses to her…
Two Great Danes, Prince and Harlow, lay in front of him on the parquet floor. Side tables had diamond skulls. On his bookshelves were several novels by Joyce Carol Oates, David France’s exhaustive history of the AIDS era, “How to Survive A Plague,” “The Photographs of Ron Galella” and Gay Talese’s recent book “The Voyeur’s…
LOS ANGELES — Early one recent morning, Brandon Robinson decided to cross a dead-end street in downtown Los Angeles. It seemed safe enough, although the red figure on the pedestrian sign was illuminated. The neighborhood was quiet, and there was almost no car traffic. Still, it was something of a risk. For nearly a century,…
Can I get a Real ID regardless of where I live? Real ID-compliant licenses and identification cards are now being issued in all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia and the majority of U.S. territories. American Samoa is not yet issuing them. What do I need to get a Real ID? Each…
CVS and Walgreens, two of the nation’s largest retail pharmacy chains, said on Wednesday that they had reached tentative agreements to pay about $5 billion each to settle thousands of lawsuits over their role in the opioid crisis, a development that could signal the beginning of the end of years of opioid litigation. Since 2013,…
Thanksgiving, for a lot of us, means a glistening table practically buckling under the weight of the food: a burnished bird, overflowing side dishes, every kind of pie and several bottles of wine. But with food costs soaring and continued supply chain issues, this year’s feast might look a little different. How do you create…
The Federal Election Commission, which oversees campaign finance law including political advertising, does not have specific regulations for influencers, meaning they are not subject to the same rules as traditional advertisements like TV and radio ads, which mandate disclosure of who paid for the content. Political action committees must report how they spend their money,…