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Más baratos: los precios de estos 10 medicamentos entrarán a negociación con el Medicare

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:25 GMT

El gobierno anunció este martes los 10 primeros con prescripción que estarán sujetos a negociaciones de precios de Medicare, un logro clave para el gobierno de Biden en su objetivo de reducir el alto costo de los medicamentos recetados para personas mayores.La disminución en los costos beneficiará a unas 9 millones de personas. Se calcula que el Medicare presta cobertura médica a 65 millones de personas en Estados Unidos, según KFF, un grupo no partidista que estudia cuestiones de políticas de salud.Entre los medicamentos que tendrán precios reducidos, están algunos que son de los recetados más comunes y costosos para tratar la insuficiencia cardíaca, coágulos sanguíneos, diabetes, artritis y enfermedad de Crohn. Esto se suma al progreso que logramos al reducir el costo de la insulina a $35 por mes para las personas mayores con Medicare.“Estas personas mayores actualmente pagan hasta $6,497 en costos de bolsillo por año por estas recetas”, dijo el presidente Joe Biden en...

Se definen los cuartos de final de la Copa Libertadores: previas, partidos, horarios y cómo ver en televisión

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:25 GMT

(CNN Español) — La Copa Libertadores de América ya tendrá esta semana a sus cuatro semifinalistas, que seguirán con el sueño de llegar a la gran final en Río de Janeiro. Y, claro, el torneo de clubes más importante del continente promete emocionantes definiciones.De los cuatro partidos de ida que se disputaron la semana anterior, uno dejó la llave prácticamente definida (a favor de Palmeiras ante Deportivo Pereira); otras dos llaves, con favoritismo para dos equipos (Internacional de Porto Alegre y Fluminense de Rio de Janeiro); y la última tiene pronóstico en suspenso (Boca Juniors y Racing Club).Mira el detalle de cada llave y cómo sigue el torneo:Internacional (Porto Alegre) vs Bolívar (Bolivia)El equipo conducido por el argentino Eduardo Coudet ganó en su visita a la altura de La Paz. El equipo brasileño se impuso 1-0 con tanto de su máxima estrella, el ecuatoriano Enner Valencia. En el estadio Hernando Siles, el equipo rojo de Porto Alegre estableció condiciones que marca...

Ronald Acuña Jr. knocked over by fan charging field in Colorado, but Braves star says he’s OK

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:25 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr. said he was OK after fending off two fans, including one who knocked him over, in right field during the Atlanta Braves’ 14-4 win over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night. One fan got his arms against Acuña during the middle of the seventh inning. Two security people quickly grabbed the fan and, as they tried to drag him away, a third security person approached. A second fan then sprinted toward the group, knocking down Acuña, and that fan was tackled as one of the security people chased him down.Acuña wasn’t injured and remained in the game.“I was a little scared at first,” Acuña said through an interpreter. “I think the fans were out there and asking for pictures. I really couldn’t say anything because at that point, security was already there and we were already kind of tangled up, but security was able to get there and everything’s OK. We’re all OK and I hope they’re OK.”Teammate Kevin Pillar expressed relief Acuña wasn’t hurt.“Thankfully, t...

This mountain town hotel spa is one of the best in US

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:25 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — If you drive west from Denver for about an hour on Interstate 70, you will hit a small mountain town known for its casinos and hotels. Now, one of those hotel spas has been named among the best in the U.S.USA Today’s 10Best combines a list of 20 nominees for contests that cover food, lodging and travel. Then, readers get to make the final decision and vote for their favorite picks. Recently, USA Today made a list of the 10 best hotel spas where guests can indulge in luxury, wellness and serenity. Colorado hot spring voted one of the best in US Colorado's very own Spa Monarch at Monarch Casino Resort Spa was picked as the fourth best in the whole country.According to USA Today expert Ava Roxanne Stritt, Spa Monarch is "one of the most complete luxury spas in the USA."According to the resort's website, the spa offers an indoor infinity pool, jetted spas, aqua spas, respiration and light therapy, herbal steam rooms and their Laconium Lounge. The Laconium Lounge c...

Police investigation underway after shots fired in Fort Lauderdale neighborhood

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:25 GMT

A police investigation is currently underway after authorities responded to a ShotSpotter Alert in a Fort Lauderdale neighborhood, Tuesday morning. Fort Lauderdale Police Department (FLPD) officers, including units with Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue (FLFR), were dispatched to the vicinity of Northwest 15th Court and 15th Place around 3:30 a.m., where authorities were seen closing off the surrounding area with crime scene tape. A yellow house on the street was at the center of the investigation as authorities were seen entering and exiting the home during their investigation. Bullet holes were also evident in the home.Neighbors said they heard seven shots around 3:30 a.m. and as another neighbor heard about the incident, they mentioned this was the second time that home was targeted. That incident occurred on Friday and no one was injured when that situation unfolded. Officials said FLFR crews transported a victim, who is expected to survive, as a trauma alert to Broward Health Medical...

Florida’s already-volatile insurance industry is bracing for Hurricane Idalia

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:25 GMT

New York (CNN) — As it churns toward the disaster-prone Sunshine State, Hurricane Idalia could be a litmus test for Florida’s increasingly volatile and expensive insurance landscape.Despite several insurance companies exiting Florida, experts say the state’s residents are still mostly covered this hurricane season.But insurers are keeping a wary eye on Idalia, expected to make landfall Wednesday. Experts say the state’s insurance industry can absorb potential losses for now, but an Idalia hit on a highly populated area could affect those companies’ future outlooks.Conditions could change ahead of Wednesday, including the strength and path of the storm.“This would be a very different event if it was going right into Tampa versus much less populated areas,” said Matthew Carletti, an analyst at JMP Securities. “There should be much less loss where it’s headed now, but that could change. Tampa is on the edge of the cone, but (the storm) could still end up there, and that will have ...

Walt Disney Pictures VFX workers file for unionization

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:25 GMT

New York (CNN) — Disney’s visual effects crew filed for an election to unionize with the National Labor Relations Board with the backing of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), the union announced Monday, just weeks after Marvel’s VFX moved to unionize.More than 80% of Walt Disney Picture’s 18 in-house VFX crewmembers signed their authorization cards, IATSE said in a release.Marvel’s and Disney’s filings are the first for VFX professionals, who “have joined together to demand the same rights and protections as their unionized colleagues throughout the film industry,” IATSE said.The announcement comes as industries throughout Hollywood are demanding improved labor conditions. While the Marvel Studios VFX unionization effort is set to count votes on September 12, workers at Puerto Rico-based Gladius Studios also voted unanimously to unionize earlier this month. Hollywood productions have screeched to a halt since the Writers Guild of America announced a st...

Arrest made in connection with deadly crash on I-95 in North Attleboro

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:25 GMT

A 50-year-old man from Rhode Island has been taken into custody following a fatal hit-and-run crash in North Attleboro that left one man dead and another in critical condition, according to officials.Massachusetts State Police announced the arrest of Joseph Pompei Jr. of Cranston, RI, Tuesday morning. Authorities said Pompei allegedly fled the scene of a fatal crash on I-95 Monday afternoon after he struck an SUV while heading southbound, causing it to veer off the road.The SUV then went through the highway’s median and struck a sedan belonging to Randall Ricketts, 58, of Foxborough, who was on I-95 North.Ricketts later died of his injuries while the SUV driver, described by state police as a 61-year-old man from Rhode Island, suffered life-threatening injuries and remains in critical condition at Rhode Island Hospital.Authorities say Pompei has been charged with motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation, leaving the scene of a crash, causing fatal injuries, and other rela...

Braves star Ronald Acuna Jr. knocked over by fan looking for photo during blowout win over Rockies

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:25 GMT

Without much entertainment provided by the home team on the diamond, some knucklehead fans decided to take matters into their own hands on Monday night at Coors Field in Denver.Braves superstar Ronald Acuna Jr. was approached on the field by two spectators in the middle of the seventh inning during Atlanta’s 14-4 victory over the Rockies. The first fan ran towards Acuna Jr. wrapping his arms around him and the other knocked the outfielder to the ground as security attempted to pry them off of him.“I was a little scared at first,” Acuña said after the incident. “I think the fans were out there and asking for pictures. I really couldn’t say anything because at that point, security was already there and we were already kind of tangled up, but security was able to get there and everything’s OK. We’re all OK and I hope they’re OK.”Outfielders Michael Harris III and Kevin Pillar ran to the right fielder to make sure their MVP fron...

Former Cubs president Theo Epstein sells Lakeview home after purchasing a $12M mansion in Connecticut

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:01:25 GMT

Former Chicago Cubs president Theo Epstein and his wife, Marie, on Friday sold their six-bedroom, 7,000-square-foot brick and limestone mansion in Lakeview for $3.5 million. The sale follows their purchase last year of an $11.9 million mansion in Greenwich, Conn.Now a consultant for Major League Baseball, Epstein oversaw the Cubs’ baseball operations from 2011 until stepping down in November 2021. That included leading the team to the 2016 World Series title.In Lakeview, Epstein and his wife paid $3.25 million in late 2011 for the mansion, which at that time was newly built. They outbid then-Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Sharp for the mansion.The Epsteins first listed the mansion in September 2022 for $3.6 million through real estate agents’ private listing network, and the house briefly went under contract. After that deal fell through, the Epsteins and listing agent Jeff Lowe of Compass listed it publicly at a higher, $3.75 million asking price.The couple then listed...