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Police have said all cordons have been removed and roads reopened in Chester after a major security alert. The incident follows a security alert at the nearby Chester train station that saw rail services stopped for around two hours with a full evacuation and wide cordon. Rail services resumed around 7pm, however cordons remained in place at the bus station. Just before 10PM police issued the first statement on the incident, in full here: “At 5.09pm today (Friday 22 November) police received a report of suspicious activity on two busses in Chester City Centre. One near the train station and one near the bus interchange. “As a precaution a cordon was put in place and a number of roads were closed while we investigated the report. EOD attended with other emergency services to assist. “All was in order, the cordon was released and roads reopened. We understand that this caused some disruption and concern but we are now happy there is nothing untoward. Thank you for your patience while we dealt with this incident.” Police have not confirmed local reports of a “controlled explosion” at Chester bus station around 9:30PM this evening and related warnings to nearby residents. The statement above uses the ‘EOD’ jargon – which stands for Explosive Ordnance Disposal. Top pic: @ShitChester on the scene in Chester – check out thechesterblog.com here . Original updates below... Update : All lines have reopened, with services resuming. However a large security operation appears to remain in place nearby. The area around the bus station remains closed. Police don't know how long for pic.twitter.com/D19YmzdI0E — this Chester (@ShitChester) November 22, 2024 Strange night in @ShitChester with both the train and bus stations closed due to bomb scares. Seems to be over now and police tape has come down... pic.twitter.com/H2zVAkyAKX — Matthew Lumby (@MatthewLumby) November 22, 2024 earlier information below... All lines are closed at Chester Station this evening amid a wider security alert. National Rail say “Trains are currently unable to call at Chester due to a security alert at this station” with an expectation from the service that the station will remain closed for several hours. “A security alert at Chester station means all lines are currently closed. As a result, trains may be cancelled, delayed or revised to not call at Chester station.” Eyewitnesses are reporting a section of City Road is also closed by the station. Other images on social media show Chester bus station is also cordoned off with taxi and bus services are affected. Will has told Wrexham.com, “All buses including the Wrexham buses have been told to move on and not call at any of the stops” at the bus station. Images of an Army ordnance corps bomb disposal vehicle in the city has been shared with Wrexham.com this evening. Bus station too pic.twitter.com/a3uB7fwvGn — I_Loves_MeKitty (@I_Loves_MeKitty) November 22, 2024 There is no information from Cheshire Police. Nearly an hour after the initial reports, and 48 minutes after the National Rail update, TfW updated, “Due to a security alert at a station at Chester the line is closed.” Mersey Rail said, “Due to a security alert at Chester, train services running through this station will be terminated at and started back from Hooton. No alternative transport can be provided at present.” More shortly. Get notified about news from across North WalesDarts star Cameron Menzies breaks silence on 'embarrassing' antics after being told off

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(AP) — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is planning to make a $1 million personal donation to President-Elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, joining a number of tech companies and executives who are working to improve their relationships with the incoming administration. A spokesperson for OpenAI confirmed the move on Friday. The announcement comes one day after Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said it donated $1 million to the same fund. Amazon also said it plans to donate $1 million. “President Trump will lead our country into the age of AI, and I am eager to support his efforts to ensure America stays ahead,” Altman said in a statement. Altman, who is in a legal dispute with rival Elon Musk, has said he is “not that worried” about the Tesla CEO’s influence in the incoming administration. Trump is putting Musk, the world’s richest man, and Vivek Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur and former Republican presidential candidate, in charge of the new Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, which is an outside advisory committee that will work with people inside the government to reduce spending and regulations. Musk, an early OpenAI investor and board member, sued the artificial intelligence company earlier this year alleging that the maker of ChatGPT betrayed its founding aims of benefiting the public good rather than pursuing profits. Musk recently escalated the lawsuit by asking a federal judge to stop OpenAI’s plans to convert itself into a for-profit business more fully. —— The Associated Press and OpenAI have a licensing and technology agreement allowing OpenAI access to part of the AP’s text archives. (AP) — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is planning to make (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday said it would OpenAI's legal battle with Elon Musk reveals internal turmoil over Nearly half of American teenagers say they are online “constantly”

COMMERCE, Texas (AP) — Myles Corey had 27 points in South Alabama's 81-72 victory against East Texas A&M on Sunday. Corey also added five assists and four steals for the Jaguars (7-3). Barry Dunning Jr. scored 14 points and added five rebounds. John Broom went 4 of 5 from the field (3 for 3 from 3-point range) to finish with 11 points, while adding four steals. The Lions (1-10) were led in scoring by Khaliq Abdul-Mateen, who finished with 17 points. Yusef Salih added 17 points for Texas A&M-Commerce. Tay Mosher also had eight points. The loss is the seventh straight for the Lions. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .It wouldn’t be a stretch to imagine a big circle around February 1 on Jack Crowley’s calendar. Ireland’s Six Nations opener against England in Dublin is now just eight weeks away and, make no mistake, the Munster out-half will be targeting that first-round championship fixture with a laser focus in the weeks ahead. The 24-year-old will feel he has a point to prove to Andy Farrell. The autumn international series will certainly have a lit a few fires within him. The emergence of Sam Prendergast, too. This evening, he has the chance to remind Farrell and a lot of other people of his quality and what he brings to the table. Munster begin their Champions Cup campaign at home to Stade Francais. Expect a big reaction from Crowley. Quietly, the Ireland head coach will be thrilled with such a development. He knows that the Munster out-half is a driven character. For all the chat about developing his squad and taking a closer look at Prendergast, Farrell knows that benching Crowley for the final November meeting with Australia would have stung him. This, after all, was the player he brought to the World Cup despite his inexperience. This was the player he backed to steer Ireland through the first Six Nations after Johnny Sexton’s retirement. That fact that the Corkman played every single minute of that title-winning campaign speaks volumes. Crowley ran the show in South Africa and it was the same story against the All Blacks and Argentina. On both occasions, he was called ashore in the second half, making way for Ciaran Frawley and Prendergast respectively. It’s also worth noting that Ireland failed to register a single point after Crowley had left the fray in either game. Prendergast appeared to have the momentum by the end of the month and if he manages to see more time in the saddle at Leinster , the 21-year-old may be in the driving seat come the Spring when interim head coach Simon Easterby sits down to pick his matchday squad to face England. Crowley will make it his business to ensure there is no selection headache on that front. His case hasn’t been helped by all the upheaval at Thomond Park either. Dan Carter would have struggled in this Munster team this season. The first six rounds of the URC was borderline shambolic at times – a dire run which featured a shocking display away at Zebre and a calamitous two-week tour of South Africa. A big injury list didn’t help Graham Rowntree’s cause but it was clear that all was not all well, on and off the pitch, and the former England prop and Munster parted ways. The international break came at the right time time. It gave the entire operation some time to take stock and plot a new path forward. There have been encouraging developments across the board. Key figures such as Mike Prendergast, Denis Leamy and Alex Nankivell have been locked down on contract extensions. Alex Codling and Chris Boyd have been inspired short-term signings to shore up the coaching team. Ian Costello has stepped up to offer some calm leadership as interim boss. Yes, Munster are 11th in the URC, still in search of a head coach and a forwards coach. They don’t look like they have the squad to go deep in this competition, again. But it does feel like the ship has steadied of late. And this feels like the perfect game to get this new chapter for the province up and running. The visitors are not the force of old. Stade Francais were a powerhouse of the game at one stage. A star-studded outfit with the likes of Diego Dominguez, Christophe Dominici and Sergio Parisse on board. The Parisians are currently 12th in the Top14 standings and this selection has a bit of a second string vibe to it. Then again, Munster haven’t been in great shape of late either, even if there is plenty to like about this matchday squad. Craig Casey will be boosted by a brilliant autumn while Calvin Nash, who didn’t see a minute of action, won’t lack motivation. Shane Daly is back and looking sharp while the midfield of Nankivell and Tom Farrell has been inspired. Thaakir Abrahams is settling in well while the backrow of Peter O’Mahony, Alex Kendellen and Gavin Coombes looks balanced. Tadhg Beirne is ready to be unleashed from the bench alongside John Hodnett and Jack O’Donoghue. The big question mark is the tight five – a unit featuring honest operators such as Diarmuid Barron and Fineen Wycherley along with veteran tighthead John Ryan and loan signing Dan Bleuler at loosehead. It’s not a group which will terrify Leinster or the French heavyweights. Evan O’Connell is a player who could worry a lot of big teams, however. This will be the 20-year-old lock’s maiden European appearance. It is warranted as well. The nephew of an iconic former Munster captain, O’Connell shares plenty of traits with his elder. For one thing, he is a proper line-out specialist. Standing 6ft 7in, O’Connell has the height and reach to command the skies. It was notable that Munster nailed 90% of their line-outs in last weekend’s hard-fought win against the in-form Lions in Limerick. For a team who has struggled on their own ball for quite some time, that’s a serious return. Codling, who is on board as a forwards coach at the moment, will have taken note. It’s a big reason why O’Connell has been backed for this game. Another commanding presence in the line-out and he can look forward to plenty more starts in the future. If Munster can snare a consistent supply of ball in this area, they will be a different proposition. This team doesn’t lack players who can make dents in opposition defences. Casey and Crowley will welcome some decent ball. With severe weather warnings in place, this could be an evening for playing the percentages. Crowley will revel in it. Another chance to prove that he is the man for such occasions

AP News Summary at 3:32 p.m. ESTAcquisition complements Arabella's existing services and accelerates its technology roadmap to better serve the philanthropic sector Washington, DC, Dec. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today Arabella Advisors announced the acquisition of the assets of Ribbon, a fiscal sponsorship technology solution. This acquisition includes Ribbon's client contracts, a perpetual license to its software and domain, and team members to support the technology. The investment marks a significant step forward in Arabella's commitment to expanding its suite of services and advancing its technology strategy to better serve changemakers across the philanthropic sector. "Arabella Advisors is committed to providing innovative solutions that enhance the capacity of organizations to drive meaningful change,” said Arabella Advisors' CEO Himesh Bhise. "The acquisition of Ribbon's assets, along with our ongoing technology investment, strengthens our ability to serve the philanthropic sector in new and effective ways and help a greater number of social impact organizations succeed.” Ribbon's technology complements Arabella's existing suite of services, creating a new tier of software-supported fiscal sponsorship options. This new tier will allow Arabella to meet the needs of a wider array of initiatives and projects, particularly those requiring affordable and efficient support. "The Ribbon software streamlines workflows, making fiscal sponsorship more accessible and affordable,” said Braden Fineberg, CEO of Ribbon. "We're excited that Arabella Advisors, a leader in back-office solutions for nonprofits, will continue to deliver our technology and support our clients' missions.” Organizations utilizing the Ribbon technology have praised the software for its speed, flexibility and affordability. "Ribbon enables our clients to easily and flexibly put their philanthropic dollars to work,” said Leah Barr, Social Impact Director at Foundation X. The acquisition of Ribbon's assets reinforces Arabella's reputation as an industry-leader in providing an expanded platform for capacity and solutions to nonprofits and philanthropic initiatives. "We welcome Ribbon's clients and look forward to serving them in the long run with unmatched speed, flexibility and affordability,” said Bhise. "We are excited to utilize Ribbon's technology and to leverage this investment to help changemakers maximize their impact.” ### About Arabella Advisors: Arabella Advisors is a business dedicated to making philanthropic work more efficient, effective, and equitable. Along with our clients, we are working to build a better future-one with healthy air, water, and food for all, with strong democracies and engaged citizens, with flourishing communities, expanded opportunity and enhanced equity. We help our clients by sharing our expertise and experience, which includes providing outsourced operational support to nonprofit organizations. Proudly a certified B Corporation, Arabella Advisors has been recognized as a Great Place to Work and is a two-time recipient of Entrepreneur Magazine's "Best Entrepreneurial Companies” award. CONTACT: Arabella Advisors [email protected]

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HOUSTON , Dec. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s (NYSE: CNP) Board of Directors today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.2200 per share on the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock payable on March 13 , 2025 to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 20, 2025. This quarterly dividend represents a $0.010 increase over the prior quarter. This dividend growth rate aligns with the high end of the company's previously announced 6-8% non-GAAP earnings per share growth target. About CenterPoint Energy, Inc. As the only investor-owned electric and gas utility based in Texas , CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) is an energy delivery company with electric transmission and distribution, power generation and natural gas distribution operations that serve more than 7 million metered customers in Indiana , Louisiana , Minnesota , Mississippi , Ohio and Texas . With approximately 9,000 employees, CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. For more information, visit CenterPointEnergy.com . For more information, contact: Communications Media.Relations@CenterPointEnergy.com View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/centerpoint-energy-declares-regular-common-stock-dividend-of-0-2200--302331738.html SOURCE CenterPoint Energy, IncBefore billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy became co-chairs of Donald Trump’s bogus Department of Government Efficiency , Ramaswamy had all kinds of awful things to say about Musk, the Tesla CEO and world’s richest right-wing misinformation peddler . CNN’s KFile did a deep dive into Ramaswamy’s history of disparaging statements about his new co-chair. “I think Tesla is increasingly beholden to China,” Ramaswamy opined during a podcast in 2023 in response to the company’s announcement that it would be building a new battery plant in Shanghai. "I have no reason to think Elon won’t jump like a circus monkey when Xi Jinping calls in the hour of need." Musk's reliance on China has only increased over the years, and he has been trying very hard to maintain a favorable relationship with the country that provides a large share of his company's profits as well as so much of the raw materials used in Tesla's EV batteries. In May 2023, Ramaswamy wrote on X that while he appreciated Musk’s purchase of the social media platform, Musk and other “prominent business leaders” were “puppets” of the Chinese Communist Party. Ramaswamy further criticized Musk in a subsequent post . “Now the crusader for “free speech” (@elonmusk) kisses the ring of the world’s biggest censor: Xi Jinping,” he wrote. Musk and Ramaswamy have promised to use DOGE to target hundreds of billions of dollars in government spending cuts by focusing on slashing funding to entities such as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which receives $535 million a year. It is an interesting tactic for Musk, whose entire business empire was buoyed by billions ( with a “B” ) of taxpayer dollars. “Both Tesla and SpaceX quite likely would not exist as successful businesses if it were not for the use of public funding,” Ramaswamy told a Fox News podcast in 2022 . “[E]ither through subsidies, through the electric car industry, or through actual government contracting in the case of SpaceX." “Elon Musk has, I think, demonstrated his willingness to change his political tunes based on the favors that he gets to be able to do business in China,” Ramaswamy said in the same Fox News interview. The increasingly tense trade battle over technology ramped up on Tuesday when China announced a ban on the exporting of rare minerals to the U.S. When you factor in Trump’s promises to add hefty trade tariffs to Chinese imports, Ramaswamy’s last claim is sure to be tested in the coming weeks and months. Predictably, Ramaswamy has changed his tune toward Musk and is now even promising to use DOGE to harass and possibly extinguish Musk’s domestic EV rivals. According to Ramaswamy, he now has heart eyes for Musk. “I love him and respect the hell out of him, and I’m proud to call him a friend,” a smarmy Ramaswamy told CNN. “The only country he puts first is the same one I do: the United States of America.” It’s easy to see how they’re now simpatico, since they both have the same obsessions: money and power. Are you sick and tired of Elon Musk? Click this link for instant access to Daily Kos and staff accounts on Bluesky. Follow along for the latest news to stay informed and engaged!

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But alongside his stark warning of the threats facing Britain and its allies, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said there would be only a “remote chance” Russia would directly attack or invade the UK if the two countries were at war. The Chief of the Defence Staff laid out the landscape of British defence in a wide-ranging speech, after a minister warned the Army would be wiped out in as little as six months if forced to fight a war on the scale of the Ukraine conflict. The admiral cast doubt on the possibility as he gave a speech at the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) defence think tank in London. He told the audience Britain needed to be “clear-eyed in our assessment” of the threats it faces, adding: “That includes recognising that there is only a remote chance of a significant direct attack or invasion by Russia on the United Kingdom, and that’s the same for the whole of Nato.” Moscow “knows the response will be overwhelming”, he added, but warned the nuclear deterrent needed to be “kept strong and strengthened”. Sir Tony added: “We are at the dawn of a third nuclear age, which is altogether more complex. It is defined by multiple and concurrent dilemmas, proliferating nuclear and disruptive technologies and the almost total absence of the security architectures that went before.” He listed the “wild threats of tactical nuclear use” by Russia, China building up its weapon stocks, Iran’s failure to co-operate with a nuclear deal, and North Korea’s “erratic behaviour” among the threats faced by the West. But Sir Tony said the UK’s nuclear arsenal is “the one part of our inventory of which Russia is most aware and has more impact on (President Vladimir) Putin than anything else”. Successive British governments had invested “substantial sums of money” in renewing nuclear submarines and warheads because of this, he added. The admiral described the deployment of thousands of North Korean soldiers on Ukraine’s border alongside Russian forces as the year’s “most extraordinary development”. He also signalled further deployments were possible, speaking of “tens of thousands more to follow as part of a new security pact with Russia”. Defence minister Alistair Carns earlier said a rate of casualties similar to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would lead to the army being “expended” within six to 12 months. He said it illustrated the need to “generate depth and mass rapidly in the event of a crisis”. In comments reported by Sky News, Mr Carns, a former Royal Marines colonel, said Russia was suffering losses of around 1,500 soldiers killed or injured a day. “In a war of scale – not a limited intervention, but one similar to Ukraine – our Army for example, on the current casualty rates, would be expended – as part of a broader multinational coalition – in six months to a year,” Mr Carns said in a speech at Rusi. He added: “That doesn’t mean we need a bigger Army, but it does mean you need to generate depth and mass rapidly in the event of a crisis.” Official figures show the Army had 109,245 personnel on October 1, including 25,814 volunteer reservists. Mr Carns, the minister for veterans and people, said the UK needed to “catch up with Nato allies” to place greater emphasis on the reserves. The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said Defence Secretary John Healey had previously spoken about “the state of the armed forces that were inherited from the previous government”. The spokesman said: “It’s why the Budget invested billions of pounds into defence, it’s why we’re undertaking a strategic defence review to ensure that we have the capabilities and the investment needed to defend this country.”

Report: Ivy Leagues Warn International Students to Return to U.S. Before Trump InaugurationWest Ham striker Michail Antonio involved in car crash, club shares in statementRenuka Rayasam | (TNS) KFF Health News In April, just 12 weeks into her pregnancy, Kathleen Clark was standing at the receptionist window of her OB-GYN’s office when she was asked to pay $960, the total the office estimated she would owe after she delivered. Clark, 39, was shocked that she was asked to pay that amount during this second prenatal visit. Normally, patients receive the bill after insurance has paid its part, and for pregnant women that’s usually only when the pregnancy ends. It would be months before the office filed the claim with her health insurer. Clark said she felt stuck. The Cleveland, Tennessee, obstetrics practice was affiliated with a birthing center where she wanted to deliver. Plus, she and her husband had been wanting to have a baby for a long time. And Clark was emotional, because just weeks earlier her mother had died. “You’re standing there at the window, and there’s people all around, and you’re trying to be really nice,” recalled Clark, through tears. “So, I paid it.” On online baby message boards and other social media forums , pregnant women say they are being asked by their providers to pay out-of-pocket fees earlier than expected. The practice is legal, but patient advocacy groups call it unethical. Medical providers argue that asking for payment up front ensures they get compensated for their services. How frequently this happens is hard to track because it is considered a private transaction between the provider and the patient. Therefore, the payments are not recorded in insurance claims data and are not studied by researchers. Patients, medical billing experts, and patient advocates say the billing practice causes unexpected anxiety at a time of already heightened stress and financial pressure. Estimates can sometimes be higher than what a patient might ultimately owe and force people to fight for refunds if they miscarry or the amount paid was higher than the final bill. Up-front payments also create hurdles for women who may want to switch providers if they are unhappy with their care. In some cases, they may cause women to forgo prenatal care altogether, especially in places where few other maternity care options exist. It’s “holding their treatment hostage,” said Caitlin Donovan, a senior director at the Patient Advocate Foundation . Medical billing and women’s health experts believe OB-GYN offices adopted the practice to manage the high cost of maternity care and the way it is billed for in the U.S. When a pregnancy ends, OB-GYNs typically file a single insurance claim for routine prenatal care, labor, delivery, and, often, postpartum care. That practice of bundling all maternity care into one billing code began three decades ago, said Lisa Satterfield, senior director of health and payment policy at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists . But such bundled billing has become outdated, she said. Previously, pregnant patients had been subject to copayments for each prenatal visit, which might lead them to skip crucial appointments to save money. But the Affordable Care Act now requires all commercial insurers to fully cover certain prenatal services. Plus, it’s become more common for pregnant women to switch providers, or have different providers handle prenatal care, labor, and delivery — especially in rural areas where patient transfers are common. Some providers say prepayments allow them to spread out one-time payments over the course of the pregnancy to ensure that they are compensated for the care they do provide, even if they don’t ultimately deliver the baby. “You have people who, unfortunately, are not getting paid for the work that they do,” said Pamela Boatner, who works as a midwife in a Georgia hospital. While she believes women should receive pregnancy care regardless of their ability to pay, she also understands that some providers want to make sure their bill isn’t ignored after the baby is delivered. New parents might be overloaded with hospital bills and the costs of caring for a new child, and they may lack income if a parent isn’t working, Boatner said. In the U.S., having a baby can be expensive. People who obtain health insurance through large employers pay an average of nearly $3,000 out-of-pocket for pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum care, according to the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker . In addition, many people are opting for high-deductible health insurance plans, leaving them to shoulder a larger share of the costs. Of the 100 million U.S. people with health care debt, 12% attribute at least some of it to maternity care, according to a 2022 KFF poll . Families need time to save money for the high costs of pregnancy, childbirth, and child care, especially if they lack paid maternity leave, said Joy Burkhard , CEO of the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health, a Los Angeles-based policy think tank. Asking them to prepay “is another gut punch,” she said. “What if you don’t have the money? Do you put it on credit cards and hope your credit card goes through?” Calculating the final costs of childbirth depends on multiple factors, such as the timing of the pregnancy , plan benefits, and health complications, said Erin Duffy , a health policy researcher at the University of Southern California’s Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics. The final bill for the patient is unclear until a health plan decides how much of the claim it will cover, she said. But sometimes the option to wait for the insurer is taken away. During Jamie Daw’s first pregnancy in 2020, her OB-GYN accepted her refusal to pay in advance because Daw wanted to see the final bill. But in 2023, during her second pregnancy, a private midwifery practice in New York told her that since she had a high-deductible plan, it was mandatory to pay $2,000 spread out with monthly payments. Daw, a health policy researcher at Columbia University, delivered in September 2023 and got a refund check that November for $640 to cover the difference between the estimate and the final bill. “I study health insurance,” she said. “But, as most of us know, it’s so complicated when you’re really living it.” While the Affordable Care Act requires insurers to cover some prenatal services, it doesn’t prohibit providers from sending their final bill to patients early. It would be a challenge politically and practically for state and federal governments to attempt to regulate the timing of the payment request, said Sabrina Corlette , a co-director of the Center on Health Insurance Reforms at Georgetown University. Medical lobbying groups are powerful and contracts between insurers and medical providers are proprietary. Because of the legal gray area, Lacy Marshall , an insurance broker at Rapha Health and Life in Texas, advises clients to ask their insurer if they can refuse to prepay their deductible. Some insurance plans prohibit providers in their network from requiring payment up front. If the insurer says they can refuse to pay up front, Marshall said, she tells clients to get established with a practice before declining to pay, so that the provider can’t refuse treatment. Related Articles Which health insurance plan may be right for you? California case is the first confirmed bird flu infection in a US child Your cool black kitchenware could be slowly poisoning you, study says. Here’s what to do Does fluoride cause cancer, IQ loss, and more? Fact-checking Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claims US towns plunge into debates about fluoride in water Clark said she met her insurance deductible after paying for genetic testing, extra ultrasounds, and other services out of her health care flexible spending account. Then she called her OB-GYN’s office and asked for a refund. “I got my spine back,” said Clark, who had previously worked at a health insurer and a medical office. She got an initial check for about half the $960 she originally paid. In August, Clark was sent to the hospital after her blood pressure spiked. A high-risk pregnancy specialist — not her original OB-GYN practice — delivered her son, Peter, prematurely via emergency cesarean section at 30 weeks. It was only after she resolved most of the bills from the delivery that she received the rest of her refund from the other OB-GYN practice. This final check came in October, just days after Clark brought Peter home from the hospital, and after multiple calls to the office. She said it all added stress to an already stressful period. “Why am I having to pay the price as a patient?” she said. “I’m just trying to have a baby.” ©2024 KFF Health News. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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