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UnitedHealth Used Aggressive Diagnosing Strategy to Boost Federal Funding for Medicare Advantage: Senate Report

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A view of the UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s campus is shown in Minnetonka, Minn., on Oct. 16, 2012. Jim Mone/AP Photo UnitedHealth Group uses aggressive tactics to maximize federal payments by capturing high-paying, often discretionary, medical diagnoses, according to a report by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The insurer uses high-tech scanners and a team of specialists

Democrats Say DOJ Investigating Them Over Video Calling on Troops to Resist ‘Illegal Orders’

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Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) rehearses the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of congress, in Wyandotte, Mich., on March 4, 2025. Paul Sancya/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a video urging U.S. service members to defy “illegal orders” confirmed Wednesday that they are being investigated by the

ICE officer shoots man in leg in Minneapolis after shovel attack, officials say

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A shooting occurred Wednesday night in north Minneapolis after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were attacked by men with shovels during an arrest operation amid Operation Metro Surge, three U.S. officials told CBS News.  One of the men, a Venezuelan migrant, was shot in the leg but is expected to be OK, two of the