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Scripps groups drop Medicare Advantage, seniors left in bind
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By Laura Place
REGION — Thousands of seniors receiving primary care through Scripps Health have been left scrambling after executives announced that two of their most popular medical groups would no longer accept Medicare Advantage plans. Scripps began sending out letters early last week notifying members that beginning Jan. 1, 2024, Scripps Clinic and Scripps Coastal — Scripps CEO Chris Van Gorder would no longer accept Advantage plans from carriers including Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California, UnitedHealthcare and Centene Health Net. The change affects an estimated 32,000 San Diego County seniors, according to Scripps. The groups will continue to accept Original Medicare, or Parts A and B. Representatives for the popular San Diego health network said continuing to accept Advantage plans was no longer financially viable after trying unsuccessfully to negotiate with private insurers to be reimbursed for their costs. “Scripps has long served seniors and others in our community who are enrolled in Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans. Scripps and
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“It’s become a game of delay, deny and not pay.”
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Teens arrested in armed shoe robbery By Jordan P. Ingram
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ENCINITAS — Three teenagers were arrested in connection with a shoe sale turned armed robbery earlier this month in the Encinitas neighborhood of Cardiff by the Sea. After communicating via social media regarding the sale of several pairs of shoes, a male victim met with two 16-year-old suspects, a boy and a girl, at approximately 5 p.m. on Sept. 14 in the Cardiff by the Sea Apartments parking lot
in the 2100 block of Carol View Drive, according to Sgt. Heather Bruton of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. After handing the suspects each a box of shoes, a third man approached the group, removed a gun from his pants and pointed it at the victim. The victim ran to his vehicle and got into the driver’s seat, and the male Care and female your suspects family fled
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North County cities that have taken a hardline stance against cannabis are being forced to soften their regulations under a new state law requiring jurisdictions to allow local delivery of medical cannabis. Story on 6. Photo by Laura Place
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