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Extended ACA Enrollment Deadline in Pennsylvania: Final Dates!

TL/DR - Pennsylvanians have one more week to shop for 2024 health insurance during the Affordable Care Act open enrollment period, with the final deadline now being January 19. The initial deadline of January 15 coincided with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, when most local and state offices are closed. This extension provides the final opportunity…

Florida Bookstore Returns Banned Books to Students

TL/DR - Firestorm Books, a queer and trans-owned bookstore based in Asheville, recently received thousands of children's books from the Duval County Public School system in Florida after they were banned from school libraries. The bookstore will launch the “Banned Books Back!” campaign to ship books removed from Duval County schools directly to…

CEO Credits Walgreens Stores for Expanding Health Care Business

TL/DR - Walgreens CEO Tim Wentworth has argued that the company is using its stores and brand to bolster its expanding health-care business. The company has been closing stores to optimize its footprint, countering assertions that it needs to pivot away from its stores to meet health-care goals. Wentworth sees the brand as a "leverageable asset"…