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16 People Get Real About Their Mommy Makeovers

Of course, we know the rest of the story: “Mommy makeovers” quickly rose in popularity—this, at a time when plastic surgery was still pretty hush-hush—with 325,000 “mommy makeover” procedures performed the same year as the New York Times article. (For context, 347,500 breast augmentations were performed in total that year, the most popular surgery procedure at the time, according to …

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Cash App fined $255 million in back-to-back settlements

Cash App is closing out the week on the hook for $255 million in multiple settlements around its consumer protections. Block, the company that owns Cash App, agreed Wednesday to pay $80 million to 48 states that fined the company for violating laws intended to keep illicit activity off the platform. “State regulators found Block was not in compliance with …

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Medicare drug price negotiations list includes Ozempic

A box of Ozempic and contents sit on a table in Dudley, North Tyneside, Britain, October 31, 2023.  George Frey | Reuters The Biden administration on Friday unveiled the next 15 prescription drugs that will be subject to price negotiations between manufacturers and Medicare, kicking off the second phase of a landmark process that aims to make costly medications more …

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