Advocates push for insurance coverage of eating disorders
A Minnesota settlement with Blue Cross Blue Shield prompts calls for national policy change. A 21 year old Anna Westin died after anorexia denial and her family funded treatment totaling $53 000. The case spurs lawmakers to push for federal mandates and expanded patient rights while insurers warn costs would rise. Weston family plans to donate settlement to Minnesota’s first residential center for eating disorders.
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U.S. threatens boycott of U.N. racism conference
Delegates from over 100 nations convened in Geneva to salvage the World Conference Against Racism as the United States warned it would boycott if Zionism is equated with racism. U.N. rights chief Mary Robinson urged dropping that approach while Kofi Annan signaled the forum should address historical wrongs alongside future aims.
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Indictment in Houston child deaths sparks capital murder case
A grand jury indicts 37 year old Andrea Yates on one count of capital murder for the deaths of her five children Noah 7 John 5 and Mary 6 months old. Yates remained jailed after police found four children wet under a sheet and Noah in the bathtub. Russell Yates cited postpartum mood and psychotic symptoms as possible factors.
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