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Blue Shield in hot seat after San Francisco firefighter's cancer care denied
San Francisco Supervisors have called for a government hearing on Wednesday to understand how often the city’s more than 40,000 employees and retirees, including firefighters, have had their medical claims denied by city-funded insurance providers.
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Firefighter dumps Blue Shield in hopes of getting previously denied cancer care
Veteran firefighter Ken Jones has discontinued his insurance coverage with Blue Shield as part of a plan to receive the immunotherapy his former insurer previously denied under Jones’ Medicare Advantage plan.
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Beloved firefighter tearfully reacts to insurance denial of Stage 4 cancer drugs
Blue Shield of California determined the veteran first responder is ineligible for immunotherapy, citing FDA and Medicare guidelines.
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Driverless trucks could soon be headed to California highways
California drivers are already sharing the highway with driverless cars, but it may not be long before self-driving big-rigs get the green light too.
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E-bike crash fractured her skull, so California teen set course for reform
Amelia Stafford spoke with the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit about how an accident that nearly killed her set her on a course to change safety laws in California.
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AI deepfakes are costing billions in fraud. Can you detect one? Take our quiz
Do you think you can tell the difference between a real person and an AI-generated clone? New research finds you probably can’t.
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What the wildfires mean for LA's readiness to host 3 major sporting events
Inglewood Mayor James Butts says he is looking out over his city as he sees first-rate venues ready to host some of the world’s biggest sporting events in the coming years.
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SF Archdiocese removes priest from ministry, survivors file complaints against Archbishop
Blasting Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone for his steadfast refusal to release a list of suspected abusers within the ranks of San Francisco clergy, abuse survivors and their attorneys publicly named living priests who they say abused them for years.
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Waymo's robotaxis surpass 25 million miles, but are they safer than humans?
Waymo says its fleet of driverless cars has surpassed 25 million miles on public roadways and continues to outperform human drivers across major safety metrics.
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Oakland teacher fired for wearing ‘Free Palestine' pin
Bishop O’Dowd High, a private Catholic school in Oakland, fired an English teacher for “insubordination” after she refused to stop wearing a pin bearing the Palestinian flag and the words “Free Palestine.”
