By PATCH SOCAL (Patch Staff) - May 23, 2017

Cynthia Begazo was previously awarded $1.8 million by a jury for alleged retaliation after she reported workplace violations.

Read the story of when Health Net set goals and paid bonuses based in part on how many individual policyholders were dropped, avoiding paying $35.5 million in medical expenses by rescinding about 1,600 policies between 2000 and 2006.

How the opioid epidemic became America’s worst drug crisis ever, in 15 maps and charts

Vox: "America is in the middle of its deadliest drug crisis ever. Drug overdoses now kill more Americans than HIV/AIDS did at its peak. These maps and charts tell the story."

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Via Washington Post: President Trump plans to unveil a new White House office on Monday with sweeping authority to overhaul the federal bureaucracy and fulfill key campaign promises — such as reforming care for veterans and fighting opioid addiction — by harvesting ideas from the business world and, potentially, privatizing some government functions.

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