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  • Starting Point Newsletter Editor, The Boston Globe
  • Digital Strategy and Audience Engagement Editorial Consultant, Freelance
Los Angeles
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Hacky sack is suddenly cool again – The Boston Globe

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By David Beard Verified
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Write to us at startingpoint@globe.com. To subscribe, sign up here. Last Friday, my week in hacky sack mania ended just as abruptly as it began, in the office of the orthopedic surgeon who had replaced my left hip in January, staring down at my feet as I confessed that I may have done something kinda dumb. But let’s start at the beginning, the previous Saturday, when I overheard my 16-year-old son telling my wife that all the kids at his school were obsessed with hacky sack.
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Advancing Public Health Outcome s

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By David Beard Verified, Brittany D. Partain, Tyler Alexander
| Minnesota Physician Verified
Please tell us about the kinds of work you do to promote public health. Our work spans a wide range of public health priorities — all grounded in strong partnerships with our communities to advance equitable health outcomes and eliminate disparities. We do this through a combination of education, prevention, regulation and policy change—whether we’re strengthening emergency preparedness, addressing chronic disease or reducing risks through home hazard mitigation, such as lead and radon prevention.
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By David Beard Verified, Brittany D. Partain, Tyler Alexander
| Minnesota Physician Verified
Blue Cross Posts $353 Million 2025 Loss In its annual report, released April 1, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross) claimed a combined $353 million in operating losses on $10.4 billion in fully insured premium revenue for 2025. This represents an operating margin loss of approximately 3%. Blue Cross paid $9.8 billion for members’ medical and pharmacy services in 2025, or nearly $27 million in claims on a daily basis.
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