Hussam Jassim, a U.S. citizen who grew up in Iraq, talks about the new immigration order as he stands in the lobby of the Islamic Center of Waco after Friday prayer. Abdul Saadi, an assistant professor of Arabic at Baylor, said his nephew has been stranded in Syria despite having permanent residency in the United States.
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Steep Bills Surprise Patients Who Go ‘Out-of-Network’
Patients using specialists outside their health-plan network often receive surprise bills for services that cost far more than what Medicare considers a fair rate, a new study suggests. Most insurers use rates set by Medicare — the publicly funded insurance program for the elderly — as the benchmark for what they’ll pay health care providers.
Allergan continues to acquire companies
Allergan, the Ireland-based pharmaceutical giant with a plant in Waco scheduled to receive a $200 million expansion, continued a multimonth spending spree on Monday by announcing deals with smaller companies pursuing treatments for neurological disorders and diseases of the digestive tract. The company last year broke ground on a 322,000-square-foot addition to its Waco facility at 8301 Mars Drive, a move aimed at increasing manufacturing space that could create 100 full-time jobs in the near future and eventually 250 more when production approaches capacity.
Waco-area news briefs: Jan. 7, 2017
… pillows and blankets to get comfortable. Animal Birth Control Clinic, 3238 Clay Ave., will conduct a pet preventive health and microchip clinic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. Services to be offered will include microchips; distempter and parvo …