For the past two years, Diamond Stylz and her podcast co-hosts, Mia Sloan and Zahir Alexander, have been providing space for black people to liberate themselves from transphobia.
Congrats go out to actress and singer Christina Milian and Matt Pokora for becoming new parents of a baby boy on the day the nation paused to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life and legacy.
Milian, 38, and French singer and songwriter, Pokora, 34, welcomed son, Isaiah, on Monday, Jan. 20 and the couple shared the news on their Instagram pages, according to USA Today.
“And so we begin,” Milian wrote on Instagram alongside a black and white photo of Isaiah holding her finger. “Isaiah 1/20/20 Simply perfect. The world is yours Son. Love, Mom & Dad.”
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And so we begin. Isaiah 1/20/20 Simply perfect. The world is yours Son. Love, Mom & Dad
Pokora also shared an adorable IG photo of Isaiah gripping his finger. Isaiah is Pokora’s first child and Milian’s second. She has a 9-year-old daughter named Violet by singer The Dream.
Friends wrote in their well wishes on both Milian and Pokora’s IG comments.
“OMGGGGGG so happy for you mama!!! Congratulations!!!!!💛💛💛💛💛💛” Gabrielle Union wrote to Milian.
“MOMMA MILIAN!!!! love you sooo much,” wrote yoitsvinnie.
The couple has been together for more than two years, and completely won our hearts when they announced the pregnancy on Instagram in July with a smiling photo of Milian wearing a sports bra and leaning against a smiling Pokora, who proudly holds up a sonogram picture to cover his girl’s belly.
“New release 2020! What a blessing,” Milian captioned the post. “Let’s do this babe @mattpokora.” On his IG page, he added: “Legacy on the way! #happyman.”
And last August, the pair took to social media again, this time to share with their fans and followers the baby’s gender after a gender reveal party.
“Oh BOY we’re above and beyond Cloud 9!!” Milian wrote on Instagram as she and Pokora smile as they hold blue smoke sticks indicative of the baby boy she was carrying.
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Oh B👦🏽Y we’re above and beyond Cloud 9!! 🚀💙👨👩👧👦 #grateful #itsaboy . . . Pics: @smile_xxvii
We are so excited for Milian and Pokora and wish them all the best!
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Medicare is a federal insurance program with four parts—Part A, Part B, Part C, and Part D. Humana is a private insurance company that contracts through Medicare to provide coverage to Medicare beneficiaries. In 2019, Humana Medicare had 8.4 million members.
Part A and B are known as Original Medicare. As a private insurer, Humana offers Medicare Supplement plans to help pay for some of the costs not covered by Original Medicare.
Part C, also known as Medicare Advantage, coverage offers beneficiaries insurance coverage through private companies such as Humana. In order to sign up for Humana, you must be enrolled in Medicare Part C.
Part D provides prescription drug coverage. Humana Medicare also offers prescription drug coverage to its members. Below are the plan offerings through Humana.
Humana’s Advantage plans provide all of the benefits of Original Medicare along with additional benefits. There are four plans under Humana Advantage including: Health Maintenance Organization (HMO), Preferred Provider Organization (PPO), Private Fee For Service (PFFS) and Special Needs (SNPs).
Each plan offers a unique set of benefits. Below are some of the benefits provided under these plans. These benefits are solely and only provided to Humana beneficiaries.
Humana’s prescription drug plans (PDPs) offers prescription drug coverage through Medicare Part D. There are three plan options including the Humana Basic Rx plan, Humana Premier Rx plan and Humana Walmart Value Rx plan.
Each plan offers its own unique benefits. Some of the benefits a plan may offer include:
All Humana Medicare plans include the following payments:
Each plan’s premium varies depending upon the state or region. With PDPs plans, the premium is also determined by the tier of the drug.
Below is a breakdown of the drug tiers. The higher the tier, the more expensive the drug.
| Tier Type | Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 | Tier 4 | Tier 5 |
| Drug Type | Preferred Generic Drugs | Non-PreferredGeneric Drugs | Preferred Generic and Brand Drugs | Non-Preferred Generic and Brand Drugs | Specialty Drugs |
| Copay Cost | $ | $$ | $$$ | $$$$ | $$$$$ |
To help cover some of your Medicare costs, Humana also offers supplement plans.
Medicare Supplement plans, also known as Medigap, help pay for some of the health benefit costs not covered by Medicare Part A and Part B (Original Medicare). These costs include coinsurance, copays, and deductibles.
To qualify, you must be enrolled in Medicare Part A and Part B and reside in the state where the policy is offered.
In most states, Medicare Supplement plans are standardized into plans labeled A through N. Medicare Supplement insurance plans A through G provide benefits at higher premiums with limited out-of-pocket costs. Plans K through N are cost-sharing plans offering similar benefits at lower premiums with greater out-of-pocket costs.
To be eligible for Medicare you must be over the age of 65, or have a disability or end-stage renal disease. Once you are eligible and signed up for Medicare, you will receive a Medicare ID number. You will need this number to enroll into a Humana plan. You can enroll online or call a licensed Humana sales agent at 1-855-578-6813.
Mo’Nique is headed to Showtime for a new stand-up comedy special, her first in a decade.
In the promo for Mo’Nique & Friends: Live from Atlanta, which will air on Friday, February 7 at 10 p.m. ET, Mo’Nique taunts Netflix. She is currently suing the platform for gender and racial discrimination. The comedian says Netflix lowballed her for a comedy special while paying other comedians much more, according to WBAL.
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It is unclear what Showtime is paying Mo’Nique for her special.
“They tried to shut a b**** out. They tried to make a b**** disappear. But you can’t keep a good b**** down,” Mo’Nique says about Netflix in her Showtime promo clip.
Mo’Nique’s Showtime special runs for an hour and was shot at Variety Playhouse in Atlanta. The special features several guests, including Donnell Rawlings from Chapelle’s Show and new comics, Prince T-Dub, Tone-X, Correy Bell and Just Nesh.
The show comes as Mo’ and Netflix are embroiled in an ongoing feud, with the comedian taking offense when the network reportedly offered to pay her $500,000 for a comedy special while paying other comedians much more, including Amy Schumer, who was reportedly paid $13 million for her Netflix special, and Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, and Ellen DeGeneres, who were each said to have gotten $20 million per Netflix special. Mo’Nique’s complaint also mentions Jerry Seinfeld, who reportedly earned $100 million from Netflix, Eddie Murphy who is said to have received between $60 and $70 million and Wanda Sykes, whom she doesn’t mention a contract value, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
In November, Mo’Nique filed a lawsuit accusing Netflix for racial and gender discrimination and retaliation. Last week, Netflix fired back calling Mo’Nique’s claims “nonsensical.” Further, Netflix says Mo’Nique has never justified to them why she thinks she should command the same pay as Murphy or DeGeneres.
“[H]er Complaint contradicts its core premise by noting that other persons of color, other women, and another African-American woman (like Plaintiff) have been paid substantially more money to create comedy specials for Netflix’s streaming service than what was offered to Plaintiff,” Netflix’s attorney Crystal Nix-Hines wrote in a court motion. “And Plaintiff fails to explain why she was entitled to be offered what the stars to whom she compares herself were offered for creating such comedy specials.”
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Nix-Hines adds that Mo’Nique’s “retaliation theory is, indeed, nonsensical. Plaintiff appears to claim that after she made a public call for a boycott based upon an opening offer that Netflix believed was fair, Netflix had an affirmative obligation to increase its offer, without a counteroffer from Plaintiff, and apparently without any limit on the amount of the offer Plaintiff could demand.”
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