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Feb 28 2023
News
GOP advances bill to change who qualifies for food aid
The measures would require an asset test for Iowans applying for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, more commonly known as food stamps, as well as for Medicaid, the joint federal and state program that finances health care coverage annually for roughly 805,000 low-income and disabled Iowans. The measures propose the state Department of Health and Human Services
Sioux-City JournalMay 17 2023
Opinion
How to Use the Debt Ceiling to Inflict Cruelty on the Poor
Seen from outside Washington, the debt ceiling battle might seem like an abstract argument between the political parties over federal spending and deficits. But for millions of low-income Americans who depend on the federal government for health care and basic nutrition, the debate is about their very lives. That’s because Republicans have singled them out, yet again, as a prime target in this
New York Times (Opinion)Feb 15 2023
News
Spending bill with funding for pay raises, increased classroom time advances out of House committee
SANTA FE — With the state’s coffers flush due to an oil-fueled revenue boom, a key New Mexico House committee rolled out a $9.4 billion spending plan Wednesday that would provide pay raises to state workers and teachers, increase Medicaid provider rates and fund a longer school year. In all, the budget plan would increase spending by slightly more than $1 billion — or about 12.3% — over
Albuquerque JournalFeb 08 2023
News
Republican lawmakers push back after Biden says GOP wants to cut Social Security, Medicare: 'dishonest move'
GOP Senators on Wednesday pushed back against President Biden’s assertion that Republicans want to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. The president rallied a group of union workers near Madison, Wisconsin, Wednesday as part of a post-State of the Union blitz to tout his administration’s economic achievements. During the speech, Biden targeted "leading Republicans" like Sens. Ron
Fox BusinessJan 18 2023
News
Feds to investigate nursing home abuse of antipsychotics
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government says it will begin a targeted crackdown on nursing homes’ abuse of antipsychotic drugs and misdiagnoses of schizophrenia in patients. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is launching investigations this month into select nursing homes, aimed at verifying whether patients have been properly diagnosed with the psychiatric disorder. Evidence has
SFGATEJan 18 2023
News
Feds to investigate nursing home abuse of antipsychotics
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government says it will begin a targeted crackdown on nursing homes’ abuse of antipsychotic drugs and misdiagnoses of schizophrenia in patients. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is launching investigations this month into select nursing homes, aimed at verifying whether patients have been properly diagnosed with the psychiatric disorder. Evidence has
The Seattle TimesJan 05 2023
News
All the New Federal and State Laws You Should Know About in 2023
Despite appearances, the United States is still a nation of laws, and every January first, we wake up to a gaggle of new ones that were passed by our hard-working legislators over the previous year. 2023 promises many new and exciting rules that must be followed or you’ll thrown into a cage, so here’s a cross-country tour of new statutes, codes, regulations, and ordinances we should all know
LifehackerOct 14 2022
News
Biden Administration Clings to Emergency Pandemic Powers
The Biden administration on Thursday renewed COVID-19’s status as a public health emergency through Jan. 11, despite President Biden stating last month that he believes “the pandemic is over.”
First declared in January 2020, the public health emergency has been extended every 90 days with no signs of letting up given the health services that are tied to it.
The decision means
TownhallOct 13 2022
News
Biden extends COVID-19 public health emergency past midterm elections
The Biden administration has extended the COVID-19 public health emergency through Jan. 11.
The public health emergency, which was set to expire Thursday, will now remain in place past the midterm elections, keeping millions of Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program beneficiaries who were in jeopardy of losing their coverage enrolled for several more months.
Washington ExaminerApr 08 2023
Analysis
Trump Commuted His Sentence. Now the Justice Department Is Going To Prosecute Him Again.
When Philip Esformes walked out of prison in December 2020, he'd spent four and a half years behind bars, the majority of which were in solitary confinement. He reportedly weighed about 130 pounds. He was, in many ways, a broken man. But Esformes' luck was changing: He had recently received clemency from former President Donald Trump, giving him the chance to rebuild his life after paying a
Reason