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One Doctor’s Quest to Improve Health Care for People with Disabilities

From: Tradeoffs

Caption: Kevin Carlson ringside at Monday Night Raw., Credit: Tradeoffs/Leslie Waker

As adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities strive to live more freely and fully than ever before, many of America’s doctors, hospit...

Can Washington Make Medicare and Medicaid Work Better Together?

From: Tradeoffs

A bipartisan bill takes aim at a $500 billion health care problem that few people have ever heard of. Will it make care better for some of the coun...

Can the U.S. Put an End to Surprise Ambulance Bills?

From: Tradeoffs

Caption: Precious Mae Clark reviews her medical bills.

Congress banned most surprise medical bills back in 2020, with one major exception: ambulance rides. Most people agree that patients should be shie...

After decades of desert wars, the Navy and Marines are preparing for bigger global fights

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Troops from Marine Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina monitor a refueling operation during "Large Scale Exercise 2023." The exercise involved 25,000 Navy sailors and Marines and dozens of ships across 22 time zones., Credit: Steve Walsh / American Homefront

A worldwide joint training exercise simulated a major battle with adversaries like China and Russia.

Bought by WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, KRPS, and KUT

The Latest Threat to the Affordable Care Act

From: Tradeoffs

The Affordable Care Act faces yet another in a long string of legal challenges. Last Thursday's ruling, by a conservative federal judge who has tar...

The Treacherous Transition Awaiting Millions Losing Their Medicaid

From: Tradeoffs

We dig into three research papers to make sense of what will happen to 15 million people set to lose their Medicaid over the next year.

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The Conservative Clash Over Abortion Bans

From: Tradeoffs

Less than a year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, some states are rethinking their abortion bans. This week, reporter Alice Miranda...

SCOTUS Weighs Medicaid Recipients Right to Sue

From: Tradeoffs

Later this year the Supreme Court is set to decide whether to close a legal pathway that Medicaid recipients have used for more than 50 years. This...

The Push to Bring Medicaid Behind Bars

From: Tradeoffs

People leaving jail and prison are at extremely high risk of hospitalization and death. This week, why policymakers from deep blue California to so...

Medicare Director Meena Seshamani on CMS' New Drug Pricing Powers

From: Tradeoffs

Medicare’s historic plan to slow prescription drug spending is taking shape. Last Thursday federal health officials began detailing how one of two ...

States’ Uphill Battle to Stop Runaway Health Care Costs

From: Tradeoffs

One year of health insurance premiums for a family of four now costs as much as a car. Nine states are trying to lower those costs in an aggressive...

Under pressure from Congress, some states are making it easier for overseas troops to vote

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Master Sgt. Blayne Ralston, right, speaks with Tracey Hall, installation voting program manager, and Michael Glover, Airman and Family Readiness Center causality assistance representative, during an Armed Forces Voting Week event at Hanscom Air Force Base, Credit: Todd Maki / U.S. Air Force

States are mailing absentee ballots sooner and - in a few places - letting troops cast ballots online. Still, voter turnout among military personne...

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Good Intentions Gone Awry

From: Tradeoffs

Why has a little-known program designed to help hospitals and clinics that serve low-income people become one of the most controversial health poli...

Can More Time on Medicaid Lower Maternal Deaths? - Two-way

From: Tradeoffs

The country’s high rates of pregnancy-related deaths and complications, and the potential impact Biden’s push to expand Medicaid coverage for pregn...

How One Doctor Is Prepping for a World Without Roe

From: Tradeoffs

A leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade has health care providers scrambling. We talk with an OB-GYN at the University...

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A New Era in the Fight Over Medicaid Premiums

From: Tradeoffs

The impact of charging people to use Medicaid and how phasing out premiums could threaten one state’s Medicaid expansion.

Has Medicaid Managed Care Delivered On Its Promise?

From: Tradeoffs

Letting private insurers offer Medicaid coverage was supposed to lower costs and improve care. We dig into the research on Medicaid managed care.

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Dr. Richard Lachmann discusses New York City mayoral choices

From: Ray Samuels

Are you a New Yorker who is somewhat confused about who you should support in the upcoming mayor election? In this interview, Professor Lachmann p...

2018’s Priority Guidance Plan from the IRS and Treasury

From: The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
Series: ACTEC Trust and Estate Talk

Beth Shapiro Kaufman breaks down what wealth advisors need to know about the IRS and Treasury’s release of the 2018 Priority Guidance Plan.

Minnesota Native News: Decisions Pending on Minneapolis Homeless Encampment

From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News

Caption: Joy Friedman with MIWRC hands out snacks to those gathered in the tent camp., Credit: Melissa Townsend

This week reporter Melissa Townsend has the latest on a homeless tent camp in Minneapolis. There are roughly 300 people - mostly Native - in the ca...

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After generations of grief and frustration, families of Korean War MIAs are more optimistic

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: U.S. Defense Department forensic anthropologists in Wonsan, North Korea examine the contents of boxes containing the possible remains of U.S. MIAs July 27, 2018., Credit: David Marshall / U.S. Army

Families hope advances in DNA technology and thawing U.S./North Korean relations will help the government recover and identify long-missing remains...

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Asylum seekers follow Canadian path once used by Underground Railroad

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Bridge crossing in Niagara Falls NY location where Harriet Tubman helped runaway slaves escape to Canada. , Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Bridge crossing in Niagara Falls NY location where Harriet Tubman helped runaway slaves escape to Canada.

Thousands of asylum seekers in the US are heading to Canada, because of the hostile political climate here. And they're taking routes along the Gre...

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