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Coalition and Greens unite to revolt against Labor's private health 'pensioner penalty'
Coalition and Greens senators have united against the government's controversial plan to scrap the private health insurance bonus for over-65s as new modelling reveals most of the older Australians that would be hit by the change take home less…
Support for small businesses suggests socialism's shine is overstated
A new Gallup poll finds a record number of Americans support socialism, with 43 percent of respondents viewing it favorably. Judging by the dozens of breathless headlines, this seems like a significant and concerning ideological shift, especially…
Trump admin revamps price transparency
The Trump administration is revamping its transparency rules, trying to make health insurers clearly publish the prices they negotiate with doctors and hospitals. The rule finalized by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Employee…
Midterms Have Revived Universal Healthcare Debate. These States Are Ahead of Everyone.
Democratic congressional members and candidates are already planning to use any midterm election gains to expand health coverage, including boosting Affordable Care Act subsidies, reversing Medicaid cuts, and lowering the Medicare eligibility age.
Newsom signs first-in-nation law forcing major companies to reveal slavery-era ties: 'Make it public
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a first-in-the-nation law Wednesday requiring large companies doing business in the state to scour historical records and publicly disclose slavery-era transactions, advancing California's broader reparations…
Newsom vetoes bills that affect California taxpayers
(The Center Square) – Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed several bills in recent days, tackling issues ranging from education to criminal justice, tax breaks and accountability. Four bills in particular affect taxpayers in California. They would have…
I launched a walking tour company with $3,600. Now it's replaced my full-time job
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Paul Whitten, 37, the founder of Nashville Adventures. It's been edited for length and clarity. I run history and walking tours here in good ol' Music City. I left a great job at Amazon in early…
Trump plays damage control over wasting tax dollars for propaganda ads
President Donald Trump is playing damage control after being caught red-handed misusing taxpayer dollars for a desperate election-year advertising campaign. On Monday, Trump suddenly announced the government's role in his propagandistic TV ad…
How Google Wallet's subtle 'Save to phone' button fixed my digital pass headache for good
For a while, Google couldn't decide on a name for its payments app. Android Pay, Google Pay, Google Pay Send. It was all one big overlap. Then in 2022, Google hit reset and brought back Google Wallet. It wasn't a rebranding for the sake of…
New Medicaid rules cut coverage for 11,000 in Washington state
About 11,000 Washington residents lost Medicaid coverage this month because of changes Congress approved last year, with many more expected to lose health insurance in the coming months. The big picture: State officials predict at least 200,000…
Forget waking up at dawn: Young Koreans are embracing 'sleep maxxing'
Forget waking up before dawn to squeeze in another hour of self-improvement. For a growing number of young Koreans, getting ahead now means getting better sleep. The 'miracle morning' trend, which encouraged people to wake up early and devote the…
From 'chalta hai' to 'badal sakta hai', changing the way India thinks
Modi became Gujarat Chief Minister a few months after the state had been hit by a terrible earthquake. Kutch, already a region beset by great difficulties, had suffered severe losses. Modi understood that the first task was to restore confidence.
Trump's ACA Fraud Crackdown: Experts Urge Going After Bad Actors, Not Patients
Addressing fraud, waste and abuse in healthcare has been a major focus of the Trump Administration, particularly with the creation of the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud. Last week, the task force took a rather aggressive tactic…
Katie Porter rips apart California billionaire tax and reveals where the cash will actually go
Failed California gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter, who had promised to quit politics, has instead leaned all in on opposing the state's proposed one-time billionaire tax. The former congresswoman wrote an op-ed blasting Prop 40, a one-time 5%…
The 7 next big things in health and medicine for 2026
As these honorees show, the future of medicine is looking more and more... futuristic. They include AI that diagnoses more than a dozen serious conditions from a single abdominal scan, a sci-fi-worthy clinic that reimagines the preventive care…
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