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Bipartisan bill to cap annual deficits at 3% could curb debt growth
6+ hour, 10+ min ago (369+ words) (The Center Square) " Lawmakers introduced a bipartisan proposal to cap annual deficits at 3% of GDP, but this resolution would still permit spending beyond annual revenue. The measure sets a fiscal target of reducing the deficit to 3% of GDP or less....
Watchdog sounds alarm on hundreds of millions in Medicaid payments to ‘walking dead’ enrollees
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (595+ words) (Daily Caller News Foundation) " A new report from the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) exposes the widespread problem of deceased individuals on Medicaid rolls and the taxpayer dollars wasted year after year as a result. The report, obtained first by…...
Trump announces more drug prices to be slashed in historic cost-cutting plan
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (269+ words) President Donald Trump on Friday announced British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca will join Pfizer in lowering drug prices as part of the "Most Favored Nations" (MFN) plan to drastically reduce the cost of prescriptions for Americans. Secretary of Health and Human…...
Planned Parenthood closes what was largest abortion clinic in America
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (460+ words) Planned Parenthood has closed what was once the largest abortion facility in the United States, located in Houston, Texas." The group's 78,000-square-foot Prevention Park location in Houston shut down Sep. 30 as part of a restructuring plan. Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast…...
UC Berkeley auto-enrolls students in health insurance plans covering transgender surgeries
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (421+ words) Students at the University of California, Berkeley, are automatically enrolled in a student health insurance plan covering abortions and gender transition surgeries unless they take multiple steps to opt out by a strict deadline." The Berkeley Student Health Insurance Plan…...
Fiscal fallout: How Washington Medicaid spending quintupled over a decade
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (564+ words) (The Center Square)Washington state's Medicaid spending has quintupled, or increased five times over, since the 2013-15 biennium, according to an analysis by The Center Square. Along with that increased spending, the number of those on Medicaid has climbed, though some…...