Lawmakers target mergers in first hearing on Change Healthcare hack: There was some bipartisan agreement that the bulking up of health care giants has left the ...
axios.com/2024/04/17/congress-change-healthcare-cyberattack
Lawmakers set to grill Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin over secret hospitalization
nbcnews.com/politics/congress/lawmakers-set-grill-defense-secretary-lloyd-austin-secret-hospitalizat-rcna141095
Quick Glance: Defense Secretary Austin Admits Secret Hospitalizations Before House Panel
- House Republicans demand answers on Defense Secretary Austin's secret hospital stays.
- Austin admits 'breakdown in notifications' and takes full responsibility before the committee.
- Austin acknowledges the need to inform the president and public about his cancer diagnosis.
- Internal Pentagon review finds no ill intent in keeping Austin's hospitalization private.
Rand Paul says Fauci should ‘go to prison’ over COVID-19 ‘dishonesty’: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said that the former U.S. chief medical advisor, Dr. Anthony Fauci ...
thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4407600-rand-paul-says-fauci-should-go-to-prison-over-covid-19-dishonesty/
Defense chief Austin asked to testify before Congress on hospital secrecy: Lloyd Austin has been called to testify before the House Armed Services Committee to ...
washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/19/lloyd-austin-hospitalization-testify-congress/
Matthew McConaughey not letting Uvalde fade from political radar: The Texas actor and his wife Camila McConaughey are pushing Congress for designated funding ...
houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/mcconaughey-uvalde-shooting-18656150.php
Congress Finds Covid-era Employee Retention Tax Credit Awash in Fraud, Seeks Wind-Down
inc.com/associated-press/congress-finds-covid-era-employee-retention-tax-credit-awash-in-fraud-seeks-wind-down.html
Quick Glance: New Tax Bill Expands Child Tax Credit and Business Breaks
- A comprehensive, bipartisan tax reform was passed by the House to expand the child tax credit for American families and reinstate tax breaks for businesses.
- The widespread support in the House was critical for the legislation, fast-tracked under a tactic known as 'suspension' by Republicans.
- The tax legislation passed would raise the refundable portion to $1,800 per child in 2023, $1,900 per child in 2024 and $2,000 per child in 2025.
- The bill would also create tax benefits for people impacted by natural disasters and strengthen the low-income housing tax credit.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin faces growing heat from Congress over hospitalization
axios.com/2024/01/07/lloyd-austin-congress-hospitalization-defense
The Public Pulse; Wishing for term limits; End TB Now; Summer EBT: A Public Pulse writer is not impressed with Congress.
omaha.com/opinion/letters/the-public-pulse-wishing-for-term-limits-end-tb-now-summer-ebt/article_0a772eca-9e9c-11ee-9674-cb1435ac22c8.html
Senators worry Richmond's organ transplant network is keeping too much power: Congress passed a law breaking up the monopoly held by the Richmond-based United ...
richmond.com/news/local/business/health-care/senators-worry-richmonds-organ-transplant-network-keeps-too-much-power/article_84087f48-9a9e-11ee-8589-afb27cfd42d6.html
Congress must act to address mounting health care workforce shortage: America’s health care workforce shortage has posed a threat to patient care for many years ...
thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/4323260-congress-must-act-to-address-mounting-health-care-workforce-shortage/
Anthony Fauci to Testify for House Committee Probing Covid Origins: Anthony Fauci will testify in Congress both privately and in public early next year ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-30/fauci-to-testify-for-house-committee-investigating-covid-origins
Congressional panel tackles AI in healthcare: Accusations that health insurance companies such as Cigna and UnitedHealth Group are using AI and similar ...
modernhealthcare.com/politics-policy/ai-healthcare-congress-regulation
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Congress to SBA: Go After the Deadbeats: The agency is being pressed by some Republican members of Congress to fully pursue deliquent ...
inc.com/melissa-angell/congress-wants-sba.html
Midlands Voices: Medicare cuts to home-based healthcare would hurt Nebraskans: Congress must act now to stop Medicare cuts for home healthcare services and help ...
omaha.com/opinion/column/midlands-voices-medicare-cuts-to-home-based-healthcare-would-hurt-nebraskans/article_8cb73cb2-69d7-11ee-8c4f-af62e1b1903c.html
After the pandemic ends, long COVID still needs congressional attention : After the formal end of the COVID-19 public health emergency in May ...
thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/4181662-after-the-pandemic-ends-long-covid-still-needs-congressional-attention/
Quick Glance: COVID-19: Rising Cases and Response
- COVID-19 is spreading again: numbers are up, variants are circulating, boosters are being brought forward, and the government is planning surveillance.
- A study by King's College London uses app data to predict infection rates.
- There are no longer official estimates of COVID-19 rates among the UK population, making it difficult to get a reliable picture of the virus spread.
- BA.2.86 is the most concerning variant since the emergence of Omicron, according to NHS officials.
Rural Missouri has a health care access problem. US Rep. Jason Smith seeks answers.
stltoday.com/news/local/column/joe-holleman/rural-missouri-has-a-health-care-access-problem-us-rep-jason-smith-seeks-answers/article_3182bd78-50bc-11ee-a186-33b31c731090.html
Dean: Supreme Court has weakened U.S. patents, cue Congress: When the world experienced a hard season of flu and respiratory illness in 2021 and 2022 ...
bostonherald.com/2023/09/02/dean-supreme-court-has-weakened-u-s-patents-cue-congress/
House panel advances transparency and PBM bills: Price transparency and pharmacy benefit manager regulation are two issues that have enough bipartisan support to ...
axios.com/2023/05/18/house-transparency-pbm-bills
Psychedelics for soldiers
politico.com/newsletters/future-pulse/2023/06/15/psychedelics-for-soldiers-00102088
White House warns migrants border 'not open' with lifting of Title 42 - UPI.com
upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/05/11/title-42-immigration/6881683740849/
Quick Glance: Record High in Migrant Detentions at U.S.-Mexico Border Following the End of Title 42
- Migrants gathered on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border in anticipation of the end of Title 42, rushing to cross ahead of the strict new asylum rules that will replace it.
- According to two anonymous federal officials and the Border Patrol union, a record number of up to 28,000 migrants were detained at U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities, well beyond capacity.
- The busiest border detention facilities are located in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas and two areas in Arizona, as reported by Border Patrol union President Brandon Judd.
- Hundreds of thousands of migrants have been quickly expelled to Mexico under Title 42 since March 2020, with this policy ending at midnight.
Greatest self-harm risk to patients comes right after starting antidepressants: Teen girls and 12-to-17-year-olds had the highest likelihood of hurting ...
axios.com/2023/05/10/study-patients-at-greatest-risk-of-self-harm-right-after-starting-antidepressants
Congress sends bill requiring declassification of Covid-19 origin intel to Biden: The president hasn’t said if he will sign it, or issue his first veto.
politico.com/news/2023/03/10/congress-bill-declassification-covid-00086563
As Kentuckians struggle with healthcare access, it’s important to keep programs that work | Opinion
kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article273813800.html
Will SNAP work requirements doom the farm bill — again?: The program should not be subject to changes that the president and Speaker negotiate on the fly as part ...
thehill.com/opinion/finance/3861232-will-snap-work-requirements-doom-the-farm-bill-again/
This week: Biden, McCarthy to meet amid debt ceiling standoff: President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) are scheduled to meet this week amid a ...
thehill.com/homenews/house/3835514-this-week-biden-mccarthy-to-meet-amid-debt-ceiling-standoff/
President Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11: President Joe Biden informed Congress on Monday that he will end the twin national emergencies for ...
detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2023/01/30/president-biden-to-end-covid-19-emergencies-on-may-11/69856510007/
Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani demands SIT probe into IIT Bombay student's death: Congress MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani on Thursday demanded probe by a ...
deccanherald.com/national/west/dalit-leader-jignesh-mevani-demands-sit-probe-into-iit-bombay-students-death-1191839.html
The fight over ending COVID food benefits: As panemic-era food benefits phase out, low-income households face increasing financial strain.
axios.com/2023/02/15/snap-food-benefits-end-covid
The Hill’s Morning Report — Republicans in turmoil heading into 2023: Editor’s note: The Hill’s Morning Report is our daily newsletter that dives deep into ...
thehill.com/homenews/morning-report/3791587-the-hills-morning-report-republicans-in-turmoil-heading-into-2023/
End of daily painful injections for diabetics nigh: End of daily painful injections for diabetics nigh
nation.africa/kenya/health/-end-of-daily-painful-injections-for-diabetics-nigh-4089030
Watch: President Joe Biden informs Congress that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing #COVID19 on May 11.
#AIMIM chief #AsaduddinOwaisi mocked #Congress MP #RahulGandhi and asked whether he is a jinn if he has killed himself
"This is the condition of the Congress ... Show more https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/owaisi-mocks-rahul-gandhi-says-tu-kya-hai-phir-tu-jinn-hai-101673597530755.html
Tyre Nichols' death revives calls for police reform action in Congress - UPI.com
upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/01/31/tyre-nichols-congress-police-reform/4221675166194/
Greene, Raskin set aside differences in Twitter exchange following Raskin’s cancer diagnosis
thehill.com/homenews/house/3792399-greene-raskin-set-aside-differences-in-twitter-exchange-following-raskins-cancer-diagnosis/
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Jamie Raskin, Jewish Dem. who took lead in impeachment, has cancer: His announcement included Raskin’s typical self-deprecating humor.
jpost.com/american-politics/article-726068
Quick Glance: Rep. Jamie Raskin has been diagnosed with lymphoma, according to his office.
- Raskin, who will be the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Reform Committee in the new Congress, said he expects to be able to work through his outpatient treatment at a hospital in the Washington area.
- Raskin has taken the lead in recent years as House Democrats impeached then-President Donald Trump twice and investigated Trump's role in the January 6, 2021, insurgency.
- He was the House's senior impeachment manager when Trump was impeached one week after the attack, and he now serves on the House committee examining the siege.
- Jamie Raskin talks about his new book about his son's suicide and the Capitol Insurgency.
Congress clinches deal to fund Medicaid programs in Puerto Rico, other territories
washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/19/pandemic-prep-slated-be-funding-package-not-911-style-panel/
#WATCH : Congress MP Rahul Gandhi along with party leaders & workers marches ahead in 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' in Delhi
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'Chronology Samjhiye': Congress' jibe at govt over PM's Covid meeting: "Understand the chronology," the Congress said on Thursday as it pointed out ...
deccanherald.com/national/chronology-samjhiye-congress-jibe-at-govt-over-pms-covid-meeting-1174018.html
Biden Urges Bipartisan Legislation To Reign In Big Tech Companies—As GOP Targets President In Tech Probes
forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/01/11/biden-urges-bipartisan-legislation-to-reign-in-big-tech-companies-as-gop-targets-president-in-tech-probes/
'Are you sending letter...': Cong on Bharat Jodo Covid alert: Go to any airport: Congress leader Pawan Khera said the government can only see Rahul Gandhi and ...
hindustantimes.com/india-news/are-you-sending-letter-cong-on-bharat-jodo-covid-alert-go-to-any-airport-101671605063867.html
BJP suspends 'Jan Aakrosh Yatra' in view of global rise in Covid-19 cases: The BJP has suspended its "Jan Aakrosh Yatra" in Rajasthan in view of a ...
deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/bjp-suspends-jan-aakrosh-yatra-in-view-of-global-rise-in-covid-19-cases-1174078.html
Congress will follow Covid guidelines, but Bharat Jodo Yatra will not be stopped: Salman Khurshid
deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/congress-will-follow-covid-guidelines-but-bharat-jodo-yatra-will-not-be-stopped-salman-khurshid-1174103.html
Why has PM imperilled national security for sake of his vanity: Congress asks 5 questions on China
deccanherald.com/national/why-has-pm-imperilled-national-security-for-sake-of-his-vanity-congress-asks-5-questions-on-china-1174235.html
Parliament Live: States to conduct genome sequencing of every Covid case to track new variants, says Health Minister
deccanherald.com/national/parliament-winter-session-scheduled-tribes-rajya-sabha-lok-sabha-nhrc-congress-bjp-bihar-hooch-tragedy-1173980.html
UP Congress leader booked for sexist remark against Smriti Irani: Police here have registered a case against Congress leader Ajay Rai for his ...
deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/up-congress-leader-booked-for-sexist-remark-against-smriti-irani-1173517.html
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