The best way to compete with China is to blow up North America said nobody ever

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I’m guessing few obituaries of Jimmy Carter will note that he created the Health Care Financing Administration, which was later renamed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Starting today, Medicare beneficiaries will have their annual out-of-pocket drug costs capped at $2,000 as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act.

Out-of-pocket premiums for ACA enrollees in Alaska would be an average of $1,836 more per person without the enhanced premium aid. Nationally, enhanced subsidies have reduced out-of-pocket premiums by an average increase $705.

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Gulf of America is the new Freedom Fries

Ayer escuché a mi🦛 decir "mamma mia!" por 1a vez 🥰

NEW: Firefighters from Mexico are en route to the #EatonFire — joining more than 10,000 personnel already on the ground. California is deeply grateful for President @ClaudiaShein's support as we work to suppress the Los Angeles wildfires. Our partnership and shared commitment

While overshadowed by broader economic concerns, the Biden administration’s achievements on health care were substantial. Record ACA enrollment and lowest uninsured rate ever. Drug price negotiation. A $2,000 cap on out-of-pocket drug costs in Medicare and $35 insulin.

In the fall of 1972, President Nixon announced that "the rate of increase of inflation was decreasing". Probably the first time a sitting president used the 3rd derivative to increase the chances of reelection.

Trump has rescinded a Biden executive order calling for the development of policies to lower drug costs for people in Medicare and Medicaid.

Boston received 84.1 inches of snow in a 20-day period between January 26 to February 15 ten years ago today.

The Boston Fire Department was established as the nation’s first paid and publicly-funded fire department in the country 347 years ago today. ❤

Imperdible 👇🏽

Can confirm. Connecticut’s Medicaid payment system has been turned off. Doctors and hospitals cannot get paid. Discussions ongoing about whether services can continue. Medicaid covers health care for millions of seniors and covers 40% of births in America.

Six decades ago President Johnson used participation in Medicare as leverage to desegregate hospitals. Today President Trump issued an order to use Medicare participation as leverage to get health care providers to stop providing gender-affirming care to youth.

I represent LaGuardia Airport as well as workers for JFK. Trump gutted the Aviation Safety committee last week. Air traffic controllers - already understaffed - got Trump’s “buyout” this week with a 1 week ultimatum to decide. It’s not DEI - it’s him. And Elon too.

Fourth, it is hard to imagine a better way to increase migration on our southern border than by destabilizing the Mexican economy, as these tariffs set out to do. 5/8

Rechazamos categóricamente la calumnia que hace la Casa Blanca al Gobierno de México de tener alianzas con organizaciones criminales, así como cualquier intención injerencista en nuestro territorio. Si en algún lugar existe tal alianza es en las armerías de los Estados Unidos