Obama CMS Chief: Medicare Advantage Plans Game the System
(MedPage Today) -- Donald Berwick, MD, MPP, a pediatrician, was the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) during the Obama administration and is president emeritus and senior fellow at the Institute for Healthcare... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 1, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Obama's CIA Asked Foreign Intel Agencies To Spy On Trump Campaign
Obama's CIA Asked Foreign Intel Agencies To Spy On Trump Campaign Authored by Robert Chernin via RealClear Wire, The revelation that the U.S. intelligence community, under the Obama administration, sought the assistance of the “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance to surveil Donald Trump’s associates…#obama #cia #robertchernin #realclearwire #donaldtrumps #unitedkingdom #newzealand #trump #fbi #australian (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Trump ’s Michigan victory is not what the polls predicted
The results from Tuesday’s Michigan Democratic primary, where roughly 13% of voters chose “uncommitted,” might as well be a Rorschach test. Those who want to dismiss the vote — largely a protest President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war — can say the share of uncommitted voters was…#michigan #israel #barackobama #obama #donaldtrump #southcarolina #nikkihaley #trump #berniesanders #hillaryclinton (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mitch McConnell:'Good Riddance' After Announcing Retirement
Republican majority leader Mitch McConnell announced Wednesday morning that he is stepping down from leadership in November, and he was promptly met with a whole lot of celebratory messages online. “One of life’s most underappreciated talents is to know when it’s time to move on to life’s next…#mitchmcconnell #msnbc #tedcruz #rolandgutierrez #rolandfortexas #obama #supremecourt #jasonoverstreet #itsendofaterrible #ahmedbaba (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Italian TV mocks Joe Biden with brutal skit
President Joe Biden was mocked over the weekend in a skit on an Italian comedy show, following disputed claims that his cognitive abilities are in significant decline. The skit comes after the release of special counsel Robert Hur's report into Biden's handling of Obama-era classified documents.…#italian #roberthur #obama #delaware #pennbidencenter #kamalaharris #jillbiden #mauriziocrozza #fratellidicrozza #giorgiameloni (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
David Axelrod Advises Biden Campaign to ‘Pay to Have Every American See the CPAC Convention’ to Showcase GOP Craziness
Former Obama adviser David Axelrod said if there were a way to show every American the worst excesses of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, President Joe Biden and some other Democrats wouldn’t have to sweat as much about November’s elections. This year’s installment of the…#davidaxelrod #democrats #donaldtrump #maga #johnking #cpac #ac360 #itstrumppac #jeffreyclark #departmentofjustice (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sotomayor and Barrett stress Supreme Court camaraderie
As the Supreme Court prepares to announce some of its most politically explosive decisions in decades, two justices from different ideological wings of the court sought to assure Americans Friday that the court is not riven by partisan feuds. Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett appeared…#supremecourt #soniasotomayor #amyconeybarrett #supremecourts #sotomayor #donaldtrump #trump #barackobama #obama #ronaldreagan (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Biden administration is bent on setting an alarming precedent by prosecuting Julian Assange
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been imprisoned in London for nearly five years, pending extradition to the United States so he can be prosecuted for violating the Espionage Act by publishing classified information. Since that amount of time behind bars is about the same as the…#julianassange #espionageact #justicedepartment #assange #firstamendment #obama #statedepartment #army #chelseamanning #trump (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘Pod Save America’ Host Jon Favreau Says ‘a LOT of Democrats’ Have Concerns About Biden, but Alternative Would Be ‘Risk to Democracy’
Over the weekend, “Pod Save America” host and former Barack Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau laid out the dangers of President Joe Biden stepping aside, while also recommending a New York Times column making the case in favor of Democrats selecting a different candidate. He wrote on X (formerly…#podsaveamerica #barackobama #jonfavreau #democrats #ezraklein #donaldtrump #democraticparty #mi #shapiro #warnock (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Handwringing over Biden's age has Democrats worried about a repeat of Ruth Bader Ginsberg's refusal to step down
Joe Biden, now 81 years old, is facing criticism from the GOP and Democrats alike that he's too old to be president again. Eric Baradat via Getty Images Joe Biden, now 81 years old, is facing criticism that he's too old to be president again. Some Democrats worry he'll repeat Ruth Bader Ginsburg's…#democrats #ericbaradat #ruthbaderginsburg #republicans #jonstewart #ezraklein #donaldtrump #supremecourt #barackobama #obama (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
I read comics on Apple ’s Vision Pro . . . It was fine
Few joys in this cold world can match cracking open a new comic on a lazy Sunday morning. Nothing to do, nowhere to be — just you, a mug of coffee and some sequential art. Not much has fundamentally changed about the American comic book since publishers began collecting newspaper strips as bound…#readerapps #korean #vr #metaquest #visionpro #apple #scottmccloud #tingtings #obama #mcu (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
North Ignores ‘Perfect Storm’ in Global South
By Jomo Kwame SundaramKATHMANDU, Nepal, Feb 14 2024 (IPS) A gathering ‘perfect storm’ – due to various developments, several quite deliberate – now threatens much devastation in the global South, likely to most hurt the poorest and most vulnerable.
Globalisation’s protracted decline
The age of globalization had mixed consequences, unevenly incorporating national markets for labour, goods and even some services. It ended gradually, with the trend far more pronounced following the protracted worldwide stagnation since the 2008 global financial crisis.
Jomo Kwame SundaramSometimes still referred to as the Great Re...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - February 14, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jomo Kwame Sundaram Tags: Armed Conflicts COVID-19 Economy & Trade Financial Crisis Global Globalisation Headlines Labour Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Victor Davis Hanson: The Absurd Border Con
Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via The Epoch Times, In 2021, President Joe Biden opened wide an inherited, secure southern border that had finally stopped mass illegal immigration. When he overturned former President Donald Trump’s efforts, a planned…#victordavishanson #epochtimes #donaldtrump #healthcare #gulfofmexico #obama #mexican #democraticparty #trump #democratparty (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Merrick Garland under fire by his former Harvard law professor
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland faced criticism from Laurence Tribe, his former Harvard Law professor, on Monday after Department of Justice (DOJ) special counsel Robert Hur's report into President Joe Biden's mishandling of classified documents was released. Hur's report on the Obama-era…#merrickgarland #laurencetribe #harvardlaw #departmentofjustice #roberthur #delaware #pennbidencenter #washingtondc #districtofmaryland #donaldtrump (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Study Questions LNG as a “Bridge Fuel” in Decarbonization
Yves here. For years, amplifying the position of many climate activists. Tom Neuburger has warned of the refusal of US policy makers, particularly Obama, to consider methane emissions in their climate change policies. Methane output is a major negative of fracking or fracked gas, now politely…#tomneuburger #obama #lng #nordstream #tuckercarlson #russian #haleyzaremba #mexicocity #bayarea #oilprice (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
