Moderna’s flu vaccine shows positive late-stage trial results, paving way for combination Covi…The phase three study data clears the path forward for Moderna’s combination jab targeting Covid-19 and influenza. …[TheTopNews] Read More.CNBC – Business | Business & CommerceMon, June 30, 20252 days ago
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Medicaid Work Requirements Are a Short-Term Fix to a Long-Term ProblemFunding for Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare accounted for 41 percent of federal spending in FY 2024. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which is expected to add $3.9 trillion to the federal deficit over the next 10 years, aims to rein in some entitlement spending by implementing work requirements for Medicaid recipients. However, these provisions could backfire by increasing administrative burdens and making the program less efficient. Currently, the bill would require beneficiaries aged 19–64 who apply for Medicaid or who are enrolled through the Affordable Care Act expansion group to document 80 hours of work or qualifying activities per month. Previously, Medicaid eligibility was not contingent on meeting a work or reporting requirement. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the work requirement provisions included in the bill could reduce federal spending by $344 billion (total Medicaid spending is…
Dear Joe Rogan, Kash Patel Played YouDear Joe Rogan, I don’t know you. We’ve never met, and I am not a regular listener of your podcast. But I have the impression you are a man who does not like to be played. I regret to inform you that Kash Patel played you. When the FBI director was on your show last month, he made multiple statements that were false or misleading. Given that you’re a proponent of truth-telling, I expect you will be troubled to learn this. Let me start with Patel’s remarks about what he derisively calls “Russiagate.” A good chunk of your two-hour-long conversation was devoted to this topic, a personal obsession of Patel. As he has done for years, Patel presented to you and your audience a highly skewed and false narrative. “All roads lead to Russiagate,” he declared. “That’s where it all started.” He meant that…
The New Danger in Trump’s Washington: Honoring Federal EmployeesIn some ways, last night’s Sammie awards—also known as the Oscars for federal employees—proceeded just as they do every year. In a packed auditorium a few blocks from the White House, government luminaries handed out medals to some of the nation’s most talented civil servants, recognizing groundbreaking research, major improvements in customer service, and top-notch stewardship of taxpayer money.The ceremony, however, was unusual in one respect: Hardly any of the honorees took the stage to accept their awards. Instead, they stayed at their seats, away from the cameras. Public recognition of their good work in Donald Trump’s government, organizers feared, could cost them their jobs.Such is the climate of fear that has pervaded the federal workforce during the second Trump administration, which has moved to shut down entire agencies, shrink the government through mass layoffs and inducements to quit, and crack down…