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New Research Calls for Transparency in Medicare Advantage Operations
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BALTIMORE, MD, October 8, 2024 – New findings from a team of renowned researchers calls for transparency and rigorous oversight of the U.S. Medicare Advantage (MA) program, the United States’ largest healthcare capitation program.

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Hurricane Milton: How to Shore Up Supply Chains When Extreme Weather Events Become the New Normal
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Hurricane Milton is barrelling toward the west coast of Florida. Meteorologists predict the storm will make landfall Wednesday at a level of either Category 3 or 4, in what one Wall Street analyst predicts could inflict between $50 to $175 billion worth of losses on the Tampa/Fort Myers region. Millions of residents have been ordered to evacuate. 

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Dockworkers pause strike after Biden administration’s appeal to patriotism hits the mark
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Aided by intense pressure from senior Biden administration officials, the shipping companies, represented by the U.S. Maritime Alliance, significantly increased the raise they were offering the dockworkers to 62% from their previous offer of a 50% boost in pay. The International Longshoremen’s Association, the dockworkers’ union, was seeking a 77% raise, but it accepted the new offer, which will be phased in over six years.

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New congressional districts for Alabama: SCOTUS rules on race v. geography

New congressional districts for Alabama: SCOTUS rules on race v. geography

Montgomery Advertiser, June 19, 2023

Score a win in Alabama for the Voting Rights Act. Last week, Alabama finally received confirmation that its congressional districts will need to be redrawn. This comes after the current districts were found to dilute the voting strength of Black Alabamians, in violation of the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA). 

Sheldon Jacobson: Dad, you were right

Sheldon Jacobson: Dad, you were right

Chicago Tribune, June 18, 2023

When I was a boy, my father was my hero. He could do nothing wrong. What he said was always right, and what he did had no fault. At night, when my father would make his nightly rounds, saying good night to each of his children, I, the only boy of three, was the last to be visited by him and received the most time and attention. These times still stick in my mind, after more than 50 years.

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