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What we learned trying to tell a complex health policy story amid constant breaking news
In 2019, Hahnemann Hospital closed in Philadelphia. It was a safety net hospital that cared for many low-income patients, or patients with no health insurance. A lot of hospital staff, patients, and nearby residents were outraged: How could an investment banker close a historic institution as important as this one just because it wasn’t making enough money?
Best Life Brands Continues Record Franchise Development Growth in First Half of 2021
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. Best Life Brands, LLC ("Best Life Brands"), a family of companies focused on the well-being of clients along the continuum of senior care, awarded 47 new franchise agreements across all brands in the first half of 2021, continuing to build on record-breaking numbers from 2020. The impressive franchise development underscores the continued and growing needs of seniors.
Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs
Matthew Quinn, under secretary for Memorial Affairs, National Cemetry Administration - Quinn leads 155 VA national cemeteries and 119 VA grant funded state and tribal Veteran cemeteries in providing a dignified burial in national shrines for Veterans and eligible family members. His responsibilities include maintaining the cemeteries as national shrines; design and construction activities related to the establishment of new national cemeteries; overseeing memorial programs to honor the service of Veterans, including the provision of headstones, markers, medallions and Presidential Memorial Certificates; and administering federal grants to help states, territories and tribal governments establish Veterans cemeteries.
California worries it could lose $1B in taxes from exiting residents, businesses
California’s finance office has found that more than $1 billion a year in just personal income tax hangs in the balance because of the probability of people and companies moving out of state due to the high cost of doing business and home prices.
The truly scary China Virus variant
Just when it appears that life in the United States is returning to pre-pandemic condition (I hesitate to say "normal," because, in my opinion, very little in this country is "normal" anymore), the CDC issues yet another warning about a China Virus variant. As of Tuesday, the CDC lists four "notable" variants on its website, code named Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta. The CDC acknowledges that viruses "constantly change through mutation, and new variants of a virus are expected to occur." But don't get too comfortable with that fact, the CDC warns. "Sometimes new variants emerge and disappear. Other times, new variants persist."
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University of California to Conduct New Review of SAT Exam in June 2027
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California Weighs Giving Consumers More Power to Sue Large Corporations
Sacramento lawmakers are wrestling over a proposal that would...
California Democrats Split Over Proposal Making It Easier to Sue Corporations
A California bill that would give ordinary residents new...




