President Donald Trump isn't just whistling past the graveyard, he's whistling past the refrigerated trucks being brought into Texas, Florida and Arizona where the coronavirus is spreading like wildfire and morgues are filling up. South Texas hospitals are so full that they've had to send patients over 100 miles to find a hospital that had room for them.
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“The voters and citizens are a lot more forgiving of people's past issues as it relates to their problems with the jail system,” said Mario Morrow, a Detroit- area political consultant. The heightened emphasis on criminal justice issues is evident in Wayne County House primary races such as the 10th House District, where one candidate has worked to change the…
Florida’ s state-run insurer of last resort says it’ s time to pay up. Citizens Property Insurance Corp. customers who have been unable to make their homeowner insurance payments because of a COVID-19-related hardship will have to come up with a way to fulfill their obligations or face cancellation after Aug. 15, the company said in letters sent to agents and…
Travelers Reports Second Quarter 2020 Net and Core Loss per Diluted Share of $0.16 and $0.20, Respectively
The Travelers Companies, Inc. today reported a net loss of $40 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, compared to net income of $557 million, or $2.10 per diluted share, in the prior year quarter. The core loss in the current quarter was $50 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, compared to core income of $537 million, or $2.02 per diluted…
A new CNBC report this week explains how the GOP lawsuit enabled by Senate Republicans would give a massive windfall of “up to $40 billion in tax breaks” to the wealthiest households if the Supreme Court rules in favor of dismantling the entire health care law that protects people with pre-existing conditions and expanded Medicaid coverage.
Joseph Webb, CEO of Nashville General Hospital at Meharry, Tennessee, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and…
Deb Fischer-Clemens, senior vice president of public policy at Avera Health, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System…
The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare issued the following statement by President and CEO Max Richtman:. “Congressional Republicans are signaling support for President Trump's reckless payroll tax cut proposals that would undermine the funding streams for Social Security and Medicare. “Most importantly, payroll tax cuts…
Christopher Murphy, D- Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 22:. As reports of testing and personal protective equipment shortages across the country grow, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, along with U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, took to the Senate floor on…
McConnell Set To Unveil New Virus Aid, Despite GOP Revolt
The package, called CARES II, is made up of separate bills from 10 senators as McConnell seeks to replicate an earlier strategy to launch negotiations with Democrats. GOP senators and President Donald Trump are at odds over priorities, and Democrats want more to stem the health crisis, reopen schools and extend aid to jobless Americans.
The White House issued the following fact sheet:. *The White House and the Department of Health and Human Services will provide weekly data to States on high-risk nursing homes. *The Administration will distribute $5 billion in funding- in addition to approximately $5 billion already approved for skilled nursing facilities- to all nursing homes who receive…
President Trump issued the following remarks in a news briefing on July 22:. THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Today, my administration reached a historic agreement with Pfizer to produce and deliver 100 million doses of their vaccine immediately following its approval.
NARAL Pro-Choice America issued the following news release on July 22:. NARAL Pro-Choice America President Ilyse Hogue's new book, The Lie that Binds, was released by publisher Strong Arm Press. The book, available to purchase here, was co-authored by NARAL Research Director Ellie Langford.
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following report entitled “Protecting SNAP and Child Nutrition Programs From Appropriations Lapses” by Aviva Aron-Dine, vice president for health policy, research associate Kyle Hayes and senior research analyst Matt Broaddus:. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the Child Nutrition…
The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following transcript of an interview with Chubb Insurance CEO Evan Greenberg:. Scott Miller: Today, our guest is Evan Greenberg, chief executive officer of Chubb insurance. Andrew Schwartz: I'm Andrew Schwartz.
Robert Menendez, D- New Jersey, issued the following news release:. U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker joined a group of Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Vice President Mike Pence and Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Peter Gaynor urging them to take immediate action to provide Personal Protective Equipment and sanitizing…
Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release:. Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced that Nevada and 46 other states, territories and the federal government are settling allegations of fraud against Universal Health Services, Inc.. Of this amount, Nevada will receive $442,331.56.
The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on July 22:. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration is awarding a nearly $3.3 million grant to the Carteret County-Beaufort Airport Authority, Beaufort, North Carolina, to rebuild…
Jul. 23– HYANNIS– Thursday's weather calls for possible thunderstorms that could produce small hail and gusty wind on Cape Cod, but hopefully it won't be as severe as one year ago when three tornadoes touched down, leaving a wide swath of destruction in their path. Two touched down in Yarmouth and a third landed in Harwich, although there was widespread damage…
