Month: March 2020
Biden is wrong: A single-payer healthcare system is not the problem in Italy
The whole of Italy has been on lockdown to control the spread of Covid-19 for more than 10 days now.
The regions of Lombardia and Veneto are at the epicenter of the crisis and have been dealing with the epidemic for much longer than that. Hospitals there are overrun. There is not enough space in intensive care units (ICUs), which are necessary to treat about 10% of those infected with the disease. The situation has been compared to a war.
During the latest Demo...
Trump signs first coronavirus aid bill
President Trump signed a $100 billion bill aimed at mitigating the economic fallout of coronavirus. It guarantees paid sick leave and free coronavirus testing, and adds funding for Medicaid, unemployment benefits and food aid. It comes amid fears of
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Trump signs coronavirus bill ordering free testing and aid for workers
Measure introduced by Democrats will expand Medicaid and unemployment benefits and mandate paid sick leave for some
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Donald Trump has approved legislation that will expand Medicaid and unemployment benefits, mandate paid sick leave and childcare leave for certain employees, and order free coronavirus testing, in an effort to to limit the damage from the pandemic.
The bill, introduced by House ...
Medicaid’s Response to COVID-19: Securing the Safety Net and Protecting Public Health
This Viewpoint reviews options legally available to state Medicaid programs to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, including increasing coverage of the uninsured, expanding telehealth capabilities, removing financial barriers to testing and treatment, and easing limits on drug prescriptions.
The Health 202: The Trump administration is pulling Medicare and Medicaid levers to combat coronavirus
Declaring the virus a national emergency means the administration can loosen the programs’ rules.
Democratic primaries: three states head to polls amid coronavirus crisis – live
- Arizona, Florida and Illinois voters decide between Biden and Sanders
- Former vice-president is ahead in polling
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- Democratic primary delegate count – latest
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Bernie Sanders delivered remarks on the coronavirus crisis, predicting it would cost the US up to $2 tri...
Bernie Sanders lost his last chance to take Joe Biden down | Nathan Robinson
On the whole, Sanders delivered the kind of performance that he needed to at this stage, with Biden now the favorite to win the nomination
A stark contrast was on display Sunday night, and both candidates on the Democratic debate stage knew it. Though Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders were united in their criticism of Donald Trump’s response to coronavirus, they clashed repeatedly on policy issues, and even their core messages on the virus were very different.
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As an American, I felt safer from coronavirus in the UK until herd immunity came along
On Jan. 24, I got a text from the UK’s National Health Service telling me if I had returned from Wuhan and felt ill, to call a number to arrange a phone consultation. The request to stay away from my local NHS facility was polite but firm: “Please do not attend.” One month later I got another text, with a longer list of countries (China, Hong Kong, Italy’s Lombardy region, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Republic of Korea, Singapore and Taiwan). If ill, self-isolate and call 111.
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Top US health agency hit by cyber-attack amid coronavirus outbreak – live
- US Health and Human Services Department hacked
- Biden and Sanders team mull debate reaction
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The White House, exercising “an abundance of caution”, announced Monday it had cancelled its annual Easter E...