Two key officials have left progressive presidential candidate Marianne Williamson's campaign, according to a new report.
Jason Call, who served as Williamson’s deputy campaign manager, and Peter Daou, the prior campaign manager, have both left her operation, Politico first reported on Monday.
Shortly after the news broke, Williamson’s press secretary Duran Brown released a statement about Daou, which Daou confirmed to The Hill.
“Peter Daou joined t...
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[Correspondence] Europe has much to do to improve the quality of and access to safe pain management
We have read with interest the debate surrounding opioid use in the USA and related deaths. We also welcomed the different perspectives of Gerard A Kalkman and colleagues,1 concluding that universal health care and addiction care in Europe contributes greatly to preventing an opioid epidemic of US proportions. If we agree with many points, we respectfully disagree that this prevention is homogeneously helping to prevent such a crisis development. The authors mentioned only the opioid crisis i...
What a default could mean for Medicaid and other federal benefits
With the White House and House leadership less than two weeks away from a default deadline on the country’s debt, anxiety is rising over the potential impact on federal programs such as Medicaid and the beneficiaries who depend on it.
Among the sticking points is Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) push for work requirements to be added to federal assistance programs such as Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
McCarthy told reporters before a ...
Pelosi honored by pro-abortion rights PAC: ‘She’s a game-changer’
The brightest of D.C.'s Democratic Party establishment came out on Tuesday night to honor Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) at the 2023 We Are EMILY National Gala, applauding her tenure as Speaker and galvanizing support for abortion as a key issue in the upcoming elections.
EMILY's List, the abortion rights political action committee aimed at getting Democratic female candidates into office, honored Pelosi on Tuesday in recognition of the progressive legislation that passed Congress...
‘A steadfast defender of women’s rights:’ Biden honors Pelosi at EMILY’s List gala
President Biden on Tuesday evening took an unplanned trip to the EMILY’s List gala in Washington, D.C., to honor former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who he praised as a defender of women’s rights.
“Nancy Pelosi is going down in history as one of the most consequential speakers in American history,” Biden said at the event. “Not because she's a woman but because she's so incredible.”
EMILY’s List, which works to support female candidates who are pro-abortion right...
Prepping the next generation for the AI future
Alex Kotran was sounding the alarm on the need for AI education before ChatGPT made it cool.
After starting his career in the political space during the Obama administration, Kotran transitioned into the education realm with his 2019 creation of AI Education, or aiEDU, a group aimed at giving instruction on artificial intelligence to K-12 students.
As his organization was working through the coronavirus pandemic to convince schools and investors of the ut...
Biden’s NIH pick to face tough questions
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Khanna, Sanders to call for action aimed at easing burden of medical debt
Two top congressional progressives are joining forces with leading health care activists to pressure Washington officials to help ease the burden of patients’ medical debt and predatory practices.
The upcoming “Freedom From Medical Debt” initiative, led by Our Revolution, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and first reported by The Hill, is intended to push Democrats from the White House to Congress to address what liberals see as one of the most pressin...
Noncitizens under 65 will account for nearly one-third of uninsured population in 2024: research
Noncitizens in the United States under 65 years old will account for almost one third of those without health insurance in 2024, research found.
Research conducted by members of the Urban Institute, which studies social and economic policy, and backed by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a public health philanthropic organization, found that about 8.6 million noncitizens, including those who are in the country legally and illegally, are uninsured.
Nonci...