Five ballot measures to watch on Tuesday

In addition to who represents them in Congress and in state legislatures, voters on Tuesday will weigh in directly on issues including abortion, marijuana and vaping.

Here are the measures we're watching on Tuesday:

Abortion

Five states will have abortion on the ballot Tuesday, the most abortion-related ballot initiatives ever to take place in a single year. The referendums come more than four months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, eliminating the ...

What we learned on the 2022 midterm campaign trail

Sometimes you hit the campaign trail and there is an issue voters care so much about, that its dominance is inescapable. In 2006, it was growing opposition to the Iraq war. In 2010, it was the backlash against big government spending and bailouts coupled with fear about what Obamacare would look like. This year, it is deep concern about affordability.

The results of the midterms may determine if American democracy endures | Robert Reich

Republican ascendancy is always a possibility with US elections, but the perils this time are more extreme than ever

Coming into the home stretch before the 2022 midterm elections, I feel different than I’ve felt in the days before every election I’ve witnessed or participated in over the last three-quarters of a century.

In elections before this one, I’ve worried about Republicans taking over and implementing their policy preferences – against political rights in the dark days...

The results of the midterms may determine if American democracy endures | Robert Reich

Republican ascendancy is always a possibility with US elections, but the perils this time are more extreme than ever

Coming into the home stretch before the 2022 midterm elections, I feel different than I’ve felt in the days before every election I’ve witnessed or participated in over the last three-quarters of a century.

In elections before this one, I’ve worried about Republicans taking over and implementing their policy preferences – against political rights in the dark days...

How Medicare beneficiaries were duped by Rx reform

Thanks to the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), premiums for Medicare Part D outpatient drug plans will start to rise over the next few years. The increase will be 6 percent a year, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and private forecasts.

To make matters worse, in a few more years, the vast majority of Part D enrollees will start paying more for drugs they get from their local pharmacies than they would have paid under a s...

Health Care — COVID tests, treatments could soon cost you

🚫 There shouldn’t be a need to say this, but do not lick toads, especially the poisonous ones. The National Park Service is asking that everyone “please refrain from licking” anything they come across in national parks. 

In health news, the federal government will soon stop paying for COVID-19 tests, treatments and vaccines, and it will likely be a sticker shock for people who don’t realize it’s coming.  

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Biden rails against Republicans while stumping in Florida

President Biden on Tuesday railed against Republicans and their proposed policies while stumping in Florida for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Charlie Crist and Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Val Demings.

Crist is running to unseat Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), and Demings is running to unseat Sen. Marco Rubio (R).

“Kevin McCarthy, he’s the leader of Republicans in the House of Representatives,” Biden said in remarks at Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens. “The...