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After Multiple Strikes, the Biden Administration Forces an Employer to Apply Again for Its Multibillion Dollar Contract

A new contract that requires “labor harmony” could be a model to empower millions who work for federal contractors nationwide.

Capital & Main · Jun 11, 2024

Supreme Court to decide Medicare reimbursement issue - Roll Call

The Supreme Court will decide whether hospitals that serve many low-income patients can have a lower rate of Medicare payments.

Roll Call · Jun 10, 2024

State rejects health insurers' pleas to halt plan that will shake up coverage for 1.8 million Texans

Affected Texans who receive Medicaid coverage would be shifted to new insurers next year if the state health and human services agency sticks to its plan. It’s now up to the executive commissioner to make a final decision.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 6, 2024

US government spending $50m on auto-patcher for hospital IT

There is a lot at stake for the UPGRADE program as hackers continue to batter healthcare organizations with malware and ransomware.

TechRadar · May 23, 2024

The Evidence Suggests the DEA Still Has Not Come Around on Rescheduling Marijuana

It looks like Attorney General Merrick Garland overrode the agency's recalcitrant drug warriors in deciding to reclassify the drug.

Reason · May 21, 2024

How COVID exposed the inequality in our health care system: 'Now is the time of reckoning'

“Health equity has been a chronic issue for time immemorial," notes one expert.

Fortune · May 21, 2024

Top U.S. drug agency a notable holdout in Biden's push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions

The Biden administration’s push to reclassify marijuana as a less-dangerous drug is going forward without the support of the nation’s premier narcotics agency

The Independent UK · May 20, 2024

Biden's Spin on Marijuana's Rescheduling Exaggerates Its Practical Impact

Contrary to the president's rhetoric, moving marijuana to Schedule III will leave federal pot prohibition essentially unchanged.

Reason · May 17, 2024

DEA Moves To Reclassify Marijuana as a Schedule III Drug

For over 50 years, marijuana has been in the same category of controlled substances as heroin and LSD. The DEA is finally proposing to end that ludicrous policy.

Reason · May 16, 2024

Justice Department formally moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in historic shift

The Justice Department has formally moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in a historic shift in generations of U.S. drug policy

The Independent UK · May 16, 2024