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Boston Globe
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- Health
- Boston Globe
How Trump's planned Medicaid cuts would hurt older women
Since women on average live longer than men, they are more likely to have to stretch their more meager savings and retirement income over more years. There are More women than men age 65 and older are low-income, meaning their Advertisement Since women live longer than men, they are also more likely to suffer the ailments of age. According to the Advertisement This brings us to Medicaid, the main public program paying for long-term care. According to KFF, Medicaid accounts for Since many more beneficiaries receiving Medicaid-covered long-term care are women, they would be most affected by cuts to Medicaid. The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the anticipated cuts would result in Speaking on the PBS 'NewsHour,' Jennifer Tolbert of KFF explained that the bill rescinds a rule 'that made it easier for seniors and people with disabilities who also have Medicare coverage to enroll in Medicaid, which will then pay for their premiums and cost-sharing, as well as provide them access to supplemental benefits that Medicare doesn't provide, including long-term care, dental benefits, as well as vision care.' Advertisement It could also mean many more seniors being forced to move to nursing homes. As Howard Gleckman, a senior fellow in the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center at the Urban Institute, explained to me, while Medicaid coverage of nursing home care is mandatory, coverage of home health care is discretionary. So to save funds, states are likely to cut back on the discretionary services they now cover. Without home health care assistance, many more families would have to make the difficult choice of placing parents and grandparents in nursing homes, where the quality of care would be likely to deteriorate as states reduce what they pay providers. This would also adversely affect women who are caregivers, both paid and unpaid. While the statistics vary, up to Further, many family caregivers would be likely to be thrown off Medicaid themselves under the expanded work requirements in the House Republican bill. According to KFF, All these funding reductions are meant to reduce a federal deficit that is projected to balloon with Advertisement Fortunately, the Republicans may not have the votes to put this devil's bargain through. Even Senator Josh Hawley,
What's On
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- What's On
Here's how to get a labubu at home in Abu Dhabi
Click, click, boom… In case you haven't tuned in to News Hour in the UAE yet, here's what's got everyone talking: Labubus. 'La-what?', you ask. Well, these adorable new dolls with disturbingly cute smiles have taken the internet, social media, news headlines, BlackBerry broadcasts, telegrams and fax machines by storm – so to answer the question that's on your mind: here's how you can get them. Images: supplied The details The UAE's winning quick-commerce app, Deliveroo, will handle all the hassle, so you don't have to waste any time queued-up, pushing your way through, or crowding at stores (or e-stores) to get your hands on one of these trending little collectors' items. The furry little fellows will now be dropped off by your friendly neighbourhood Deliveroo rider beginning today, May 26. If you're really in on the craze and going the collector route, there's more news: limited labubu blind boxes will drop daily at 4pm on Deliveroo, priced from Dhs280. A little context The labubu love spread via social media earlier this month, and here's what we know: it's a creation of Hong Kong-born, Netherlands-raised illustrator Kasing Lung, who created the character as part of a cast in The Monsters , a Nordic fairytale series. Throw in an ounce of exclusivity via the marketing team, and ding-ding-ding, we have a winner. If you're as old as we are, you'll remember the tamagotchis – yep, the 'virtual pets' that took the world by storm around Y2K – as well as the furby dolls that became a huge global craze shortly after. So, if you see one of these fresh faces with their upto-no-good grins hanging off a co-worker's bag, grinning at you on the metro, or serving your lunch (okay that last one's a stretch), it's okay to be startled, but fret not – it's only a harmless little labubu, now available on Deliveroo. Read more about it all, here. @deliveroo_ae > Sign up for FREE to get exclusive updates that you are interested in
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Here's How News Networks Will Cover the 5th Anniversary of George Floyd's Death
May 25 marks five years since the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis, Minn. Occurring at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, Floyd's death shook the nation to its core, sparking protests not only nationally, but also globally. The case led to a racial reckoning, with calls for societal reform, police reform, and reminders that Black Lives Matter. As the fifth anniversary of Floyd's death approaches, various networks are returning to Minneapolis with coverage plans to mark this solemn occasion. ABC News National correspondent Alex Perez will revisit George Floyd Square five years after being one of the first correspondents on the ground in Minneapolis. He also covered the subsequent protests and national reckoning on race in the month following Floyd's death. Meanwhile, ABC Owned television stations KTRK in Texas and WTVD in North Carolina will sit down with Floyd's loved ones as they reflect on his life and legacy. MSNBCThe network will offer live coverage from Minneapolis, plus dedicated coverage to mark the anniversary, and various guests will reflect on the anniversary. NewsNationThe network will offer coverage of the Commemorative Walk held in part at George Floyd Square on May 24th. Special guests and network correspondents will contribute additional reporting. NBC NewsCorrespondent Shaq Brewster will be on the ground in Minneapolis, reporting across all platforms on how the city has-and hasn't-changed five years later, and whether police reforms that were introduced after Floyd's murder have lasted. reporter Curtis Bunn will visit the infamous intersection of 39th Ave and Chicago St., speaking with residents who say the neighborhood has become unsafe. And NBC News Supreme Court reporter Lawrence Hurley will report on the status of a legal defense called 'qualified immunity,' which received national debate after Floyd's death. PBS NewsPBS News Hour special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro looks at where Minneapolis stands today on issues concerning racial justice and police reform. He also speaks to Floyd's aunt, as well as the former Minneapolis police chief, the current head of public safety, and a lawyer who has represented several police officers in the area. Spectrum NewsSpectrum News' local news channel, Spectrum News 1 in North Carolina, will air George Floyd: 5 Years Later on May 28 at 8 p.m. ET. Hosted by Spectrum News 1 political anchor Tim Boyum, the special will look back at Floyd's death, the events that followed, and efforts to create societal change.
Atlantic
03-05-2025
- Politics
- Atlantic
The Judiciary Pushback Against Trump's Agenda
Donald Trump is shaking up his Cabinet, while his immigration agenda faces mounting pushback from the courts. Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to discuss. A Trump-appointed federal judge in Texas has called the administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act 'unlawful'—and was among other judges from across the country who have ruled against the president. 'The defining fact of the first three months of this second term of Trump is that so many of the institutions that so successfully opposed him in the first term have been absent or in retreat,' Michael Scherer, an Atlantic staff writer, said last night. 'The one exception to that is the legal process.' Although judges 'operate at a different tempo than politicians or executive orders,' he added, 'you have seen in the last few weeks a really dramatic move by the judiciary to step in.' Joining the guest moderator and White House correspondent at PBS News Hour, Laura Barrón-López, to discuss this and more: Leigh Ann Caldwell, the chief Washington correspondent at Puck; Michael Scherer, a staff writer at The Atlantic; Ali Vitali, the host of Way Too Early on MSNBC; Alexander Ward, a national-security reporter at The Wall Street Journal. Watch the full episode here.
New Indian Express
03-05-2025
- Business
- New Indian Express
As Trump moves to defund US public broadcasting, PBS and NPR fret over their future
The focus is on news, but there could be other casualties Trump's order concentrates on news, and between PBS' "NewsHour" and a robust reporting corps at NPR, that's an important part of their operations. But public broadcasting also has entertainment programming, educational children's shows and Burns' historical documentaries. PBS and NPR get about a half-billion dollars a year in public funding funneled through the private Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Roughly 70% of that goes directly to the 330 local PBS outlets and 246 NPR stations. On average, PBS says 15% of its stations' budgets come from public funding. But there are wide variations; stations in larger markets usually get more money through philanthropy and fund drives, while smaller stations depend much more on the government. Besides Trump's order, Congress has been considering future funding levels for the public broadcasters, and the Federal Communications Commission is questioning public broadcasting efforts at corporate underwriting, said Josh Shepperd, author of the 2023 book "Shadow of the New Deal: The Victory of Public Broadcasting." "It's a three-pronged effort that is frankly very smart in its institutional understanding," Shepperd said. "They're not just going after programs that they don't like. They're going after the operations and the infrastructure that makes it possible to even air the programming." A ripple effect is possible, and could be local Trump's order instructs the CPB and other government agencies to "cease Federal funding" for PBS and National Public Radio and further requires that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing. Separate from the CPB grant, for example, PBS gets a grant from the US Department of Education for programming that helps build the reading, math and science skills for children age 2 to 8, particularly in poor areas. The administration's plan might not threaten your favorite program—Burns gets plenty of corporate and philanthropic support—but it may impact local programming and potential growth, Shepperd said. Congressional Republicans aired some of their grievances about public broadcasting to Kerger and Maher at a public hearing in March. Such complaints have been common over the years, but the broadcasters have avoided funding cuts, in large part because members of Congress don't want to be seen as responsible if a station in their district shuts down. Who wants to be the public official who killed "Sesame Street"?
