…choose between maintaining services, retaining staff, or shutting down, which would cause patients to travel long distances for care. Smaller hospitals have significant fixed costs (“keeping the lights on”) that do…

…(including in states where abortion is still legal) continue to close, communities are left without local providers, forcing people to travel hundreds of miles or go without care altogether. Because…

…air travel, and surface transportation could see issues, including at the border and ports. Inspections and paperwork processing for shipments will be hindered, potentially leading to backlogs at key entry…

…public health care system, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). But Collins, a chaplain in the Air Force Reserve, also explained that his mandate from President Trump is to make it…

…lines, lay off employees, or even close entirely. All of which would cause delays in care or force patients to travel further while jeopardizing the economic security of healthcare workers. As…

…campaign in NJ and VA and his overseas travel in the run up to the elections.  And yet it is not clear that he understands he is leading his party…

…decided the possibility of delayed Thanksgiving travel plans was the bridge too far when it comes to protecting millions of people from losing their health insurance. The Democratic Shutdown Capitulation:…

I have been inside of Level 4s on down visiting people I know and helping them survive. Hell of a way to spend eight hours plus travel time. I was…

Paul Krugman on a November Thursday talking insurance. We have mandatory auto insurance. We have life insurance, unemployment insurance, home owners insurance, travel insurance, etc. Yet for some reason the…

…of the pandemic, people were not spending money on services like restaurants and travel. Instead, they spent it on goods, like appliances, television sets, and cars. The world could not…