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What the CBO does and how it gets its numbers
It would eliminate the mandates that require almost all Americans to have coverage and companies with more than 50 workers to provide health benefits. Likewise, some people with higher incomes could see substantially lower premiums under this bill. This provision has raised the ire of the influential AARP and sparked concerns among many lawmakers. [Full Article...]
Two addiction counselors at halfway house die of drug overdose
It happened at the Freedom Ridge Recovery Lodge in West Brandywine Township on Sunday around 2:15 p.m. The concerned residents gave one of the counselors an injection of the opioid antidote naloxone before they called paramedics, but it didn't revive the counselor, the district attorney's office said. [Full Article...]
Cannabis extract cuts seizures for epilepsy patients
He is director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City. "After four millennia of using cannabis to treat epilepsy, we now have for the first time scientifically rigorously obtained data that this specific compound works in this specific form of epilepsy". [Full Article...]
Vermont governor vetoes bill legalizing recreational pot
Scott said that he was concerned that people would be driving stoned and that children would have increased access to the drug. Scott hasn't yet said what he plans to do. So lawmakers already have a head start on the new legislation. A veto session is scheduled for June 21. Sears says moving a bill through the legislative process in such short order would nearly certainly require rules susp... [Full Article...]
Trump targets farm subsidies in budget cuts
Meat packers, which are required to have a USDA inspector present at all times, would be charged $5.9 billion over 10 years to support that requirement. Ag groups and Congressional lawmakers warned the budget would put rural communities at risk, citing the need to protect the farm safety net as producers face a 50 percent decline in farm revenue since 2013. [Full Article...]
Kansas lawmakers draft new budget fix with mix of tax hikes
Dan Huberty R - Houston. He has not stated a public position. The House nonetheless passed a school finance package in April that would increase annual, per-student funding about $210 to $5,350, while raising state spending for school district transportation and educating dyslexic students. [Full Article...]
The newly-elected WHO Director-General congratulated by IUATLD
Tedros will begin his five-year term after Margaret Chan , a former Hong Kong health director, steps down on Jun 30 after ten years of service. The former health minister and foreign minister received more than half the votes in the first round and eventually won a decisive third-round election. [Full Article...]
Why Melania Trump covers her head one day and not the next
The 2016 United States presidential campaign saw the two men broadcast dueling messages to the world. But despite the pope looking initially grim-faced, both men ended up mostly all smiles, relaxed and even jovial. In return, Trump gifted Francis with a set of first-edition books penned by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr .as well as a piece from the civil rights leader's memorial. [Full Article...]