Artificial Intelligence in Medicare Advantage Plans Impedes Access to Care
Another reputable body reports more examples of Medicare Advantage plans using AI to engage in insurance fraud.
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The Fed Accused of ‘Playing With Fire’ After Latest Rate Hike
The Fed confirms that its priority is crushing workers, and it believes it’s protected banks enough to allow it to continue.
Read more...How the Current Refusal to Deal Harshly with Failing Banks and Their Executives Will Create an Even Bigger Crisis
Why the expected official response to this bank panic wil make matters much worse, just not right away.
Read more...Lack of Grownups in the Room Exacerbates Bank Freakout
The bank firefighting squad seems to be out on a bender.
Read more...California’s Covid Misinformation Law Is Entangled in Lawsuits, Conflicting Rulings
California’s Covid censorship law has not yet been killed by the judiciary, sadly.
Read more...Were the Bank Bailouts the Result of Rising Wealth Concentration?
Are many of the explanations of the recent bank tsuris barkign up the wrong tree?
Read more...The High and Getting Higher Cost of Renting in the US
Why renting is even more expensive than ever, even pinching the soi-disant middle class.
Read more...The Not-So-Winding Road from Iraq to Ukraine
“Fool me once, shame on thee. Fool me twice, shame on me.” The Global Soutn has wised up in the wake of the war in Iraq.
Read more...A Feminist Demand on International Women’s Day: Fire Victoria Nuland
If feminists support this Bush-era neocon simply because she is a woman, Victoria Nuland might just burn down the world in a nuclear fire.
Read more...Secret Power and the Persecution of Julian Assange
Stefania Maurizi’s “Secret Power: Wikileaks and its Enemies” chronicles Wikileaks’ publications and the dehumanization of Julian Assange.
Read more...Salve Lucrum: The Existential Threat of Greed in US Health Care
A big reason US health sucks is that the government refuses to crack down on abuses like price gouging and billing games.
Read more...How Private Equity Bribes Public Pension Fund Officials: Subsidized/Fund-Paid Lavish Travel and Entertainment
Yet more private equity corruption! And see how little it costs to buy the assent of public pension fund employees.
Read more...Turkish President Erdoğan’s Grip on Power Threatened by Devastating Earthquake
The massive February 6 earthquake weakened Erdogan’s already not-so-hot re-election prospects. What now?
Read more...‘Absolute Hypocrisy’: GOP Unveils Bill to Make Trump Tax Cuts Permanent While Howling About Debt
The point of the debt ceiling melodrama is to give fiscal hawks another whack at budget-cutting. Tax increase are therefore off the table.
Read more...The Gas Stove Panic
The recent Biden campaign to restrict gas stove in homes is decidely inorganic. What might be behind it?
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