News and other Interesting Stuff

No commentary just what is being reported on a regular basis. We do not want these updates to be coincided the gospel but a guideline for you work with. And most importantly, we are showing no political bias.

These are articles that come up with a non partisan request for an update.
Here are the key updates on on each subject covering a 2 week time span.  We will try tp do these on the 1st and th 15th of each month.

Currently the topics covered with Healthcare, Veterans Affairs and Highlights of what Trump has done or accomplished according to your point of view.

Healthcare in America Series II, Part 1 – What Urgent Care Actually Is (and Is Not)

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Urgency collapses options. Decisions that would normally take days, weeks, or months are compressed into minutes or hours. There’s no time to compare prices, shop for the best facility, or negotiate who sees you first.

Healthcare in America — Series II: When Care Can’t Wait – Podcast Prelude

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In the first episode, we’ll explore what urgent care actually is, and what it isn’t. We’ll see how immediacy changes the rules, compresses choices, and forces decisions that no one wants to make lightly. In

Heathcare – Closure of State Run Mental Facilities and Increase in Homeless Population

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Overall, Oregon's closures are a microcosm of a national policy that prioritized deinstitutionalization without the necessary infrastructure, directly fueling homelessness by stranding vulnerable people. If you're diving deeper for your healthcare series, sources like HUD's

Coda: What We Know Now – Healthcare in America Series 1

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The purpose here was not to provide answers, but to establish a starting point grounded in reality rather than ideology. Any serious conversation going forward has to begin with what healthcare actually is: partially market,

Part 6: When the System Stops Pretending – Healthcare in America

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For years, America’s healthcare debates have circled the same familiar arguments: cost, access, innovation, choice. Each side insists the problem is just one adjustment away from being solved — a different payer mix, a different

Part 5: Choice vs. Coverage – Healthcare in America

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After responsibility shifts to individuals, the system offers something in return. It offers choice. At first glance, this feels like a fair trade. More options suggest more control. More plans suggest better fit. More flexibility

Part 4: When Responsibility Moves Quietly – Healthcare in America

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When health policy stalls, something important happens that is easy to miss. Responsibility doesn’t disappear. It moves. And almost always, it moves away from systems and toward individuals. This shift rarely arrives with an announcement.

A Real-Time Example (Why Markets React Faster Than Voters) – Healthcare in America

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Industry groups warn of potential disruptions when 2027 coverage renews in late 2026, though final rates will not be set until April. This adds pressure to an already challenging Medicare Advantage landscape, where many plans

Part 3b – Repetition As Policy Signal – Healthcare in America

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When these phrases appear once, they may reflect genuine uncertainty. When they appear repeatedly, over weeks or months, they become signals. The tobacco era showed this clearly. For years, the same reassurances were offered while