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What the shutdown means for Medicare, Medicaid and other health programs

What the shutdown means for Medicare, Medicaid and other health programs

Your Medicare, Medicaid or Affordable Care Act coverage won’t vanish during the government shutdown, but changes to some benefits and fewer government workers to help could still disrupt care for millions. At the heart of the shutdown fight is whether Republican leaders accept a demand from Democrats to extend Obamacare subsidies before they expire at the end of the year …

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Exclusive: Ford, GM launch programs to extend use of $7,500 EV lease credit – Reuters

Exclusive: Ford, GM launch programs to extend use of $7,500 EV lease credit  Reuters Goodbye to the $7,500 EV tax credit. What’s that mean for EV prices?  CNN Exclusive-Ford, GM launch programs to extend use of $7,500 EV lease credit  Yahoo Finance Best EVs to buy before the federal tax incentive expires on Sept. 30  USA Today Newsom Names GM CEO Mary Barra as …

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The Trump administration has halted funds for global HIV/AIDS programs. No one knows how big the impact is

The Trump administration has halted funds for global HIV/AIDS programs. No one knows how big the impact is

Facebook Tweet Email Link The United States has suspended some funding for its flagship AIDS relief program, according to international organizations and members of Congress who warn the cuts are already hurting patients and halting critical projects globally. The full extent of the budget cuts related to US-funded HIV/AIDS relief work is highly unclear, and Congress is still battling the …

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School music programs rely on instrument repair. This shop makes it free : NPR

School music programs rely on instrument repair. This shop makes it free : NPR

Repair technician Duane Michaels solders a dented saxophone for an LAUSD student. He specializes in woodwind instruments. Jonaki Mehta/NPR hide caption toggle caption Jonaki Mehta/NPR At a warehouse in an industrial corridor of downtown Los Angeles, a handful of technicians are hunched over their brightly lit workstations, tinkering with saxophones, violins, and pianos. This facility is one of the only …

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Windows 11’s September patch secretly deletes two programs. Here’s why – PCWorld

Windows 11’s September patch secretly deletes two programs. Here’s why – PCWorld

Windows 11’s September patch secretly deletes two programs. Here’s why  PCWorld Releasing Windows 10 Build 19045.6388 to the Release Preview Channel  Windows Blog Windows 11’s September update is here – these are the top 5 features, but there’s a sting in the tail  TechRadar Windows 11 KB5065426 & KB5065431 cumulative updates released  BleepingComputer Microsoft begins tucking Windows 10 into bed as its end-of-support date …

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DHS cut funding to mass shooting prevention programs in Minnesota before killings

DHS cut funding to mass shooting prevention programs in Minnesota before killings

Facebook Tweet Email Link The month before a shooter opened fire on children gathered in a Minnesota church this week, the Trump administration cut funding in the state for efforts to identify potential mass shooters and head off their violence. The grants were ended as part of $18.5 million in cuts to a Homeland Security program that the Trump administration …

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Trump administration threatens to pull federal funding from sex ed programs that mention transgender people

Trump administration threatens to pull federal funding from sex ed programs that mention transgender people

Facebook Tweet Email Link A division of the US Department of Health and Human Services told 40 states, five territories and the District of Columbia on Tuesday that they “are now on notice”: Some federally funded sex ed programs need to remove any mention of gender identity or transgender people, even in passing, or risk losing potentially millions of dollars …

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