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US Health Care Costs Up 143 Percent From 25 Years Ago

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Experts said the increase in health care costs is due to a combination of hospital consolidations, growing prescription drug prices, and an aging population. Medical care in the monthly consumer price index (CPI) report has risen by 143 percent since January 2000, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Medical care commodities—prescription drugs,

US Health Care Prices Up 143 Percent From 25 Years Ago

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Experts say the increase in health care costs is due to a combination of hospital consolidations, growing prescription drug prices, and an aging population. Medical care in the monthly consumer price index (CPI) report has risen by 143 percent since January 2000, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Additionally, medical care commodities—prescription

Yale Students Overwhelmingly Pass BDS Referendum

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Move signals unprecedented rebuke of the Jewish state Anti-Israel protesters at Yale University (@NYSSofficial, X/Twitter) Yale students have overwhelmingly passed a referendum calling on the university to divest from weapons manufacturers arming Israel. While the school has said it will not do so, the results reveal widespread support for divestment at one of the top

Marc Elias, Election-Denying Democratic Lawyer, Raked in Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars From Bob Casey’s Longshot Recount

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Democrats paid the Elias Law Group more than $650,000 in the weeks after the election Marc Elias (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Democrats paid controversial elections lawyer Marc Elias hundreds of thousands of dollars in a failed bid to help Sen. Bob Casey (D.) overturn the results of the Pennsylvania Senate election, according to campaign records. The

X Negotiates Changes to Kids Online Safety Act Amid Censorship Concerns

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The new text clarifies that the legislation ‘would not censor, limit, or remove any content from the internet.’ Elon Musk’s social media platform X led negotiations for recent changes to the text of the proposed Kids Online Safety Act amid censorship concerns in the U.S. House of Representatives. The measure would require social media companies