The filing on behalf of #YWCA#Kalamazoo in the Court of Claims comes 2 days after a judge in the SAME COURT blocked enforcement of other state #regulations on abortion in an order that found the state's 24-hr waiting period, #InformedConsent requirements & a ban on #abortions performed by advance practice clinicians violated the state's voter-approved #RightToAbortion.
The #Democratic-led Legislature had attempted last yr to repeal the ban on #abortions funded by #Medicaid, the state's #HealthInsurance program for #LowIncome residents. But a no vote from one Democratic House member from Detroit foiled the effort in the lower chamber, where #Democrats hold a slim 56-54 majority.
"#Oregon is shipping air conditioners, air purifiers and power banks to some of its most vulnerable residents, a first-in-the-nation experiment to use #Medicaid money to prevent the potentially deadly health effects of extreme heat, wildfire smoke and other #climate-related disasters.
If Oregon can help enrollees avoid a costly trip to the doctor or the ER after #ExtremeWeather, other state Medicaid programs may ask the federal government if they can adopt the benefit."
@CelloMomOnCars heat pumps, I hope. At least some of this sort of initiative has managed to get that one extra valve into the box with the air conditioner.
There were so many deaths from heat in the summer of 2020, I'm glad to see this happening. (Many of them in older apartments.) I know the city of Portland was giving out fans and air conditioners the past two summers, so this is a good addition to that.
Dollar Tree and its subsidiary Family Dollar are closing 1,000 stores.
According to Dollar Tree CEO Rick Dreiling, who makes 951 times the $14,702 median pay of his employees, “Persistent inflation and reduced government benefits continue to pressure the lower-income consumers that comprise a sizable portion of Family Dollar’s customer base."
Corporate profits account for about 53% of greedflation.
Dollar Tree employees are among the top recipients of government safety net programs, such as Medicaid and food stamps (SNAP) benefits.
Maybe, just maybe, if predatory corporate chain stores like Dollar Tree would pay their employees a living wage, they could generate profit the good old fashioned way, by selling retail goods to customers that need or want them. Just a thought.
Under Ken Paxton, Texas’ Elite Civil #Medicaid Fraud Unit Is Falling Apart
After the chief of the attorney general’s Civil Medicaid Fraud Division was forced out last year, two-thirds of attorneys have quit the unit, leaving it at its smallest size since Paxton took office.
#Broke & in the USA? You've got until this Feb 7th to enroll in the Affordable Connectivity Program, which knocks 30$/month off of you #internet bill, and offers a 1x tech hardware purchase benefit.
There's a variety of ways you can qualify besides having HH income <200% of the Federal #Poverty Guidelines, including receiving