Big Finance, Big Tech AI Titans Ride Next Wave of “Generative Biology”‘ Colonization at COP16
The COP16 biodiversity conference included Big Tech pushing black box “generative biology” AI-created DNA and related financial markets
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Taxpayers Spend 22% More Per Patient to Support Medicare Advantage – The Private Alternative to Medicare That Promised to Cost Less
How Medicare Advantage, with less coverage than traditional Medicare via gatekeeping and thin networks, is a bad deal for taxpayers too.
Read more...Dems Rip Musk-Ramaswamy Plan for Spending Cuts as Illegal ‘Power Grab’
Yves here. I’ve been waiting for legal arguments against the planned wholesale Federal budget whackage under the Trump DOGE initiative to start. Admittedly its leaders Musk and Ramaswamy had not given much insight into how they intended to achieve their ambitious aims. The little I have seen suggests that they effectively intend to override regulations….which […]
Read more...Trump Nominates Corporate Lobbyist and Foreclosure Fraudsters Defender Pam Bondi as Attorney General
Pam Bondi has a terrible record as far as going after corporate misconduct is concerned, which explains Senate enthusiasm for her.
Read more...RFK, Jr. Plans Attack on AMA’s Big Meal Ticket, Licensing Fees for Medical Billing Codes
RFK, Jr.’s plan, if confirmed as HHS chair, to end Medicare use of AMA licensed-billing codes somehow will increase, not lower, costs.
Read more...Wall Street Banks Accused of Trying to Sabotage Key Consumer Protection Rule
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants banks to send data of ex-customers to a new bank. Banks are howling. They may have a point.
Read more...US EPA Enables Polluting Plastics Plants by Failing to Update Wastewater Limits, Report Says
Yet another example of EPA underperformance, here on the plastics pollution front.
Read more...Scientists Fear What’s Next for Public Health if RFK Jr. Is Allowed To ‘Go Wild’
On the considerable upset about RFK, Jr.’s nomination to head HHS.
Read more...Wall Street Journal Show How Medicare Advantage Plans Restrict Medical Services to Sicker Seniors, Leading to Switching to Traditional Medicare
The Wall Street Journal shows how Medicare Advantage plans curb care to sick seniors, leading many to switch to traditional Medicare
Read more...Shale ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ Hits Wall of Capital Restraint
One of Trump’ inflation-cutting plans, more shale production to lower energy prices, is not going to get strong uptake from the industry.
Read more...A New Age of Presidential Unilaterism?
A historical look at Presidential power grabs, um, authority expansion, with an eye to what that means under Trump 2.0.
Read more...Can We Avoid a Franken-Future with AI?
In his new book, Mindless, historian Robert Skidelsky urges readers to reflect on the delicate balance between AI and our human essence.
Read more...Guide to Climate Action in Your Local Community
Some practical ideas for how to combat climate change at the local level
Read more...The Economics of Medicine: Personal Reflections
More examples of how medicine, at least as practiced in the US, is going off the rails.
Read more...Big and Small Businesses Are Nothing Like Each Other
An important yet oft-ignored point: big and small businesses are wildly different, and that matters from a policy perspective.
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