2:00PM Water Cooler 11/19/2024 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Northern Mockingbird, Granville Schools Land Lab, Licking, Ohio, United States Patient readers, matters occurrent have proved unexpectedly time-consuming, so this…
Social Security Tackles Overpayment ‘Injustices,’ but Problems Remain | naked capitalism
Lambert here: Now stop Medicaid clawbacks. In fact, fix all clawbacks, and start by putting a statute of limitations on them. By David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group.…
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