Does your expensive health insurance cover breast augmentation for transgenders? This one does
Following its move to expand coverage, the company will review any requests by transgender persons that it denied since January 2016.
New CMS rule requires hospitals to post standard prices online
CMS said the rule was made to “encourage price transparency.” Administration officials hope the rule will help patients save money and even “encourage them to shop around.”
Big Labor gives back thousands in forced fees to avoid court battle
“Nearman’s refund represents the first of what should ultimately be hundreds of millions of dollars or even more returned to public employees for union fees seized from them in violation of the First Amendment,” National Right to Work Foundation President Mark Mix said in a statement.
Trump administration’s fuel economy proposal to spur new car purchases, irk blue states
Democratic Party officials warn that the Trump administration’s proposal could create a rift between red states and the blue states that adopted California’s stricter emissions standards.
K-12 schools bringing in drag queens to teach gender ideology to kids
Teachers are praising “Drag Queen Story Hour,” according to a clip released by videographer Sean Fitzgerald and the David Horowitz Freedom Center. The program “captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models.”
Tariffs at work: Canadian solar company moves operations to the US
A foreign manufacturer of solar panels will be opening a new facility in the United States, making it the first new plant to operate since President Trump enacted tariffs on solar imports
SEC investigators decide not to punish Exxon for alleged climate change heresy
The Securities and Exchange Commission ended its two-year long investigation into whether ExxonMobil overvalued its assets in the face of future climate regulations, Bloomberg reported Friday.
The New York Times’ new racist employee once praised libel lawsuit against publication
Tweets resurfaced showing a new New York Times employee, who came under fire for her past racist tweets, once praised someone for suing the publication and has a history of calling the paper an awful publication.
Massachusetts votes for higher renewable standard, solar industry still complains
The vote in Massachusetts follows a growing trend — particularly among blue states — to mandate more wind and solar power. State capitols, regulators and utility companies across the country have taken steps to gradually increase their renewable energy usage.
Trump expands short-term health care plans for middle class, chips away at Obamacare
The Department of Health and Human Services, Labor Department, and Treasury Department released the final rule that allows consumers to buy “short-term, limited duration” health insurance plans that are not subject to the Obamacare requirements.
Obama’s vehicle emissions standards getting rolled back by EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation released a notice of proposed rulemaking Thursday outlining eight options for overhauling DOT’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards.
Study shows huge cost of Sanders’ ‘Medicare for All’ plan
In a new cost analysis, Charles Blahous, formerly a member of the Medicare board of trustees, concludes that Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ “Medicare for All” bill would cost a breathtaking $32.6 trillion over 10 years.