Congress Delegation Allocates $60M for Rio Grande Water Security

TL/DR - U.S. Senators and Representatives from New Mexico are announcing $60 million from the Inflation Reduction Act for drought mitigation and climate adaptation efforts in Doña Ana and Sierra County. The funding will be used to strengthen water security in the Rio Grande Basin, focusing on aquifer recharge, improving and reducing irrigation…

Securing the Biggest Gap in Our Safety Net

TL/DR - The U.S. safety net significantly fails non-elderly, childless adults, aged 18-64, who aren't classified as severely disabled, despite this group comprising nearly a third of the country's non-institutionalized population. This demographic has a deep poverty rate that is double that of children, and they represent half of those living in…

MD Healthcare for All seeks bi-partisan backing for Inflation Act

TL/DR - Healthcare advocates in Maryland are urging political candidates to support the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) at a federal level, an act set to expire in 2025. The IRA, which allows Medicare to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies to regulate prescription costs and caps insulin expenses at $35 per month for Medicare recipients, has…

Ethical Care for Uninsured Patients in German ERs | BMC

TL/DR - The article discusses the healthcare rights of different groups of people who are not covered by health insurance in Germany, including homeless people, EU citizens, non-EU citizens, asylum seekers, war refugees, and those with illegal residence status. It elaborates that homeless Germans and EU citizens are covered by social assistance…