State Medicaid Targets Deceased’s Estates for Health Cost Recovery

TL/DR - The US government requires states to recover money from the assets of deceased Medicaid patients who relied on the taxpayer-funded health insurance. However, a Democratic lawmaker recently proposed disbanding this program, arguing that it collects only around 1% of the more than $150 billion Medicaid spends annually on long-term care. The…

Exploring New Laws to Combat Rising Addiction & Mental Health Crisis

TL/DR - Maryland currently has multiple opportunities to improve insurance coverage and care accessibility for substance use and mental health, with over 2,500 Marylanders lost to overdose in 2023 alone, 922,000 individuals aged 12 and older documented as having a substance use disorder, and another 1,089,000 struggling with mental health issues.…

Evaluating Donald Trump’s Assertions That He Would Have Performed Better

TL/DR - Former US President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that, had he won the 2020 election, the world would not have seen an attack on Israel, an attack on Ukraine, or experienced inflation. However, experts argue that these claims, which cannot be definitively tested or refuted, lack context and explanation. Many also argue that the…

Peter Navarro Appeals to Supreme Court to Avoid Prison

TL/DR - Peter Navarro, a senior aide to former President Donald Trump, has asked the Supreme Court to keep him out of prison while he appeals his conviction for refusing to testify before Congress about his involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Navarro is due to report to a Miami prison after a US Court of Appeals ruled he had not…