The new effort from the Biden-Harris administration is focused on “the corporate practice of giving people the run around, wasting their precious time and money,” according to the White House’s fact sheet. The only finalized policy among those listed as part of the “Time Is Money” initiative is the Transportation Department’s much-lauded (and promoted) rule that requires airlines to provide automatic refunds for canceled flights. Next furthest along are the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed rules that would require that companies make it as easy to cancel a subscription as it is to sign up for one. 🇺🇸
Why Many Nonprofit Hospitals Are Rolling in Money. “Hospitals are some of the biggest businesses in the U.S. — nonprofit in name only,” said Martin Gaynor, an economics and public policy professor at Carnegie Mellon University. “They realized they could own for-profit businesses and keep their not-for-profit status. So the parking lot is for-profit; the laundry service is for-profit; they open up for-profit entities in other countries that are expressly for making money” And they have somehow managed to keep a myriad of for-profit enterprises under their nonprofit umbrella — a status that means they pay little or no taxes, float bonds at preferred rates, and gain numerous other financial advantages. 🇺🇸
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/commentary-nonprofit-hospitals-rolling-in-money/
Favorite DNC speech so far 🇺🇸
train #funny
street art #nyc
She Lost a Fallopian Tube After a Hospital Denied Her Abortion. Kyleigh Thurman’s ectopic pregnancy ruptured after she was allegedly refused treatment.🇺🇸
https://www.thecut.com/article/hospital-denied-abortion-ectopic-pregnancy.html
How price gouging bans really work. If banning price gouging is communist, then the U.S. went Marxist long ago. Most of us live in states that already have bans in place. 38 states, including the most populous like Texas, California and New York, prohibit companies from jacking up prices during emergencies — think bans on selling $10 bottles of water after a major hurricane.
https://www.axios.com/2024/08/20/price-gouging-kamala-harris-communism-kamunism
plot #funny
Ear #funny
I watched Emily in Paris part 1 Season 4, it was good, I enjoyed it
17,000 AT&T workers across the Southeast strike over contract negotiations, after accusing company management of “unfair labor practices” during recent contract negotiations. 🇺🇸
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/17/nx-s1-5079614/att-workers-strike-contract-negotiations
8 million teens are eligible to vote. These high school students want to make sure more do. Gen Z voters turned out at higher rates than previous generations during their first midterm elections in 2022. 51% of voters ages 18-24 are expected to vote this November.🇺🇸
https://www.aol.com/news/8-million-teens-eligible-vote-110000728.html
computer #funny
museum #funny
Red-State Republicans Say They’ll Defend Biden-Harris Era Green Jobs. GOP politicians in places that have reaped clean energy investment from the Inflation Reduction Act say they’d warn against changes that could jeopardize it. 🇺🇸
Debby flooded inland Georgia. With climate change supercharging storms, it likely won’t be the last. “We know that climate change is juicing precipitating systems in general,” said Shepherd. “The data has been very clear that when it rains, it rains with greater intensity, even in just sort of heavy afternoon thunderstorms, not just hurricanes.” 🇺🇸
https://www.wabe.org/debby-floods-inland-georgia-a-growing-hurricane-trend/
Maps #funny
summer outfit inspo, link in bio
Idaho abortion ban spurs physician exodus, worsening state shortage. Idaho was already short on doctors. The problem’s only gotten worse since a statewide abortion ban.🇺🇸
https://www.courthousenews.com/idaho-abortion-ban-spurs-physician-exodus-worsening-state-shortage/