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Healthcare policy and the challenge of inertia – Orange County Register
California’s Health Insurance Marketplace, Covered California, began its 2020 open enrollment period on October 15th and will continue through January 31st. It is an exciting year for the Marketplace. More generous subsidies are available for Californians this year, overall premiums are only increasing by 0.9%, and three insurers are expanding into new markets. However, it is not entirely clear that Covered …
LDS Church updates missionary handbook with safety standards, technology and more | Faith
Gone are the days of the old missionary white handbook — the small pocket-size guide to all rules and schedules to help missionaries get through their missions. On Friday, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released a new, updated handbook of instructions for missionaries serving around the world. The handbook, “Missionary Standards for …
Bank of Canada governor says technological change may call for neutral policy
OTTAWA/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The widespread adoption of artificial intelligence, machine learning and other new technologies may be boosting potential output in ways that could take years to show up in the data, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz arrives at a news conference …
Bank of Canada governor says technological change may call for neutral policy | News
Thursday, November 14, 2019 11:11 p.m. CST By Kelsey Johnson and Ann Saphir OTTAWA/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The widespread adoption of artificial intelligence, machine learning and other new technologies may be boosting potential output in ways that could take years to show up in the data, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz said on Thursday. …
Technological change to challenge monetary policy but could raise output, Bank of Canada governor says
Nov 14 (Reuters) – The widespread adoption of new technologies is making it harder for central banks to manage monetary policy but could also boost potential output, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz suggested in a research paper on Thursday. In the paper that will form the basis of a speech he is set to …
Statement by UFC regarding UFC 244, Nate Diaz and the UFC Anti-Doping Policy
UFC is an industry-leader in anti-doping and we continuously strive and advocate for an effective and fair program for our sport and athletes. From January of 2019, UFC and USADA, along with independent experts and consultants, have been reviewing the UFC Anti-Doping Policy to ensure it remains a reliable and effective tool to combat doping …
White House directed ‘three amigos’ to run Ukraine policy, senior State department official tells House investigators
George Kent, the deputy assistant secretary of state responsible for Ukraine, told House investigators he was instructed to “lay low,” focus on the five other countries in his portfolio and defer to Volker, Sondland and Perry — who called themselves the “three amigos” — on matters related to Ukraine, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.) told …
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam’s policy speech interrupted by lawmakers
Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam on Wednesday delivered her annual policy address by video, after being heckled by pro-democracy lawmakers on the floor of the city’s parliament. Those lawmakers shouted “five demands, not one less,” referencing the list of requests by protesters, at Lam as she was set to deliver her speech. In those …
Medicaid Policy And Partisan Politics: A New Dynamic
On September 18, 2019, Tennessee announced a long-anticipated proposal to block grant its Medicaid program, TennCare. This proposal is deeply flawed in ways that will both concern fiscal conservatives and endanger Medicaid beneficiaries. Yet the Trump Administration may well seize on Tennessee’s proposal as a chance to salvage a victory from its otherwise failing Medicaid …
Trump Endorses Turkish Military Operation in Syria, Shifting U.S. Policy
But around that same time, Turkish officials were privately saying that they saw things very differently: They said they perceived a sharp division between Mr. Trump and other American officials — most notably generals in the United States Central Command, which oversees troops in the Middle East. While it was clear the generals wanted to …
