The Affordable Care Act has allowed many preventive health services, including cancer screenings and vaccines, to be free of charge. But legal challenges may lead to costly repercussions for patients.
Outside Columbus, Ohio, a bailiff signs a writ of eviction for a tenant on March 3, 2021.
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The $1.9 trillion package gets a lot of stuff right, but the direct payments are not among them, argue two economists.
Since its creation in 1999, the inflation rate in the euro zone has only exceeded 4 percent for a few months, on the eve of the Great Recession of 2008.
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Massive stimulus plans combined with rising production costs could lead to expectations that inflation will rise. And that alone could trigger an inflationary spiral not seen in 25 years.
Biden made passing his $1.9 trillion bill one of his top priorities.
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A survey of the impact of the first few rounds of coronavirus aid shows that most of those who lost jobs or wages due to the pandemic were facing severe economic hardship.
A volunteer hands out food boxes in Los Angeles before Thanksgiving.
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Widely adopted in the US when pandemic precautions kept people home, telehealth faces a challenge as insurance coverage changes, right when its popularity had surged.
The CDC order may offer some tenants breathing room.
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Congress is spending trillions of dollars trying to rescue the US economy and support workers and businesses. Can America afford it? ‘No sweat,’ according to modern monetary theory.
Tens of millions of Americans who have been telecommuting during the pandemic are beginning to head back to the office – even though COVID-19 remains a threat.
The demand for services nonprofits offer is surging.
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The Education Department is reinterpreting rules Congress wrote for how public school systems should share federal dollars with private schools.
Eric Wang of Burmese Restaurant Thamee in Washington, D.C., was among the millions of small business owners hoping to get SBA aid.
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About one in four businesses say they’re two months away from permanent closure, yet many of the neediest businesses are struggling to get some of the aid intended for them.
Fire up the printing presses.
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