Acelerion posted:

drat 4 hours is impressive. I usually can't crack 3

Mr Hootington posted:

Today is anti-china day. Looks like musk, Dimon, and a few other big wig ceos are in China doing some glad handing so the USA press has to go full yellow peril.

Acelerion posted:

drat 4 hours is impressive. I usually can't crack 3

Pepe Silvia Browne posted:

okay yeah it seems bad to have a 13 year old working at a meat packing plant until you realize he's gonna have 30 years of wages under his belt at 43, he can probably retire by 50!

webcams for christ posted:

only FT seems to really be running with it. Bloomberg is leading with Russia/Ukraine and everyone else seems to be leading with the debt ceiling vote

quote:

CHIP started in Western Pa. — and could catch families left behind by COVID-19 emergency declarations ending

With origins in Western Pennsylvania, the Children’s Health Insurance Plan, or CHIP, may soon act as a safety net to catch those in the commonwealth who have lost Medicaid coverage. Following the recent end of pandemic-era safeguards, millions of people across the U.S. are expected to no longer be eligible for Medicaid.

CHIP provides coverage to uninsured children whose families don’t qualify for Medicaid and can’t afford private insurance.

Christine Coles, retired and living in Ingram, called the program “a gap insurance” for families living in poverty but not eligible for state assistance. And she said it saved her son’s life.

Throughout the 1980s, Justin Coles would be hit with ear infections, fevers and nausea, consistently like shockwaves. His pediatrician said he required surgery to implant tubes in his ears to stop the chronic ear infections, which had started threatening his hearing. But around 1985, Justin’s father lost his mill job as steel production in the region collapsed.

The family lost its health coverage and couldn’t afford Justin’s medical bills. Although Ms. Coles was working, her job did not provide the family with benefits. With the support of a church, Justin was enrolled in The Caring Program for Children, which funded his surgery. The ear infections ended, Ms. Coles said.

The Caring Program for Children began, with help from Highmark, as a collection of Western Pennsylvania grassroots organizations, including churches and unions, that sought out uninsured children who needed support, in part as a response to the economic collapse occurring in the region in the 1980s. It soon became the Children’s Health Insurance Program, of which 4-year-old Justin was the one of the first members

CHIP was signed into Pennsylvania law in 1992 by then-Gov. Robert P. Casey, and it was a template for the federal CHIP program, approved by former President Bill Clinton in 1997. Then-state Rep. Allen Kukovich, a Democrat from Westmoreland County, had co-sponsored the initial legislation with then-state Sen. Allyson Schwartz, a Democrat from Philadelphia.

“This program saved his hearing, and I know it has saved many lives,” Ms. Coles said. “I am grateful that he had that basic foundation of good health care. I am proud to be a part of it.”

Justin, now 40 and living in Robinson, spoke at a Highmark-sponsored event Downtown last week celebrating the 30th anniversary of CHIP about his experience being one of the first in the program.

“This program has meant the world to me. It’s hard not to get emotional talking about it,” he said in a video of the event. “As a kid, having medical problems and from a low-income family, I knew the stress and heartache it put on my family not to be able to care for me … I feel so encouraged that this program has helped so many families like ours and so many people like myself.”

Ms. Coles communicated similar sentiments in an interview with the Post-Gazette, recalling the hardship of trying to decide between helping her son or paying the mortgage.

“It's a horrible feeling that you are not doing everything you can to help your child and keep them in good health,” she said. “It's absolutely the most devastating feeling in the world.”

The federal Public Health Emergency declared by then-President Donald Trump on Jan. 31, 2020, allowed for continuous enrollment throughout the pandemic, so that Medicaid recipients remained eligible for the free insurance regardless of status. Continuous enrollment ended on March 31, meaning that recipients will be required once again to file annually, based upon individualized renewal dates.

About 8.2 million people across the U.S. will lose their Medicaid coverage, per an estimate by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Those eligible for CHIP can apply in a multitude of ways, listed on the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services’ website.

“With the end of the emergency declarations, we’re going to have families looking for coverage now,” said Highmark spokesman David Golebiewski. “CHIP is still here for them.”

Mr Hootington posted:

There should be a required work program starting freshmen year of high school where kids are required to work 8-16 hours a week doing community services like community gardens, community kitchen, litter pickup, park upkeep, old person visitation. The jobs would rotate yearly until graduation. Not in the current usa of course.

Thanks.

Mr Hootington posted:

There should be a required work program starting freshmen year of high school where kids are required to work 8-16 hours a week doing community services like community gardens, community kitchen, litter pickup, park upkeep, old person visitation. The jobs would rotate yearly until graduation

Thanks.

shrike82 posted:

https://twitter.com/markets/status/1663866706664513536?s=20

shrike82 posted:

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shrike82 posted:

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shrike82 posted:

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Azuth0667 posted:

Required work program for anyone that wants to watch cable news or use social media.

gradenko_2000 posted:

here's a new one I hadn't heard before:



countries are lying about their GDP growth because their lights at night are too dim to match up with their claims, as observed by a satellite

Koirhor posted:

sweet relief

shrike82 posted:

https://twitter.com/markets/status/1663866706664513536?s=20

Pepe Silvia Browne posted:

sorry newt gingrich suggested something too similar to this once so it makes you a chud to suggest it

gradenko_2000 posted:

here's a new one I hadn't heard before:



countries are lying about their GDP growth because their lights at night are too dim to match up with their claims, as observed by a satellite

Mr Hootington posted:

Newt Gingrich: ally of the proletariat

gradenko_2000 posted:

here's a new one I hadn't heard before:



countries are lying about their GDP growth because their lights at night are too dim to match up with their claims, as observed by a satellite

webcams for christ posted:

Antonymous posted:

the original had the same meaning, coulda just said it

Mola Yam posted:

it's uh not good news when copper crashes

at least not if you like workers staying employed, and not being in a recession

quote:

bringing long-awaited relief for consumers

shrike82 posted:

https://twitter.com/BusinessInsider/status/1663799771973156869?s=20