#Maggie Hassan

[britneyshakespeare]

tell me why i am getting ads on tumblr for the us senate race in connecticut

[blood-and-foam]

i will not get into email arguments with my senator getting into email arguments with my senator is the mind-killer getting into email arguments with my senator is the little death that brings total wasting of my time

[wondereads]

Achillean Book Recs for Pride 2024

The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater

Young Adult, magical realism, 4.12 star average (my rating: 5 stars)

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Young Adult, high fantasy, 4.52 star average (my rating: 5 stars)

Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide

Young Adult, mystery thriller, 4.27 star average (my rating: 5 stars)

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Young Adult, contemporary fantasy, 4.34 star average (my rating: 4.5 stars)

Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

Adult, space opera, 4.07 star average (my rating: 4.5 stars)

Scum Villain's Self-Saving System by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

Adult, fantasy romance, 4.29 star average (my rating: 4.87 stars)

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

Adult, fantasy romance, 4.44 star average (my rating: 4.7 stars)

Heaven Official's Blessing by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

Adult, fantasy romance, 4.5 star average (my rating: 4.67 stars)

Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker

Young Adult, contemporary fantasy, 3.88 star average (my rating: 4 stars)

The Buried and the Bound by Rochelle Hassan

Young Adult, contemporary fantasy, 4.07 star average (my rating: 4 stars)

So This Is Ever After by F. T. Lukens

Young Adult, fantasy romance, 3.93 star average (my rating: 4 stars)

The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black

Young Adult, contemporary fantasy, 3.87 star average (my rating: 4 stars)

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

New Adult, sports/thriller, 3.85 star average (my rating: 3 stars)

The City of Dusk by Tara Sim

Adult, high fantasy, 3.72 star average

The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis

Adult, space opera, 3.93 star average

Lord of Eternal Night by Ben Alderson

Adult, fantasy romance, 3.43 star average

The Husky and His White Cat Shizun by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

Adult, fantasy romance, 4.37 star average

A Dowry of Blood by S. T. Gibson

Adult, gothic fantasy, 4.12 star average

Darker by Four by June CL Tan

Young Adult, contemporary fantasy, 4.11 star average

Once & Future by Cory McCarthy and A. R. Capetta

Young Adult, sci-fantasy, 3.57 star average

Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White

Young Adult, post-apocalyptic horror, 4.2 star average

[kinojoy]

EMERGENCY PALESTINIAN GFM (1)

Hey everyone I'm making more Palestinian gfm list that has contacted me who have medical emergency or needed fund to evacuated.

More link bellow 👇👇

Sandy and Ahmed.

2k/70k

Sereen and her children have Hepatitis and Stomach infections. Sereen have eye infection because of the smoke of the flames and Ahmed hair turns white. Not to mention the condition of the tents along the bugs invasion that could kill them any time. They needed the funds for medical recovery.

Mohammad Almanasra

15k/40k

Mohammed have Asthma that needed expensive meds to survives. Him and his 3 children need to go back and forth from the hospital because of the deadly insect bite.

Hala's Family

9k/50k

Hala struggle to find water, foods, baby formula and diapers for her 3 year old child. She needed money for evacuations. Update, her house just got destroyed.

https://gofund.me/da3cc66a

Sally and Ala.

254/30k

5k/50k

Sally and Ala is sisters. Ala have twin boys while Sally have 3 childrens and have lost their incomes while living in a tents that lack of basic necessities such as medicine and food. Recently Sally's house has got bombed that taken her husband's family life. Her son Hassan haven't got vaccine yet. They needed the funds for basic necessities.

Jana

11k/60k

Jana is 14 year old artist, his father is a dermatologist and venereologist who clinic got destroyed. Unfortunately he also have heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure. They have 6 family member. They needed fund to evacuated also crestor, plavix 75 and insulin for his father.

Sahar's Family

19k/50k

Sahar is 14 year old child with 8 family member. They lost their house and the gym they owned, they have live in a tent since then. They needed the funds to evacuates asap.

Siraj's Family

4k/82k

Siraj and her children house got bombed. Right now she lived in a very small tent that lack of basic necessities. She needed the funds to rebuild their house and for basic necessities.

Nozha.

2k/18k

Nozha study at pharmacy unfortunately her university has been destroyed and she unable to gain her bachelor degree. She also lost her job and needed the fund to evacuated to egypt.

Ahmed Sarhan's Nephew

25k/50k

Ahmed the oldest, manage to evacuated to egypt however. Yousef (9) and Karim (5) stuck in gaza and need evacuations along with his family. Yousef begin to have nightmares and keep waking up in the night due to the fear of explosion while Karim who once lively becomes withdrawn and anxious.

[mariacallous]

In January, the CEOs of X, TikTok, Meta, Snap, and Discord testified in front of a congressional committee about child exploitation on their platforms. “Mr. Zuckerberg, you and the companies before us, I know you don’t mean it to be so, but you have blood on your hands,” Senator Lindsey Graham said at the time.

Despite confrontational questioning from Graham and others about how many underage users were on their platforms, and what safeguards protected them, Zuckerberg and other executives weren’t questioned about the concerning practices of some parents who manage social media accounts on behalf of their young children. A New York Times investigation the month after the hearing found that some parents, mostly of girls, were amassing tens of thousands of followers for their children by posting suggestive images that can attract predators.

Now, Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan is demanding that tech companies account for the untold thousands of accounts that place girls as risk of exploitation on their platforms, through the actions of adult account-holders.

“These corporations must answer for how they are allowing young women and girls to be exploited on their platforms and what steps they will take in response,” Senator Hassan, who represents New Hampshire, told WIRED. “Young women should be able to express themselves online in safe environments that do not facilitate the monetization of potentially exploitative content.”

The Times investigation found that parents can readily bypass the age restrictions of social platforms that bar children under 13 from having accounts. Some parents use the accounts they set up for their children to essentially monetize their daughters by putting them to work as influencers, garnering discounts and sponsorship deals or pulling in advertising revenue.

More sinisterly, some of these accounts brought in money from people seeking sexual or suggestive material about young girls, some of whom were convicted sex offenders. Some of these followers are willing to pay for extra photos beyond those shared on a girl’s social media account, or for private chats or used clothing. Times reporters examined some 5,000 accounts of young girls run by their parents.

While the Times found that some of the parents also operated TikTok accounts, the phenomenon was most prevalent on Meta's Instagram. (X was not mentioned in the Times investigation, and the company claims that its underage user base constitutes less than 1 percent of its usership. WIRED has previously reported that the platform may not have the age verification systems needed to accurately make such a claim.)

“After the disturbing revelations about predators interacting with the posts of minors and even buying their worn clothing, it continues to be clear that social media companies are failing to keep our children safe,” says Senator Hassan.

Meta, TikTok, and X did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

In a statement to the Times about its earlier reporting, Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said that the company prevents “accounts exhibiting potentially suspicious behavior from using our monetization tools, and we plan to limit such accounts from accessing subscription content,” but that parents were ultimately responsible for the accounts.

In the letters sent to TikTok, X, and Meta, Hassan is asking companies to disclose whether they were aware of parents circumventing their age requirements, whether accounts of young girls are monetized—or have ads placed on them—by the platforms, and what active measures the companies have in place to detect these kinds of accounts.

The platforms have until April 8 to offer their responses.

[deadpresidents]

BARACK OBAMA •Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama by David J. Garrow (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama by David Remnick (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Barack Obama: The Story by David Maraniss (BOOK | KINDLE) •A Promised Land by Barack Obama (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Obama's Wars by Bob Woodward (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America by Michael Eric Dyson (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •The World As It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House by Ben Rhodes (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

DONALD TRUMP •The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021 by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America by Maggie Haberman (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Rage by Bob Woodward (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Peril by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •The Trump Tapes: Bob Woodward's Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump by Bob Woodward (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control by Steven Hassan (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

JOE BIDEN •The Long Alliance: The Imperfect Union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama by Gabriel Debenedetti (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future by Franklin Foer (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden's White House by Chris Whipple (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) •Joe Biden: A Life of Trial and Redemption by Jules Witcover (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

[goalhofer]

2024 olympians representing non-birth nation by country part 5

Italy: Vladimir Aceti, athletics (Russia); Kate Antropova, volleyball (Iceland); Gia Butler, athletics (U.S.A.); Adrian Carambula, volleyball (Uruguay); Lorenzo Casali, gymnastics (Vietnam); Frank Chamizo, wrestling (Cuba); Sirine Charaabi, boxing (Tunisia); Nicolae Craciun, canoeing (Moldova); Yeman Crippa, athletics (Ethiopia); Luciano Darderi, tennis (Argentina); Dariya Derkach, athletics (Ukraine); Andy Díaz, athletics (Cuba); Sarah Di Maria-Jodoin, diving (Canada); Zaynab Dosso, athletics (Cote d'Ivoire); Gonzalo Echenique, water polo (Argentina); Sarah Fahr, volleyball (Germany); Eyob Faniel, athletics (Eritrea); Stephanie Horn, canoeing (Germany); Matteo Iocchi-Gratta, water polo (Montenegro); Lamont Jacobs; Jr., athletics (U.S.A.); Nicholas Kohl, rowing (Switzerland); Daniela Mogurean, gymnastics (Moldova); Maggie Pescetto, sailing (Ireland); Kim Polling, judo (The Netherlands); Andreas Sargent-Larsen, diving (Denmark); Lorenzo Simonelli, athletics (Tanzania); Gabriel Soares, rowing (Brazil); Alessandro Sorgente, skateboarding (U.S.A.); Silvana Stanco, shooting (Switzerland); Cătălin Tecuceanu, athletics (Romania); Sintayehu Vissa, athletics (Ethiopia); Zane Weir, athletics (South Africa); Sofiia Yaremchuk, athletics (Ukraine) & Osama Zoghlami, athletics (Tunisia) Cote d'Ivoire: Jérémy Keryhuel, fencing (France) & Maxine Tiu-Esteban, fencing (The Philippines) Jamaica: Lloydricia Cameron, athletics (U.S.A.); Raheem Hayles, athletics (U.S.A.); Andrew Hudson; Jr., athletics (U.S.A.); Josh Kirlew, swimming (U.K.); Yona Knight-Wisdom, diving (U.K.); Ashley McKenzie, judo (U.K.) & Adelle Tracey, athletics (U.S.A.) Japan: Taro Daniel, tennis (U.S.A.); Josh Hawkinson, basketball (U.S.A.); Hugh Hogland-Watanabe, basketball (U.S.A.); Kanoa Igarashi, surfing (U.S.A.); Kai Inoue, water polo (U.S.A.); Josua Kerevi, rugby (Fiji); Tanaka Mina, soccer (Thailand); Uchijima Moyuka, tennis (Malaysia); Kenji Nener, triathlon (Australia); Connor O'Leary, surfing (Australia); Murao Sanshirō, judo (U.S.A.); Ena Shibahara, tennis (U.S.A.) & Sasō Yūka, golf (The Philippines) Kazakhstan: Abiba Abuzhakynova, judo (Uzbekistan); Yusup Batirmurzaev, wrestling (Russia); Muhammedsabyr Bazarbayuly, boxing (Kyrgyzstan); Saken Bibossinov, boxing (Uzbekistan); Alexander Bubik, tennis (Russia); Daisy Jepkemei, athletics (Kenya); Norah Jeruto-Tanui, athletics (Kenya); Timur Khaidarov, canoeing (Uzbekistan); Esmigul Kuyulova, judo (Uzbekistan); Aleksandr Nedovyesov, tennis (Ukraine); Yelena Potapenko, pentathlon (Ukraine); Yulia Puntintseva, tennis (Russia); Elena Rybakina, tennis (Russia); Ekaterina Shabalina, triathlon (Russia); Alexander Shevchenko; Jr., tennis (Russia) & Sergii Tokarnytsyi, canoeing (Ukraine) Kenya: Alexandra Ndolo, fencing (Germany) Kosovo: Adell Sabovic, swimming (U.S.A.) Kyrgyzstan: Aiaal Lazarev, wrestling (Russia) & Sardana Trofimova, athletics (Russia) Laos: Ariana Dirkzwager, swimming (U.S.A.); Steven Insixiengmay, swimming (U.S.A.) & Prae Philanphandeth, gymnastics (Thailand) Latvia: Anastasia Carbonari, cycling (Italy) & Džeja Patrika, diving (U.S.A.) Lebanon: Hady Habib, tennis (U.S.A.); Benjamin Hassan, tennis (Germany); Caramnob Sagaipov, judo (Russia) & Mariana Sahakian, table tennis (Armenia) Liberia: Thelma Davies, athletics (Ghana); Joseph Fahnbulleh, athletics (U.S.A.); Ebony Morrison, athletics (U.S.A.); Jabez Reeves, athletics (U.S.A.); John Sherman, athletics (U.S.A.); Akeem Sirleaf, athletics (U.S.A.) & Destiny Smith-Barnett, athletics (U.S.A.) Luxembourg: Vera Hoffmann, athletics (Germany); Jeanne Lehair, triathlon (France); Lian Ni, table tennis (China) & Ruben Querinjean, athletics (Belgium) Madagascar: Rija Gardiner, athletics (The Philippines) Maldives: Fathimath Ali, table tennis (Sri Lanka) Mali: Ibrahim Cissé, soccer (France); Mohamed Cisset, soccer (Canada); Brahim Diarra, soccer (France); Ahmed Diomandé, soccer (Côte d'Ivoire); Alex Kouma, swimming (France); Coli Saco, soccer (France); Wilson Samaké, soccer (France) & Mamadou Tounkara, soccer (France) Malta: Kyle Micallef, swimming (Australia)

[beardedmrbean]

Sexual assault survivor Chessy Prout has slammed a judicial nomination by President Joe Biden.

She was 15 years old when she was assaulted by an older student at St Paul’s School, an elite institution in New Hampshire in 2014.

She anonymously testified against the perpetrator, Owen Labrie, at his trial, but she and her family were still the subjects of threats. She also faced off against the school as it tried to reach a settlement in a civil suit. The school’s strategy enraged Ms Prout to such an extent that she chose to share her story with the public, according to The Boston Globe.

Despite how it changed her life, Ms Prout told the paper that she feels like it has been worth it to speak out.

The lawyer who utilised the tactic that angered Ms Prout has now been nominated to be a federal judge, prompting her to speak out yet again.

“I am determined to have some sort of good, or some sort of change, come out of all the horrible things that have happened to me and my family,” she said.

Mr Biden nominated the former New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney to take a seat at the US First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston.

When Mr Delaney was in private practice, he represented St Paul’s in the civil lawsuit and filed a motion rejecting Ms Prout’s request that she remain anonymous in the event that the dispute went to trial.

The strategy was controversial and criticised as being intended to force a settlement.

Ms Prout and her family ensured that the Biden White House and the senators representing New Hampshire were aware of Mr Delaney’s actions when they became aware that he was being considered for the role last year.

But Mr Biden still proceeded to nominate Mr Delaney.

“I feel like bad actors get rewarded all the time,” Ms Prout told The Globe, which reported earlier this month that the family opposition has created problems for Mr Delaney’s nomination.

“I’m pretty jaded, even at the age of 24 ... but at the same time, I did have higher hopes for this White House,” she told the paper.

Ms Prout was inspired by Mr Biden’s efforts to fight sexual violence, such as the “It’s On Us” programme launched by the Obama White House in 2014 following her assault when Mr Biden was vice president.

“To see this issue be brought up in a really public and noticeable way right when I was going through this issue personally, it felt like kismet, it felt like it was meant to be,” she told The Globe. “I felt like the tides were turning.”

She added that she took part in a conference call in 2017 with Mr Biden after he left the White House during which he said he would continue to work on the issue.

Ms Prout now says she’s “extremely disappointed” by Mr Biden’s nomination of Mr Delaney.

“It is really disheartening that it’s this political party that has been so vocal about supporting survivors, and the fact that they now are throwing their wholehearted support behind a nominee who basically practiced ... victim intimidation tactics,” she told The Globe.

“It just blows my mind that there isn’t a better option,” she added.

The White House said last month that the administration “expects senators to take Mr Delaney’s full record into account when considering his nomination”.

New Hampshire’s two Democratic Senators, Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan, have said they support the nomination but they also voiced support for Ms Prout, something she said is meaningless if Mr Delaney’s nomination succeeds.

“There’s so much talk you can do, there’s so many posters you can hang, so many social media posts you can do to support survivors, but that means nothing – nothing – unless you support them ... in real life,” she told The Globe. “It’s been a lot of talk and not so much action.”

“I know that judge appointments are totally political and it’s all about ... how many judges the president can appoint,” she added. “I just wish that it didn’t have to be this way, which is pretty naïve and idealistic of me to say.”

Mr Delaney told senators at his confirmation hearing last month his motion wasn’t intended to intimidate Ms Prout and he asked the committee to “consider the totality of my record over nearly 30 years as it reviews my qualifications”.

The Independent has reached out to the White House, Mr Delaney, Ms Hassan, and Ms Shaheen for comment.

[alledherlu-q-pereon]

Alaska - Lisa Murkowski / Dan Sullivan

Hawaii - Brian Schatz / Mazie Hirono

Washington - Patty Murray / Maria Cantwell

Oregon - Ron Wyden / Jeff Merkley

California - Alex Padilla / Laphonza Butler

Arizona - Kirsten Sinema / Mark Kelly

Nevada - Catherine Cortez Masto / Jackie Rosen

New Mexico - / Ben Ray Lujan

Colorado - Michael Bennet / John Hickenlooper

Utah - Mike Lee / Mitt Romney

Wyoming - Jon Barasso / Cynthia Lummis

Idaho - / Jim Risch

Montana - Jon Tester / Steve Daines

North Dakota - John Hoeven / Kevin Cramer

South Dakota - John Thune / Mike Rounds

Nebraska - Deb Fischer / Pete Ricketts

Kansas - / Roger Marshall

Oklahoma - James Lankford /Markwayne Mullin

Texas - Jon Cornyn / Ted Cruz

Minnesota - Amy Klobuchar / Tina Smith

Iowa - Chuck Grassley / Joni Ernst

Missouri - Josh Hawley / Eric Schmitt

Arakansas - / Tom Cotton

Louisiana - / John Neely Kennedy

Tennessee - Marsha Blackburn / Ben Haggerty

North Carolina - Tom Tillis / Ted Budd

South Carolina - Lindsey Graham / Tim Scott

Kentucky - Mitch McConnell / Rand Paul

Alabama - Tommy Tubberville / Katie Britt

Mississippi - / Cynthia Hyde-Smith

Georgia - Jon Ossoff / Raphael Warnock

Florida - Marco Rubio / Rick Scott

Illinois - Dick Durbin / Taamy Duckworth

Michigan - Debbie Stabenow / Gary Peters

Wisconsin - Ron Johnson / Taamy Baldwin

Indiana - Todd Young / Mike Braun

Ohio - Sherrod Brown / J. D. Vance

Pennsylvania - Bob Casey, Jr. / John Fetterman

New York - Chuck Schumer / Kirsten Gillibrand

New Jersey - Bob Menendez / Cory Booker

Maryland - Ben Cardin / Chris van Hollen

Delaware - Tom Carper / Chris Coons

Virginia - Mark Warner / Tim Kaine

West Virginia - Joe Manchin / Shelly Moore Capito

Connecticut - / Chris Murphy

Rhode Island - Jack Reed / Sheldon Whitehouse

Massachusetts - Elizabeth Warren /

Vermont - Bernie Sanders / Peter Welch

New Hampshire - Jeanne Shaheen / Maggie Hassan

Maine - Susan Collins / Angus King

i have genuinely one of the weirdest skills to be able to brag about

[fruhgilesoul]

Kombinasi kamu

Kopi o dan dunhill biru. Tidak aku sangka itu kombinasi kamu. Meski dunhill biru itu milik aku, ia terlihat sangat jelas seperti nyawamu.

Seperti padannya dunhill biru dan kopi o, kamu terlihat belonged, terlihat natural kamu ditemani kombinasi ini.

Aku, dalam masa yang sama cuba menghabiskan maggi sup kari aku sambil merenung akan betapa realitanya pandangan aku pada ketika ini.

Kerana kombinasi itu, kopi o, dunhill biru dan kamu.

Husna hassan 7:18 pagi 22 desember tahun 2024

[kitabasis]

June 2024 Reading Wrap-Up

(feel free to ask me questions about my reviews or whatever for any of these!)

Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa

The Scarlet Alchemist by Kylie Lee Baker

Breathe by Maia Kobabe and Dr. Sarah Peitzmeier

What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez

Crush by Richard Siken

War of the Foxes by Richard Siken

Making Sex: Body and Gender From the Greeks to Freud by Thomas Walter Laqueur (skimmed some parts; it was for research so I didn’t need to read it all)

The Summer Queen by Rochelle Hassan

You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Baron

The Worst Ronin by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Faith Schaffer

Becoming Who We Are by Sammy Lisel et al

Cosmoknights Book 1 by Hannah Templer (re-read)

Cosmoknights Book 2 by Hannah Templer

Dragon Age: The World of Thedas Vol. 1 by David Gaider et al

The Art of Dragon Age Inquisition by Ben Galinas et al

Foul Days by Genoveva Dimova

[zerosecurity]

The Aftermath of a Crippling Cyberattack on the US Change Healthcare Provider

The U.S. healthcare sector has been reeling in the aftermath of a devastating attack on Change Healthcare, the nation's largest medical claims clearinghouse. The attack, described by the American Hospital Association as "the most serious incident of its kind" to strike the industry, has had a severe and far-reaching impact, crippling revenue flow for medical providers across the country.

Ransomware Disruption and Investigations

The ransomware group ALPHV, also known as BlackCat, has claimed responsibility for the attack, which forced Change Healthcare to disconnect more than 100 of its systems on February 21st. Since then, the company has been unable to process medical claims through its primary platforms. UnitedHealth Group, the owner of Change Healthcare, is now under investigation by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) over its handling of patient data amid the ransomware incident.

Devastation for Healthcare Providers

The fallout from the attack has pushed many healthcare organizations to the brink of closure. Physician-owned medical groups, psychiatry practices, and private practitioners across the U.S. have seen their cash flow dry up, forcing some to furlough staff or dip into their funds to meet payroll. A Pennsylvania care home, the Jefferson Hills Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, even cited the cyberattack as one of the reasons for shutting its doors.

Ripple Effects Across the Industry

The impact of the Change Healthcare outage has been felt far and wide. Dr. Bryan Turner, a family medicine physician in Salt Lake City, Utah, described the situation as "a disaster," with his practice considering taking out a loan to cover expenses. In Pennsylvania, the Kane Community Living Centers were informed of Jefferson Hills' closure and had to transfer 35 patients to their senior centers on short notice. Change Healthcare has been working diligently to restore its various platforms and services. As of March 7th, the company's pharmacy services were largely back online, and its electronic funds transfer platform went live on March 15th. The Assurance platform for claims preparation was back online as of March 18th, and as of March 22nd, the company had staged $14 billion in claims, ready for transmission. The healthcare provider has been collaborating with major technology firms, including Alphabet's Mandiant and Palo Alto, to provide attestations that its systems are secure and ready for a full resumption of operations. The company has also been working closely with payers and other clearinghouses to ensure there is enough capacity to handle the expected surge in claims.

UnitedHealth's Response and Emergency Funding

UnitedHealth Group, the owner of Change Healthcare, has expressed a "deep sense of responsibility for recovery" and is working to ensure that healthcare providers can continue to care for their patients and run their practices. The company has launched an emergency funding program, providing interest- and fee-free loans to struggling medical providers. However, some applicants have initially reported that the funds offered were tiny compared to their expenses.

Financial Toll on the Industry

The financial impact of the Change Healthcare cyberattack on the healthcare industry has been staggering. An American Hospital Association (AHA) survey of 1,000 hospitals found that 60% of respondents said the impact on revenue was $1 million or more per day. The Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association estimates the outage is costing the state's healthcare system around $24.2 million per day. The federal government has taken several steps to address the crisis. The HHS has launched an investigation into the incident to determine whether hackers breached patient data and if UnitedHealth complied with health privacy laws. Lawmakers, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senator Maggie Hassan, Senator Mark Warner, and Representative Ruben Gallego, have also become increasingly involved, issuing statements and sending letters to federal agencies. In response to the crisis, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has said it will accept applications for accelerated payments, similar to a program implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic, on a case-by-case basis. The agency has also stated that prior authorization requirements should be waived for the duration of the outage.

Ongoing Challenges and the Path Forward

As the healthcare industry works to recover from the devastating effects of the Change Healthcare cyberattack, the road ahead remains challenging. With the financial toll estimated to be in the millions of dollars per day for many providers, the long-term impact of this incident is yet to be fully understood. However, the collaborative efforts of healthcare organizations, technology firms, and the federal government suggest a determination to support the industry and ensure the continuity of care for patients across the United States. Read the full article

[eregyrn-falls]

This is current as of 11/28/23. The bill was introduced on 09/12/23. It is still in committee and has not been voted on yet.

Just repeating from above: go to the bill's page on GovTrack.us to find out what the current status of the bill is, if you are seeing a reblog of this later. Scroll down, and you will see a timeline that will show you what stage the bill is in. The bill is currently in the Finance committee.

[above: a screenshot from the GovTrack.us website of this bill's timeline. It shows that an earlier version of the bill was introduced on 4/28/22, and that this version of the bill, which is active, was introduced on 9/12/23. There are further markers on the timeline that are not active at the moment, but would show as the bill advances.]

Also as a note: this version of the bill has 7 sponsors. 4 are Republicans, and 3 are Democrats.

D Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Primary Sponsor (on Finance committee) D Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Original Cosponsor (Finance committee chair) D Casey, Robert “Bob” [D-PA] Original Cosponsor (on Finance committee) R Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Original Cosponsor (on Finance committee) R Lankford, James [R-OK] Original Cosponsor (on Finance committee) D Hassan, Margaret “Maggie” [D-NH] Oct 3, 2023 (on Finance committee) R Collins, Susan [R-ME] Original Cosponsor R Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Oct 3, 2023

So, even if your senators are Republicans, if they are any of the people on this list, it's not a bad idea to contact them to show your support for a bill they are co-sponsoring.

Here is the full list of the Senate Finance committee. If any of your senators are on this list, it's a good idea to contact them to show your support.

PLEASE NOTE: bill "S. 2767: SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act" is a bill in the SENATE, and currently is in the Senate Finance committe.

But, Democrat Brian Higgins (NY 26th district) introduced an identical bill in the House on the same day (9/12/23), "H.R. 5408: SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act". It is currently in the House Ways and Means committee. Here is its page at GovTrack.us.

The following are the sponsors of the bill in the House:

D Higgins, Brian [D-NY26] Primary Sponsor (Ways and Means) R Fitzpatrick, Brian [R-PA1] Original Cosponsor (Ways and Means) D Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR3] Oct 26, 2023 (Ways and Means) D Kildee, Daniel [D-MI8] Oct 26, 2023 (Ways and Means) R Lawler, Michael [R-NY17] Oct 26, 2023 R Molinaro, Marcus [R-NY19] Oct 26, 2023

(Dates beside the names above indicate that they were not original cosponsors, but that they signed on as sponsors on that date.)

Here is a link to the full list of the House Ways and Means committee. Again, if you see your rep in the list above, or on the list at that link, it may be especially useful for you to contact their office to show support.

US people with disabilities in the supplemental security income (SSI) program can't have a penny over $2K in their bank account at any time in order to keep their benefits.

You know this economy. That amount is completely unlivable & makes it hard for people with disability to save for the future or have a safety net for emergencies.

A new bill would raise the max to $10K (or $20K for married couples). It would make a world of difference.

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Three arraigned over alleged theft of maggi seasoning worth N50m

Three men were on Monday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing 3,000 cartons of maggi seasoning worth N50 million. The accused persons, Emmanuel Akpan, 38, Tasiu Aliu, 27, and Usman Hassan, 48, are charged with conspiracy and stealing. Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp. Innocent Odugbo, informed the court that the defendants committed the offences on December 15, 2023 at Engineering Close, Victoria Island, Lagos. Odugbo said Akpan, a logistics agent, contacted a truck to convey 3,000 cartons of Terra Maggi seasoning belonging to TGI Distribution Company to Kaduna State. The prosecutor added that Aliu, a driver and Hassan, his motor boy, brought the truck for the conveyance of the goods. ”After their departure, all calls made to track their location failed, their cell phones were switched off. ”The goods were neither delivered to the agreed destination nor returned to the company,” he said. The offences contravened sections 287 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Magistrate, Mrs M. O Popoola, granted the defendants bail in the sum of N5 million each with two sureties in like sum and then adjourned the case until March 20 for trial. Read the full article