‘I don’t really care, Margaret’: Vance carpet-bombs Margaret Brennan interview with inconvenient facts and common sense
CBS News' Margaret Brennan took a decidedly hostile approach her interview Along with Vice President J.D. Vance, which aired on Sunday, attempted on multiple occasions and across a variety of topics to corner the 40-year-old Republican or extract concessions. Brennan not only found that she was winning, but also that she demonstrated both the toothlessness […]
Quarter of people in England had poor NHS care in past year, report says | NHS
A quarter of people in the UK experienced poor NHS care last year, but fewer than one in 10 complained about it, a patient watchdog report reveals. It became. Healthwatch England found that when people made complaints, more than half were dissatisfied with either the process or the outcome. Complaints can take months to resolve. […]
Trump's federal hiring freeze sparks concerns about veterans' care
Lawmakers and veterans are concerned that President Trump's freeze on hiring new federal workers could disrupt the operations of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities. Critics worry that a government-wide freeze imposed by executive order on Trump's first day in office could hinder the recruitment of critical health care workers and complicate care for veterans. . […]
If you have Medicare, here’s what you’ll pay for health care in 2025 – AOL
Many of the 61 million Americans enrolled in Medicare are wondering whether their out-of-pocket medical costs will be higher in 2025 than they were in 2024, and if so, by how much. As with many things about Medicare, the answer “is going to depend on people's individual circumstances,” said Gretchen Jacobson, vice president for Medicare […]
Day care worker busted for allegedly leaving boy in freezing cold before tossing him in trash can
An Illinois daycare worker was in child danger after allegedly leaving a 4-year-old boy in her care on an icy alley before planting him in a trash can. Anna Petrou, 58, was arrested Thursday for leaving the toddler in the hallway outside Learning Lab Preschool & Child Care. According to the Homewood Police Department. Police […]
Hochul’s pro-union home care program overhaul promises $500M in savings but it’s off to a rocky start
Gov. Kathy Hochul has pledged to save a whopping $500 million with an overhaul of the controversial home care program, but is dragging its feet with a slow and erratic rollout. Hochul and her top advisers moved to consolidate about 700 companies into one hand-picked company to care for elderly relatives in a budget deal […]
Adams’ ex-aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin brags that NYC DOC will ‘take care of her’
Mayor Eric Adams' top adviser boasted to investigators that the New York City Department of Corrections “takes care of me.” A former aide is staring down the barrel of a series of corruption charges, court documents reveal. Ingrid Lewis Martin is accused of arranging favors with two Big Apple hoteliers in exchange for more than […]
The Guardian view on corridor care: the normalisation of crisis is shocking | Editorial
TTestimony from nurses about the overwhelming pressure on A&E departments across the UK has understandably shocked the public and Health Secretary Wes Streeting. The worrying but unavoidable conclusion of a new report from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is that 'corridor care', known as treatment given in hallways and other inappropriate locations, is increasing […]
Millions of people are shut out of British society. The reason: our hidden social care crisis | John Harris
IAs a national conversation, our social care crisis tends to be reduced to a small number of factors, so familiar that it now feels like a cliché. Almost all of these are centered around older people, with an aging population putting pressure on bankrupt local councils and people having to sell their homes to pay […]
The week in theatre: Oliver!; The Devil May Care review – consider yourself entertained | Theatre
○Ompapapa! There's plenty of it, with just enough emphasis on Fagin as surrogate dad to suggest puns in this loudest of numbers. Oliver! After all, this is a show about families lost, restored, and invented. However, there is a lot of darkness swirling around there. London fog and rain falling outside the workhouse. The song, […]