HEALTH
- The White House recently claimed that up to 129 million citizens might have pre-existing health conditions that would prevent them from being eligible for insurance if the health care bill were to be repealed. The Post reports that the number is probably closer to 50 million. Or at least somewhere between 50 and 129 million. Depends on who you are trying to convince, I suppose. Any way you slice it, it’s still a whole lot of people. (WaPo, 1/28)
- Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley is proposing increasing a nursing home tax to cover Medicaid pay to hospitals. (Baltimore Biz Journal, 1/28) There’s a “geriatric Robin Hood” joke in there somewhere, but I won’t be the one to make it.
EDUCATION | Opinion: “There isn’t likely to be peace in the education world over charter schools and standardized testing, but on this we can and should agree: The need to focus attention on disparities among our youth in education and in health.” (WaPo, 1/28)
ARTS | In response to the State of the Union address, Americans for the Arts says, “The education reforms that the President and leaders in Congress should be looking at are ones that strengthen the role of the arts and truly implement it as a core academic subject in schools throughout the country.”
Short edition today. Friday is usually a little slower on the news front, but that’s compounded this week by the fact that every article seems to be about snow horror stories. Well, I hope the snow doesn’t ruin your weekend – see you on Monday.
Did someone say “snow horror stories?” My 5 mile commute took from 4pm to 11pm. And Narra made it home near 1am. WORST. COMMUTE. EVER!!
Celebrity cameo! That’s a terrible commute though. Possibly for the first time ever, I’m happy I had to take Metro home.