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Big Institutions: Immunities, Impunities and Insanities

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Without Price Breaks, Rural Hospitals Struggle To Stock Costly, Lifesaving Drugs

An obscure Obamacare provision forces rural hospitals to pay full price for drugs that many bigger hospitals buy at deeply discounted rates.
By Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News

Most U.S. Troops Kicked Out For Misconduct Had Mental Illness

The new report will likely add to scrutiny over whether the military is doing enough to care for troops with mental health issues
By Reuters

Who Owns Your Face?

Your face is yours. It is a defining feature of your identity. But it’s also just another datapoint waiting to be collected.
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Both Parties Defy Reality When It Comes To The Federal Budget

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Native American Students Sue The U.S. Government Over Dismal Education

A group of Native American students say that they are being provided with a shockingly poor education.
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The Student Debt Crisis Is Driving Elderly People Into Poverty

This isn't how it's supposed to work.
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Black And Latino Students Lose Out To White Peers. And It's Getting Worse.

Six decades after Brown v. Board of Education, a U.S. agency finds we still have a two-tiered education system.
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Congressional Watchdog To Investigate Wall Street Regulation

This is the first probe to consider whether regulators are "captured" by banks they monitor.
By Reuters