Obamacare Funding Fights Split Amid GOP Tax Debate
Congress nears year end with Republicans failing to restore two key ACA supports. Senate leaders face Collins pressure to bring up measures that would revive cost sharing reduction payments and fund state high risk pools. The moves aim to cushion insurers facing costly high risk customers while risks to the law remain.
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Australia finds AE1 wreckage from WWI submarine
The 800 ton HMAS AE1, Australia’s first submarine, was located about 1,000 feet down east of Rabaul near the Duke of York Islands in Papua New Guinea. A commemorative service honored the crew, and officials said Australia will cooperate with Papua New Guinea to preserve the site. About 416,809 Australians enlisted in WWI. over 60,000 were killed and 156,000 wounded or captured.
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Memphis removes Confederate statues after selling parks
Memphis toppled two Confederate statues after council approved selling the parks housing them to a private nonprofit for one thousand dollars. The move circumvented state law by transferring ownership of the sites to a private group and lifting the statues’ public property protections.
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Tennessee Historical Commission
Memphis
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van Turner
Life expectancy in the United States declines again in 2016
The U S life expectancy at birth fell for a second straight year in 2016 driven by a 21 percent rise in overdose deaths. Over 42 000 died from opioids and other drugs in 2016 up from 2015, with fentanyl and synthetic opioids causing a sharp rise. Overall life expectancy decreased from 78.7 to 78.6 years as men slipped to 76.1 while women remained at 81.1.
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United States
Bob Anderson
National Center For Health Statistics
Driver plows into Australian crowd in Melbourne
Australian police say a 32 year old Afghan descent driver who plowed into pedestrians on Flinders Street in Melbourne had no identified extremist links. Twelve people remain hospitalized including a man in his 80s in critical condition. a 4 year old boy is no longer in critical condition.
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