Editorial: GOP failures risk CHIP and kids health care
The piece argues Senate Republicans failed to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program before the fiscal year end, risking coverage for nine million children while Obamacare markets destabilize. It urges passing a straightforward CHIP reauthorization and supporting bipartisan efforts to stabilize ACA markets amid ongoing political fights.
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CHIP
Washington
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Ron Wyden
D-Ore
GOP
Graham-Cassidy
House
Lamar Alexander
R-Tenn
Patty Murray
D-Wash
Donald Trump
ACA
Congress
Trump
Community letters urge gun violence action after Las Vegas shooting
Readers from Cedar Rapids weigh in on mass shootings and the need for policy changes. They cite the Iowa group Concert Across America to End Gun Violence and urge reinstating the assault weapons ban, oversight on online firearm purchases, and stricter bag restrictions, praising communal concern and accountability.
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Las Vegas
United States
Iowans For Gun Safety
America
Cedar Rapids
George W Bush
Puerto Rico needs help as elders face hardship after hurricane
Mary Sanchez recalls Joaquin Toro in Puerto Rico where fear and hunger linger amid outages and damaged infrastructure. Many seniors traveled by air for aid, yet airports lacked wheelchairs and relief, while the island endures debt, emigration, and a $95 billion damage toll.
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Puerto Rico
Toro
San Juan
Donald Trump
Guaynabo
Kansas City
Island
United States
Atlanta
Supreme Court Faces New Term With High Stakes
Elizabeth Wydra notes the Supreme Court’s new term will test rights from immigration and voting to gay rights and privacy. With nine justices, cases on wedding cake disputes, Muslim ban legality, Fourth Amendment warrants, partisan gerrymandering, and union fees loom, shaping national policy and civil rights.
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Neil Gorsuch
High Court
Anthony Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Kennedy
Gorsuch
Donald Trump
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