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  • Want To Fix Food Deserts and Lower Food Prices? Enforce Antitrust Law, Activist Says

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    By Marty Schladen For now, anyway, grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons aren’t going to merge into a single grocery megagiant to confront Walmart, another megagiant. But in many ways, the damage caused by 40 years of non-enforcement of relevant antitrust law is already done, said Stacy Mitchell, co-director of the Institute for Local Self Reliance…

  • Biden Administration Unveils Plan To Cover Weight Loss Meds Under Medicare, Medicaid

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    by Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch November 26, 2024 WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Tuesday it’s reinterpreting federal law to allow Medicare and Medicaid patients access to anti-obesity medications to reduce their weight over the long term. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s proposed rule, which the Trump administration would need to finalize before…

  • Trump taps Project 2025 co-author to lead White House budget office

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    by Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch November 22, 2024 WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday invited Russell Vought to once again run the White House budget office, though it wasn’t entirely clear how the role will mesh with the government staffing and funding cuts envisioned by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. “Russ knows exactly…

  • What Kind of Revolution is In Store for America?

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    The balance of power may be in for a shift by Dave Nagle, Iowa Capital Dispatch November 21, 2024 It is always a good day when you start to write, and you know that history is holding your pen. There may be a revolution coming to America. If it arrives, this will be the third…