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vox.com > good-medicine-newsletter > 483084 > high-medical-bills-hospital-doctor-visit-help

How to talk to your doctor about money

1+ hour, 35+ min ago  (1452+ words) Health care in America is too expensive. But you can make your physician your ally. Maybe this has happened to you: Your doctor is talking to you about your health, saying you need a test or a medication, and suddenly…...

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vox.com > videos > 483056 > how-georgia-manufactured-the-peach-state-myth

How Georgia manufactured the peach state myth

9+ hour, 35+ min ago  (191+ words) It was never really about the fruit. Peaches are one of America's most recognizable fruits. In the US, hundreds of thousands of tons are produced each year, and the fruit is closely tied to one place in particular: Georgia. The…...

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vox.com > the-highlight > 480426 > adult-day-care-caregiving-baby-boomers-sandwich-generation

The elder care solution that everyone with aging parents should know about

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (737+ words) As baby boomers age, caregivers are often squeezed caring for parents and children at the same time. They need help. A woman with long silver hair and a knit hat shouts, "This is my favorite song!" She said that last…...

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vox.com > politics > 482918 > joe-kent-iran-war-resign-trump-antisemitism

A top Trump aide resigned over Iran. Liberals should stay away from him.

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1155+ words) This morning, Joe Kent " the director of the National Counterterrorism Center " resigned in protest over the war in Iran. "I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war," he said in a resignation letter addressed to Trump and published on…...

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vox.com > politics > 482868 > elizabeth-warren-corporate-landlord-wall-street-ban-housing-bill

The “populist” crusade to make the suburbs more segregated and expensive

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (1454+ words) The crackdown on corporate landlords just got more counterproductive. To its fiercest critics, "populism" is a politics of mindless resentment: The populist's animating ambition is not to help people in general " or the downtrodden in particular " so much as to…...

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vox.com > politics > 482771 > iran-war-oil-russia-ukraine-putin

The Iran war already has a winner

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (622+ words) The spiraling conflict is a lifeline for Vladimir Putin. There are already clear losers from the war in Iran: The battered Iranian regime itself, the civilians under heavy bombardment in Iran and Lebanon, the Gulf countries" whose reputation as a…...

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vox.com > the-logoff-newsletter-trump > 482803 > donald-trump-iran-war-strait-of-hormuz-oil-gas-us-allies

Trump’s Hormuz problem, briefly explained

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (471+ words) Trump is looking for help with the Strait of Hormuz. He's not having much luck. Welcome to The Logoff: Donald Trump is looking for help with the war he started. What's happening? Over the weekend, Trump said in a post…...

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vox.com > politics > 470028 > price-controls-affordability-inflation-mamdani-rent-high-prices

Should the government just ban high prices?

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1631+ words) Voters love this solution to the affordability crisis. They're wrong. Voters want stuff to be cheaper. To most economists, the best way to make things more affordable is to make them more plentiful: When the supply of a good rises,…...

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vox.com > culture > 482311 > jeffrey-epstein-me-too-backlash-donald-trump-bill-clinton

Me Too revealed a lot of villains. Why is Epstein the one we still care about?

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (685+ words) How the Epstein story became an American parable. As part of its ongoing release of the Epstein files, the Department of Justice has released three FBI memos relating to accusations of sexual assault against President Donald Trump. The news came…...

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vox.com > politics > 479062 > supreme-court-vote-by-mail-watson-republican-ballots

The Supreme Court case attempting to sabotage voting by mail, explained

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (494+ words) The Republican Party wants the Court to toss out thousands of ballots. Its arguments are laughably weak. The premise of the Republican Party's arguments in Watson v. Republican National Committee is that, nearly 200 years ago, Congress banned the states from counting…...