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Although not expected to be a permanent solution to pressures facing rural America, policymakers and hospital operators hope a new CMS program will slow the financial bleeding that continues to shutter those communities’ hospitals.

Meet the Bipartisan Dallas Fort Worth Representatives Pushing Bill for Air Conditioning in Texas Prisons

Dr Jeff Livingston - May 23, 2021

A bipartisan Democratic and Republican coalition of representatives from the Dallas Fort Worth area is fighting for prison reform. Their bill requiring Texas prisons to install air conditioning in all facilities is making its way through congress.

Missouri Debates Birth Control Ban Without Knowing How Contraception Works

Dr Jeff Livingston - June 26, 2021

Missouri senators are holding up Medicaid funding trying to block birth control access without understanding these contraceptive methods do not cause abortions.

Bipartisan Texas Prison Reform Air Conditioning Bill Dies Without a Vote in Texas Senate

Dr Jeff Livingston - June 2, 2021

Texas HB 357 bill to require air conditioning and climate control in Texas prisons failed to get a vote in the 2021 Legislative session despite bipartisan support.

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