On today’s episode of The Confluence: The state legislature is about to end another session without voting to enact a gift ban; a new study finds Black veterans seeking treatment for COVID-19 at Veterans Affairs Medical Centers were less likely to receive evidence-based treatments than white veterans; and a conversation with U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman. Today’s guests include: Angela Couloumbis, investigative reporter with SpotlightPA; and Dr. Florian Mayr, an assistant professor of critical care medicine at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Medicine.
The Republican lawmakers’ European excursion is the type of job perk that a gift ban would make impossible for elected officials and others in government, but the legislature has failed to pass one.