he tried to keep the folks on the far right to the side. it s the exact opposite of what s happening now. how much harder bordering on the impossible some would argue, does that make things for speaker mccarthy? i think it makes it challenging. again, when 2011 was happening, boehner said that if he had gotten the deal he and president obama shook hands on, he would have been fine losing his job over it. i don t know if that can be said the same of mccarthy. i don t know, say for example, they come into an agreement to just cut the student loan repayment program and the covid spending. those two things and they raise the debt ceiling. i don t think that s enough. one, to get mccarthy to do it because he would be ousted most likely from his members. i just don t see that would be enough for him to put himself out there on the chopping block. there s someone else in these meetings we haven t talked about. mitch mcconnell. who s had as much experience as
Vulnerable and marginalized communities are getting left behind in dental deserts, where patient volume exceeds provider capacity or too few dentists are willing to serve the uninsured or those on Medicaid.
The Florida Legislature votes today on the state budget, the only bill the Florida Constitution requires that it pass. The record $117 billion budget includes $2 million in recurring funding to promote oral health and support students studying dentistry. The funding is to implement a Dental Student Loan Repayment Program, to encourage graduating dentists to practice in Florida and serve low-income patients in rural and underserved areas. .
More behavioral-health providers may be enticed to move to New Mexico after a bill passed by the Legislature this year made treatment for behavioral health and substance abuse easier to access. Starting next year, insurance companies won t be allowed to apply limitations on these services. It comes at a time when new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show the percentage of high school students who said they feel persistently "sad" or "hopeless" increased between 2011 and 2021. .
Feeling drowsy during the day isn t the only problem associated with getting too little sleep, which is the case for nearly one-third of U.S. adults, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency also reported that insufficient sleep puts people at greater risk for chronic health conditions, including heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, obesity and depression - not to mention accidents caused by sleepiness. .