Political Risks in ACA Subsidy Debate Spark Blame Game, Test Parties’ Resolve
20 Oct
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Political Risks in ACA Subsidy Debate Spark Blame Game, Test Parties’ Resolve

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A clash over the Affordable Care Act that has led to a shutdown of the federal government has ramifications for public health as agencies cease some services. The Trump administration vows mass layoffs during the impasse. The shutdown centered largely on a disagreement over the Obama-era health law. Democrats want a further extension of enhanced subsidies that reduce ACA health insurance premiums, but GOP lawmakers insist any debate wait until after a budget deal is reached to keep the federal government afloat. With the sides far apart, federal funding ran out at midnight Oct. 1 after Congress failed to pass even a stopgap budget. The issue now is how long the deadlock will continue. In a KFF poll released today, more than three-quarters — 78% — of the public say they want Congress to extend the enhanced tax...
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Why geopolitics risks global open source collaborations
03 Nov
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Why geopolitics risks global open source collaborations

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Politics tamfitronics Politics tamfitronics Linux Foundation’s decision to ban Russian maintainers has the potential to destroy open source’s global collaboration modelByCliff Saran,Managing Editor Published: 30 Oct 2024 12:20Following the removal last week of Russian Linux kernel maintainers to comply with US policies, Linus Torvalds – the developer of the original Linux kernel – spoke about his concerns that there were lots of Russian trolls who could potentially infiltrate the Linux kernel. The decision to block the maintainers followed a compromise of the open source XY Utils software library, which was caused by a social engineering attack targeting the maintainer of the utility. “It’s entirely clear why the change was done. It’s not getting reverted, and using multiple random anonymous accounts to try to ‘grass root’ it by Russian troll factories isn’t going to change anything,”...
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