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Missouri Governor Mike Parson (R) signed a law Thursday that removes Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood in the state. The law, which is anticipated to take effect later this year, prohibits any public funds from being sent to any abortion facility or “any affiliate or associate of such abortion facility.” Missouri…

Voters in swing states are overwhelmingly supportive of taxing billionaires to support Social Security benefits, a new survey found. More than three-fourths — 77 percent — of voters across seven key swing states approved of the idea of raising taxes for billionaires to extend the life of Social Security, according to the Bloomberg News/Morning Consult…

Nursing homes will now need to have a minimum number of front-line caregivers for the first time under a new mandate announced by the Biden administration on Monday.  The final policy, revealed by Vice President Harris, is being implemented despite strong efforts by the nursing home industry and bipartisan lawmakers to oppose it, saying a federal standard is not possible…