What Christians Need to Know about Senate's Proposed Insulin Price Cap

What Christians Need to Know about Senate's Proposed Insulin Price Cap, How Churches Can Support Diabetics

Staggering healthcare costs are crippling millions of Americans managing diabetes, forcing many to make impossible choices between vital medication and basic necessities. Explore how groundbreaking legislation and innovative community support, including a unique role for churches, are emerging to combat this crisis and offer crucial relief.

The Everyday Foods Researchers Linked To A Lower Diabetes Risk

Get ready to stock your pantry with all the good stuff.

June Brought Two Major FDA Advances for Children with Type 1 Diabetes: Here's What Each One Does

June 2026 brought two FDA milestones for pediatric diabetes: an OTC kids' CGM and teplizumab for Stage 3 Type 1 diabetes in ages 8–17. Here's what each one does and who qualifies.

‘Need Coca-Cola to survive?’ Watch Republican in Congress humiliate ‘expert’ on why taxpayers need to pay for people’s soda

Source link Republican Texas Rep. Brandon Gill pressed a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) advocate Thursday on why taxpayers should pay for sugary drinks. The House Oversight subcommittee examined waste,

‘I Am Not A Nutritionist’: GOP Rep Presses ‘Expert’ On Why Taxpayers Need To Pay For People’s Soda

Republican Texas Rep. Brandon Gill pressed a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) advocate Thursday on why taxpayers should pay for sugary drinks. The House Oversight subcommittee examined waste, fraud and

Why Clinicians Worry Medicare’s New $50 Weight-Loss Program Could Backfire

For the first time ever, Medicare will cover drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound. But a strict BMI checklist and a 2027 deadline has some experts expressing concern.

Democrats To Propose Bill Capping Out-of-Pocket Medicare Costs for Enrollees

Some Senate Democrats want to cap the amount beneficiaries in traditional Medicare have to pay toward care, but the move is expected to draw GOP opposition for potentially adding billions to Medicare costs.

Medicare will soon cover costs of weight-loss drugs. Here’s what you need to know

Popular Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly drugs are included

Bank of Canada’s Macklem says food inflation is a concern

Bank of Canada’s Macklem says food inflation is a concern

Op-Ed: Scheme to Loot Energy Producers, Supercharge Affordability Crisis, Gets Hearing in N.J.

By Doug Kellogg Cross-Posted from ATR.org In the midst of an affordability crisis that has demanded the attention of politicians from the right and left, [...]

‘I Am Not A Nutritionist’: Brandon Gill Presses ‘Expert’ On Why Taxpayers Need To Pay For People’s Soda

'This is a common sense question'

Medicare (temporarily) covers GLP-1s starting tomorrow

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Health Care The Big Story Temporary Medicare GLP-1 coverage begins tomorrow The Trump administration’s temporary program to cover GLP-1 medications for obesity starts tomorrow and runs through 2027, but we still don’t know for sure how much it will cost taxpayers. © Adobe Stock Medicare is prohibited by law from covering weight-loss drugs but the...

NEW AD: Roy Cooper Made Stuff Cost More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) released a new ad today exposing Roy Cooper’s record of making stuff cost more as North Carolina Governor. Under Cooper, healthcare costs were the highest in the nation and North Carolina families paid 85 more for a home, or 175,000 more per home. “Under Roy Cooper, North Carolinians paid []

Medicare patients can get GLP-1s as of July 1

Medicare beneficiaries for the first time will be eligible for coverage of breakthrough GLP-1 weight-loss medications after years of struggling to get the drugs to more seniors. Starting July 1, eligible patients can get GLP-1s to treat obesity for just 50 per month as part of a test program for Medicare, the social safety net []

Medicare offers access to popular obesity drugs for $50 a month

Medicare is offering beneficiaries access to popular obesity drugs for a 50 monthly copay. Patients have to meet certain criteria to qualify. It's a temporary measure that runs through 2027.

Report: House GOP Eyes Budget in Wake of Lindsey Graham's Passing

Report: House GOP Eyes Budget in Wake of Lindsey Graham's Passing

Dutch government's plans to tax sugary softdrinks will also make beer more expensive

The government’s plans for a sugar tax will also make beer more expensive, the Telegraaf

Planned Parenthood Plans $47M to Defeat Pro-Lifers in Midterms – Its Taxpayer Money

Planned Parenthood’s 47 Million Election Blitz Raises New Questions Just days after regaining access to hundreds of millions of dollars in federal Medicaid reimbursements, Planned Parenthood announced that its affiliated political organization plans to spend more than 47 million to defeat Republicans who voted to cut the organization’s funding. While Planned Parenthood insists that taxpayer [] The post Planned Parenthood Plans 47M to Defeat Pro-Lifers in Midterms – Its Taxpayer Money appeared first on The Punching Bag Post.

Republican bill targets Canada's provincial booze bans

Republican bill targets Canada's provincial booze bans

RFK Jr.'s new dietary guidelines go all in on meat and dairy

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced new dietary guidelines for Americans focused on promoting whole foods, healthy proteins and fats. And he has declare[d] war on added sugar.

बालपोषण भत्ता मासिक एक हजार रुपैयाँ पुर्‍याइने

काठमाडौँ । सरकारले आगामी आर्थिक वर्षदेखि बालपोषण भत्ता वृद्धि गर्दै मासिक एक हजार रुपैयाँ पुर्‍याउने भएको छ। बालबालिकाको पोषण अवस्था सुधार गर्ने तथा कुपोषण न्यूनीकरणलाई प्रभावकारी बनाउने उद्देश्यसहित भत्ता रकम बढाउने व्यवस्था गरिएको हो। महिला, बालबालिका, लैंगीक तथा यौनिक अल्पसङ्ख्यक तथा सामाजिक सुरक्षा मन्त्रालयका अनुसार हाल मानव विकास सूचकांकमा पछाडि रहेका २५ जिल्लाका सबै बालबालिका []

CHARELBOIS: Why food is more expensive in Canada: Exhibit 4271

Why CFIA Bureaucracy Is Adding to Canada's Food Inflation Problem.

Egypt launches presidential initiative to support children with diabetes

Egypt’s Minister of Health and Population, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, has officially launched on Monday the Presidential Initiative for the Care of Children with Diabetes, part of the country’s “100 Million Healthy Lives” public health campaign. The minister highlighted the strong support provided by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to the healthcare sector and presidential health initiatives, [] The post Egypt launches presidential initiative to support children with diabetes appeared first on Egyptian Gazette.

Medicare is now covering some GLP-1 weight loss drugs for $50. Here’s what to know

The federal government has launched a new program to make GLP-1 weight loss drugs more affordable for older Americans

Democrats’ ‘Fix’ For A $5 Trillion Medicare Spending Increase Is The Same Proposals That Caused It

At a time when multiple budget analysts have highlighted an explosion in Medicare spending due to the IRA, what did Wyden’s white paper propose? More of the same.

Who's Really Raising Your Grocery Bill? | TMP #1076

The clerk didn’t set the price.

Tenzin Seldon: The GLP-1 boom is the biggest climate story no one is pricing in

Tens of millions of Americans are eating less meat and sugar on GLP-1s. The climate math behind that shift is bigger than most investors realize.

We don’t need to tell the poor what to eat

The soda wars, begun they have: At both state and federal levels, the Kennedy-led Make America Healthy Again movement is backing efforts to prevent people from spending food-aid benefits on sugary, carbonated beverages.... But the U.S. Agriculture Department, which oversees the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, has rejected the requests for more than 20 ...continue reading We don’t need to tell the poor what to eat

Americans for Prosperity-North Carolina Applauds Passage of State Budget

RALEIGH, NC – Today, Governor Josh Stein signed into law North Carolina’s first comprehensive state budget since 2023, a budget crafted by the General Assembly that will further reduce individual income taxes, increase teacher and law enforcement pay, and offer additional funding to communities still recovering from the lingering impacts of Hurricane Helene. Americans for [] The post Americans for Prosperity-North Carolina Applauds Passage of State Budget appeared first on Americans for Prosperity.

What to Expect in Markets this Week: Inflation Data, Warsh Testimony in Congress, Bank Earnings

What to Expect in Markets this Week: Inflation Data, Warsh Testimony in Congress, Bank Earnings

Comprehensive guide on weight loss using GLP-1 medications: Here’s a detailed list!

Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) therapies have offered clinically proven weight-loss and metabolic benefits. We know that obesity is a relapsing and chronic ailment that has affected more than 1 billion individuals across the world. Hence, knowing what to do makes all the difference. What are GLP-1 agonists in brief? These are classes of medicines that are usually...

11% of Americans Are Currently Taking a GLP-1 Weight Loss Drug Like Wegovy

15 of Americans have ever taken the drugs, up from 6 in 2024.

US Fed's inflation concerns grew at June meeting, minutes show

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Concern ‌about high inflation mounted at the US central bank's meeting last month, as officials followed Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh's lead to a more stripped-down policy statement even amid concerns that price increases were broadening and might require interest rate hikes. A few participants at the June 16-17 meeting said there was already a case to raise borrowing costs, even though ‌they ultimately agreed with their colleagues to hold rates steady at this

GLP-1 Drug Use Triples In Two Years As American Obesity Rate Falls, Gallup Finds

A new Gallup survey reveals that 11 of U.S. adults currently take GLP-1 medications for weight loss, a sharp rise from just 3 in 2024. The figure climbed steadily, moving from 3 in 2024 to 8 in 2025, before reaching the current 11 recorded in the latest survey conducted in mid-2026. Gallup also found that [] The post GLP-1 Drug Use Triples In Two Years As American Obesity Rate Falls, Gallup Finds appeared first on Foreign Policy Journal.

MassHealth will stop covering weight-loss drugs next week

The change will leave an estimated 22,000 MassHealth members on the hook to pay out of pocket for the pricy GLP-1s and other anti-obesity drugs. The post MassHealth will stop covering weight-loss drugs next week appeared first on Boston.com.

Planned Parenthood's Money Spigot Turns On Again — With Congress Watching As Ban Expires

As the U.S. celebrated its 250th birthday, Planned Parenthood cheered the return of hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid funding as lawmakers failed to extend the law banning its federal funding. The Republican-controlled Congress missed the deadline to extend the prohibition of Planned Parenthood's Medicaid funding which expired on July 4.

The $100 Billion Soda Debate: Capitol Hill Clash Questions Taxpayer-Funded Coca-Cola

A House Oversight subcommittee meeting examining waste, fraud, and abuse within the roughly 100 billion Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) sparked an intense debate on Thursday over what kinds of foods taxpayers should subsidize. During the hearing, Republican Texas Representative Brandon Gill repeatedly pressed a food security advocate on why the federal program, which provides [] The 100 Billion Soda Debate: Capitol Hill Clash Questions Taxpayer-Funded Coca-Cola

Prediction market betting would be authorized in NC’s new budget. What it means for sports betting

Tucked into the state budget is a proposal that could have massive implications for how prediction markets operate in North Carolina. Some lawmakers say it’ll create a new revenue stream. Others worry it’ll cost the state millions.

GLP-1 Use Reaches Record High as Access Broadens, New Data Shows

(NaturalNews) The share of Americans using glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists for weight loss has surged to unprecedented levels, according to report...

Planned Parenthood Plans to Spend Big in 2026 to Keep Accessing Your Tax Dollars

Planned Parenthood Votes, the political arm of the nation’s largest abortion provider, plans to spend 47 million on the midterm elections, targeting members of Congress who voted to cut funding for the organization. That’s a significant price to gain access to taxpayer dollars, said Carol Tobias, president of the National Right to Life Committee. “It’s...

Supreme Court loosens campaign finance laws, opening up flood of midterm cash

The change is likely to benefit Republicans, who brought the case and rely more on large donors.

Medicare Begins Covering Weight-Loss Drugs for Seniors, Ending a $50-a-Month Barrier

Medicare launched its GLP-1 Bridge program Tuesday, covering Wegovy and Zepbound for 10 million eligible seniors at 50 a month. It is the first time Medicare has covered a weight-loss drug specifically for obesity, not just diabetes: here is who qualifies and what doctors are warning.

Three Michigan brothers sold lemonade for 50 cents, then were told they needed nearly $400 in permits. They fought back and won

Three Michigan brothers faced a hefty permit fee for their 50-cent lemonade stand, prompting them to fight for change. Their advocacy, with the help of their mother and a state representative, led to a bill exempting minors earning under 5000 from such permits. The bipartisan bill has passed the state house, aiming to preserve a cherished American childhood tradition

Aux États-Unis, la faim atteint des niveaux jamais atteints depuis le pic de la pandémie de Covid

Une nouvelle analyse de la Banque de réserve fédérale de New York met en lumière les conséquences des coupes budgétaires dans les programmes fédéraux d’aide alimentaire. Source : Truthout, Jake Johnson, CommonDreamsTraduit par les lecteurs du site Les-Crises La fraîcheur des produits est vérifiée avant leur distribution à la Banque alimentaire régionale de Los Angeles []