Nov 10, 2023

A surprising number of veterans go uninsured

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A new report from the Urban Institute finds that hundreds of thousands of younger veterans are uninsured. Expanded Medicaid could be a solution.

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Hundreds of thousands of younger veterans go uninsured, new report finds

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Nov 10, 2023

The Urban Institute has released a new report saying that roughly 400,000 veterans under 65 go without coverage. But expanded Medicaid could help.

"A little under 5% of veterans below age 65 remain without coverage,” said Jessica Banthin at the Urban Institute’s Health Policy Center.

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"Killers of the Flower Moon"

The history of economic exploitation in "Killers of the Flower Moon"

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder

Nov 9, 2023

How settlers stole the wealth and resources of citizens of the Osage Nation, whose reservation land in Oklahoma was rich in oil.

The film, directed by Martin Scorsese, depicts the mechanisms by which settlers could exploit the resources and wealth of the Osage Nation of Oklahoma.

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