Nov 25, 2024

How Medicare payment cuts are hurting health care

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When Medicare rates go down, private insurance rates often do too. Plus: Midwest migration and a career muralist.

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The UN climate conference ended with a $300 billion a year pledge — disappointing many

by Caleigh Wells

Nov 25, 2024

It's the third straight year the COP conference has been held in an oil-exporting nation.

The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP29, was held in Baku, Azerbaijan, an oil-exporting nation.

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Many doctors face another cut in Medicare reimbursements

by Samantha Fields

Nov 25, 2024

That drop in payments has a ripple effect through the health care system. It's particularly hard on small, rural practices, some doctors say.

Unless Congress intervenes, the Medicare reimbursement rate for doctors will go down by nearly 3% on average starting in January.

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The Midwest is drawing people in as some leave big coastal cities

by Elizabeth Trovall

Nov 25, 2024

Jobs, affordable homes and family and friends are attracting homebuyers, some of whom are returning to hometowns.

Intel is opening a semiconductor plant near In Columbus, Ohio, above, and home sales have been strong.

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Print magazines are having a moment, but who's buying them?

by Amy Scott and Sofia Terenzio

Nov 25, 2024

Publishers may have been too quick to end their print editions, says Amanda Mull at Bloomberg. "There's demand for it among readers; there's demand among advertisers."

"Companies didn't stop printing print magazines because consumers hated them," said Amanda Mull at Bloomberg Businessweek. "They stopped printing them because the economics of printing physical editions of a magazine became sort of untenable."

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My Economy

This muralist took just about any position in building her career

by Aleezeh Hasan

Nov 25, 2024

Cindy Fletcher Holden would hang upside-down while painting on boats. Her work evolved to beautifying walls in homes and on public spaces.

As a sign painter, Fletcher Holden's signature was hanging upside-down to paint lettering on the side of boats. Now, she's a full-time muralist.

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Music from the episode

Please Please Please Sabrina Carpenter

Cruise Control Jeffery Paradise

Timeless J Dilla, Illa J

Tripping Up Flaming Pier

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The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Andie Corban Producer I

Sarah Leeson Producer I

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

Sofia Terenzio Associate Producer I

Jordan Mangi Assistant Digital Producer

Nicholas Guiang Assistant Producer

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