Prospect Weekend Reads Week of April 24th Stories from the week you don’t want to miss!
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Born to Die: Medicare spent an estimated $22.4 billion paying hospice providers last year. According to a new study, the industry has been rife with grifts since 2010, while bureaucrats have been largely content keeping it that way. Maureen Tkacik has the story.
Pre-Farewell to First Republic: First Republic wants big banks
to overpay for its bonds, reasoning that FDIC assessments would cost them more. Since it would be beneficial for just one bank to take the losses, there’s a game of chicken over who will take the fall. Read David Dayen on the impossible choices at play.
Republicans' War on Their Own Mental Health: A Mississippi federal ruling
recently declared that the state's school vaccination requirement, which left room for no exceptions, must now reintroduce a religious exemption. The ruling, Ryan Cooper argues, is emblematic of Republicans’ turn against their own health.
The Hedge Fund's Man at the Democratic National Committee: DNC senior adviser Cedric
Richmond supports a hedge fund takeover of 60 TV stations, which would certainly squash local news and result in mass layoffs. In opposition are journalists’ unions, Democratic officials, and the FCC. Harold Meyerson has the story.
Clean-Power Group Supports Dirty Energy: The American Clean Power Association is
commonly described as the leading trade association in the clean energy industry. But as Dorothy Slater from the Revolving Door Project reports, they have deep ties with the fossil fuel industry.
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