Pick the Right Insurer and Your MRI Will Cost $500. Pick Wrong and It Will Cost $1,800.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As we all know, prices for standard procedures in hospitals can vary by enormous amounts. Go to one hospital and your hip replacement will cost $15,000. Go to a different one and it will cost $80,000. And if you’re not insured and have to pay…
How a Tenacious Group of Puerto Ricans Brought Light Back to Their Community
A resident tries to connect electrical lines downed by Hurricane Maria in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico.Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo Oscar Carrion didn’t make the headlines—but thousands of people are grateful for the work he’s been doing. When Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico and cut power on the island, Carrion and his four kids went night after…
California Just Became the First State to Require Solar Panels on New Residential Construction
acilo/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. California just became the first state to mandate solar panels on nearly all new residential homes. The mandate is part of California’s “Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan,” which includes the goal that both residential and commercial construction be zero net energy by 2030—meaning the buildings’ annual energy…
Gina Haspel, Trump’s Nominee to Head the CIA, Won’t Say If Torture Is Immoral
CIA nominee Gina Haspel is sworn in during a confirmation hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, May 9, 2018 in Washington.Alex Brandon/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Gina Haspel, the acting head of the CIA and President Donald Trump’s nominee to become its next director, repeatedly…
Here’s How We’ll Bring Iran to Its Knees
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Dan Drezner, who refuses to ever give Donald Trump credit for his successes,¹ has once again adopted a cynical attitude toward our president’s foreign policy tactics. In this case, he’s being snarky about Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran deal: Plan B begins to bear more…
Fox News Is Going Out of Its Way to Avoid Covering Michael Cohen
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Late Tuesday, multiple news outlets including the New York Times and NBC News confirmed a bombshell allegation by Michael Avenatti, the attorney for adult film star Stormy Daniels, that last year a firm connected to a powerful Russian oligarch gave $500,000 to President Donald Trump’s…