Europe’s Alternative to Medicare for All – The Wall Street Journal.
Europe’s Alternative to Medicare for All Useful look at alternative universal health models https://www.wsj.com/articles/europes-alternative-to-medicare-for-all-11555457596
Poland to Shift $43 Billion to Private Pension Accounts
Poland to Shift $43 Billion to Private Pension Accounts https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-15/poland-to-move-43-billion-of-pension-assets-to-private-accounts
State pension age changes ‘risk creating new inequalities’
State pension age changes ‘risk creating new inequalities’ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/apr/15/state-pension-age-changes-risk-creating-new-inequalities?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
Software Is Biased Like Us. Can New Laws Change That? – The Wall Street Journal.
Software Is Biased Like Us. Can New Laws Change That? Models are often wrong. When lives are at stake, models must have additional human oversight, audits and validation. https://www.wsj.com/articles/our-software-is-biased-like-we-are-can-new-laws-change-that-11553313609
Watchdog slams Grayling’s ‘costly’ probation changes
Watchdog slams Grayling’s ‘costly’ probation changes What a surprise that Grayling has also made a hash of the Transportation Ministry. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/mar/01/watchdog-slams-extremely-costly-probation-changes?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
Council tax to rise across England as austerity hits hard
Council tax to rise across England as austerity hits hard A Brexit crashout will greatly exacerbate council funding gaps. Council taxes will rise as benefits decline. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/14/council-tax-to-rise-across-england-as-austerity-hits-hard?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
DWP apologises for telling seriously ill man to find a job
DWP apologises for telling seriously ill man to find a job This is part of the Tory party brutalist neoliberal policies that gave the UK the Wondrush immigration scandal. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/04/dwp-apologise-for-telling-seriously-ill-man-to-find-a-job?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
NYTimes: If You Do Medicare Sign-Up Wrong, It Will Cost You
If You Do Medicare Sign-Up Wrong, It Will Cost You https://nyti.ms/2UCdAun
Calls for action on patients denied £100,000 cystic fibrosis drug
Calls for action on patients denied £100,000 cystic fibrosis drug https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/feb/03/nhs-cystic-fibrosis-drug-orkambi-vertex?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
BBC News: Why some Japanese pensioners want to go to jail
BBC News – Why some Japanese pensioners want to go to jail http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-47033704