“Universal access to insulin, without cost barriers, is urgently needed,” said Dr. Adam Gaffney, the lead author of a new study on insulin rationing. New research unveiled Monday estimates that around 1.3 million U.S. adults with diabetes either skipped entire insulin doses, took less than needed, or put off purchases of the medicine over the past […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer price increases eased in August compared to a year ago, the government said Tuesday, but the drop was modest and may not be noticed much by financially squeezed American households. The inflation rate was up at an annualized 8.3% rate in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. The figure was down […]
“Corporate greed drives artificially high prices at the pump.” Over the past four months, Big Oil has rushed to raise gasoline prices—sometimes charging far more at the pump than the increased cost of oil would warrant—and dawdled to lower them when crude’s valuation declined, according to a new analysis released Monday by the progressive watchdog group Accountable.US. [pullquote]”The […]
(Anchorage, AK) – In an effort to support rural Alaska residents who utilize the state’s Power Cost Equalization (PCE) relief, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy signed Senator Lyman Hoffman’s Senate Bill 243 (SB 243) last week, raising the maximum kilowatt-hour (kWh) available to residential customers from 500 kWh to 750 kWh per month. “For many […]