Menendez became ‘very hostile’ in talks to help friend with Medicare debt: witness – NJ.com

NEWARK — U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez held two contentious discussions with Medicare representatives – including one that included former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius – to press for a reimbursement policy change that would benefit his friend, a wealthy Florida ophthalmologist, a former top Medicare official testified…

The 1-2 Punch to Knockout Student Debt: Crowdfunding and Employee Loan Benefits – Markets Insider

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Oct. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — The new and Innovative LoanGifting SaaS Fin Tech solution was created to help overcome the estimated $1.5 trillion student loan debt epidemic. As per the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the average default rate on student loan debt is 11.2 percent. More specifically, it is estimated that…

Saving Puerto Rico with Renewable Energy, Debt Relief, and Democracy – HuffPost

Following two horrible, climate-change-driven hurricanes Irma and Maria, Puerto Rico is facing a humanitarian crisis. Millions of people are without clean water, electricity, walls on some of their houses, passable roads, and many of the basic essentials we take for granted in advanced developed countries. We were given a peek at this type of climate-change-caused…