On 28 December 2020, the federal No Surprises Act (Act)1 was enacted. The Act seeks to protect patients from so-called “surprise medical bills” in certain emergency and nonemergency settings for out-of-network patients. This alert focuses on the Act’s arbitration provisions but first provides necessary background to those provisions. Key takeaways […]

Feb 11, 2021 In the News Egypt Does social protection have an effect on gender dynamics? Maybe! (blogs LSE) Social Protection LSE Blog published a blog post about the new Academic Collaboration research project, ‘Can Social Protection Empower Women? Patriarchy, Economic Agency and Redistribution Policies in Egypt’ which is primarily a methodological […]

Born of the Cold War and launched with enough firepower to destroy well over a dozen Soviet cities in a single salvo, the USS Ohio, the largest submarine the United States Navy has ever put to sea, has been stripped of its nuclear missiles.

Countries: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda Source: World Food Programme WFP needs $9 million to avert ration cuts from March through June, and $20.6 million to continue full assistance to refugees throughout 2021. If no new funding is received, deeper cuts will be needed.