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  • Dec 6, 2022

    Is Medicare Advantage worth the short-term savings?

    Medicare Advantage plans are becoming more and more popular, but what exactly do they entail? We got the details from Dr. Fred Hyde, an independent consultant in health care finance and adjunct professor at Georgetown University.
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    One health consultant walks us through the benefits and drawbacks of increasingly popular Medicare Advantage plans.

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  • Dec 6, 2022

    Ukraine boosts its Starlink capacity

    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink 4-20 mission, launches from Space Launch Complex 40 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on September 4, 2022. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

    From the BBC World Service: Ukraine’s digital minister tells us how the country is doubling its use of Elon Musk’s Starlink network to overcome infrastructure damage. Plus, Canada sanctions three wealthy Haitian businessmen for links to criminal gangs. And, how do you clean the world’s oceans? We hear from The Ocean Cleanup’s founder Boyan Slat.

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  • Dec 5, 2022

    The labor market might not be as strong as it looks

    The labor market might not be as strong as it looks
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    Solid wage and job growth showed up in the most recent jobs report, but some of that might be an illusion on the power of the labor market. For more insight, Julia Coronado of MacroPolicy Perspectives talks with us. Elsewhere, China appears to be easing up its zero-COVID restrictions. Then we learn more about the diffusion index, which could offer even more clues about the job market.

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  • Dec 5, 2022

    Europe tries to add more pressure to the Russian economy

    An employee works on a oil tanker near the Ruhr Oel petroleum refineries of BP Gelsenkirchen GmbH in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany on March 8, 2022. - After the EU states decided on an import ban of Russian coal, an import ban of oil from Russia to the European Union could follow.
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    Restrictions designed to limit Russian oil exports take effect today, but there are questions as to how much actual effect they will have. Also, we look at what the wage rise reflected in Friday’s jobs report tells us. Chris Farrell talks to us about what separates Medicare and Medicare Advantage.

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  • Dec 5, 2022

    Oil prices rise as cap kicks in

    Estonia's Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Riina Sikkut answers journalists' questions before an extraordinary European Union energy ministers meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on November 24, 2022. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images)

    From the BBC World Service: Oil prices rise as an E.U. embargo on seaborne Russian oil comes into effect, along with a price cap. Estonian minister Riina Sikkut tells us it’s not low enough – but it’s a start. Elsewhere, China begins to relax its zero-COVID policy. And, we find out how Kenyan farmers are adapting to climate change.

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  • Dec 2, 2022

    It’s another better-than-expected day for the U.S. labor market

    It’s another better-than-expected day for the U.S. labor market
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    Job numbers from the Labor Department came in strong, and to help us make more sense of them, we are joined by Chris Low of FHN Financial. Elsewhere, the saga over Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan has reached the halls of the Supreme Court. Then, we examine the Fed’s balancing act of taming inflation while also trying to keep people working.

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  • Dec 2, 2022

    What does the future hold for China’s zero-COVID policies?

    Scott Kennedy with the Center for Strategic and International Studies says China is beginning to move away from its strict COVID rules, even if the government won't admit it.
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    The protests reflect simmering anger over strict government COVID measures.

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  • Dec 2, 2022

    What does the future hold for China’s zero-COVID approach?

    What does the future hold for China’s zero-COVID approach?
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    We take a deeper dive into the policy, which has been the catalyst for a swelling of unrest and protests around the country. Elsewhere, the BBC reports on how BP is being urged to aid victims of the war in Ukraine.

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  • Dec 2, 2022

    Europe edges closer to a price cap on Russian oil, but …

    Poland is particularly keen for EU countries to agree to a price cap that's below $60 dollars to reduce Moscow's income stream from oil exports.
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    From the BBC World Service: Not everyone is on board. Poland’s government is said to be seeking a cap that’s lower than the $60 broadly agreed to by European Union countries. And, some highlights from the last five years of our reporting from Turkey, Mozambique, India and the U.K.

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  • Dec 1, 2022

    The Fed might ease up on interest rate hikes

    The Fed might ease up on interest rate hikes
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    Inflation actually cooled off, just a touch, according to a key measure. We talk to Michael Hewson of CMC Markets in London about what slowing interest rate hikes could mean for an economy. Also, the head of the European Council met up with China’s president.

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