Franz P. Sauerteig Years after the No Surprises Act was signed into law by President Trump in 2020, the Right to Live Act has passed the Senate and House and is heading to the President to be signed or vetoed. Achieving bipartisan support from both Republicans and Democrats, the bill proposes greatly expanding the U.S Fire administration’s role in collecting statistics, offering public education, and support state and local fire departments for emergency medical services (EMS), as well as requiring insurance companies to pay for out-of-network ambulance services at in-network rates and offering grants to encourage the elevation of EMS to be an essential service by expanding fire department medical services to include transportation. The No Surprises Act offered protections from unexpected out-of-network medical bills after fully taking effect on January 1st, 2022. Often accrued from emergencies where patients are unable to or have higher priorities than choosing where they wi...
Eder Pozo Pérez Since 2022, Americans could hardly google search a quick question without being given an AI summary. AI image generators were creating copyright controversies questioning whether they were infringing on artists’ copyright or had enough of a human touch to be worthy of being copyrighted themselves. ChatGPT was in everybody’s mouths and sometimes were some people’s mouths. Tech Companies and investors were throwing money at any proposal that mentioned AI to grab market share and avoid missing out on the brand-new technology. It didn’t matter that AI was expensive and difficult to convince people to pay for. What mattered was making it bigger and better to ride the wave, so they don’t miss out on the rise of smartphones or streaming. It was an all-you-can-eat buffet, where every variety of AI technology that nobody asked for could suddenly appear as a shiny button or notification to see what can stick. Then the bubble went pop. The Nasdaq plummeted as every top...