Comedy Central host Jon Stewart expressed disbelief Thursday after New York Times columnist Ezra Klein detailed the extensive bureaucratic process delaying the Biden administration’s $40 billion rural broadband initiative. Despite being signed into law in 2021 as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), the project has yet to complete a single installation.
Protection of access to care for Medicare beneficiaries, particularly in rural and underserved areas, has drawn a proposal from a North Carolina congressman to combat a 2024 rule finalized by the Biden administration.