Health insurance costs jump for millions after pandemic-era Affordable Care Act subsidies expired overnight. The Trump administration freezes child care funding nationwide after targeting Minnesota over unproven fraud claims tied to Somali-run day care centers. And New York City’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, is sworn in at midnight as he prepares to take office.
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With Obamacare health insurance subsidies set to expire this month, millions of Americans are bracing for massive increases in healthcare costs. Also, the Federal Reserve’s decision to cut interest rates may help the job market but hurt efforts to wrangle inflation. Will the central bank continue slashing rates into 20-26? Plus, the Trump administration says it’s seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.
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Kelly Dodd has reacted after a leaked voicemail emerged of the Real Housewives of Orange County alum threatening her daughter Jolie and calling her names.
Posting via her Instagram Story on Friday, November 28, Kelly, 50, reshared two posts from a Bravo fan account, both of which defended the reality star’s treatment of Jolie, 19, amid the voicemail saga.
“This whole Kelly Dodd voicemail thing is such a f**king joke. Oh please, give me a f**king break. You clearly don’t have a teenage daughter if you feel bad for Jolie here,” read the first post.
It continued, “Let alone a spoiled and entitled f**king brat that uses whatever parent benefits her in the moment. She sure isn’t complaining about that fully, luxuriously furnished apartment in Paris and tuition by mommy. So who’s the one who ended putting things out in the public??? Mom or daughter?? Yeah. That’s what I thought. She’s no longer a child. She needs a cold hard reality check. Uses her mom for fifteen years, and then blocks her to go use her dad who abandoned her now. Little bitch.”
The second post, which Kelly reshared, echoed similar sentiments and insisted that arguments were common in most families.
“All family fights and make up, no one is spared. I have seen Kelly and her love for her daughter is so very real, all moms and daughters fight,” the post read. “No one should judge a parent’s love or anger, it’s between her and her daughter. Wishing them peace and working it out.”
Earlier on Friday, video footage emerged online of an alleged voicemail message that Kelly left for Jolie. It is unclear when the voice note was originally sent.
Kelly Dodd.(Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
Kelly allegedly left the voicemail for one of Jolie’s friends to pass on to Jolie after her daughter blocked her “from everything.”
The friend then filmed herself playing the audio and this footage subsequently went viral.
“You just opened a Pandora’s box Jolie. I have recordings of you, screaming at your dad because he isn’t taking you on vacation, screaming that he didn’t buy you a car. Do you remember those recordings that I saved? I have those and I’m going to publicly put them out there. Do you understand?” Kelly said via the voice note.
She continued, “For you to do this to me after I bought you a car, paid for your college, paid for your health insurance, took you to the doctors, got you all your clothes, I did all that. Meanwhile, your dad was being some f**king loser and put those three kids first before you. I have all of those so what you just did right now, you’re going to look like a fool, you dumb little girl. You’re stupid, OK? For even thinking that you’re going to win.”
Kelly went on to tell her daughter that her criminal attorney was “laughing at you.”
She added, “You’re a joke and so is your dad. And for you to even take his side after what he has done to you since 7th grade is absolutely crazy.”
Us Weekly has reached out to Kelly Dodd’s representatives for comment.
Newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s files include messages linking President Trump to the disgraced financier, as Congress prepares to vote on a bill forcing the release of the full Epstein records. After 43 days, the longest government shutdown in U.S. history ends with a bipartisan deal that leaves Democrats split over what they gained. And with health insurance subsidies still set to expire, millions of Americans could soon face higher premiums unless lawmakers act before year’s end.
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The Valley’s Jesse Lally and Michelle Saniei agreed in their divorce settlement that they are both successful on their own and do not need each other to provide support, Us Weekly can exclusively report.
Us obtained the settlement submitted to the court on Monday, October 27. Per the deal, the parties agreed that irreconcilable differences had arisen between them that made the marriage impossible.
The exes will share custody of their daughter, Isabella, with each parent having two uninterrupted weeks at a time. Both agreed to work together on decisions for Isabella’s schooling and medical decisions. Saniei will have Isabella on her birthday, and Lally, 43, will have their daughter on his, per the agreement.
“The custodial parent shall have the discretion to determine Isabella’s attendance at social events during their custodial time,” the deal said.
In addition, Lally and Saniei agreed that neither party will pay child support. They will split any health insurance–related expenses. The exes will also share the costs of bills related to their daughter’s ballet and gymnastics.
Regarding spousal support, both parties agreed neither should receive a monthly alimony check due to both being financially successful.
Michelle Saniei and Jesse LallyCasey Durkin/Bravo
“Taking into consideration all relevant facts and circumstances of the respective Parties, neither spouse seeks or requires of the other any permanent spousal support now or in the future. Due to the respective financial circumstances of the Parties, this absolute and irrevocable waiver of spousal support is fair and equitable,” the deal read. “Each party acknowledges that he or she is healthy, gainfully employed and/or fully capable of supporting and maintaining oneself and does completely waive the right to obtain spousal support from the other.”
The deal said Lally was awarded a 2024 BMW M850i, several bank accounts, an IRS tax payment for 2018 and several credit cards.
Saniei will keep a 2025 BMW X-1, two bank accounts at Chase, all rights to her company and three credit cards.
The exes noted they owe a low six-figure sum on a loan they took out together and agreed to split the bill. The monthly payment on the loan is $1,472, which they will both pay a portion of each month.
The exes said the loan was the only community debt. The deal also said both parties would pay their own legal fees.
As Us first reported, Lally and Saniei informed the court of their deal on October 22.
At the time, Saniei told Us, “I’m grateful we reached an agreement and we can both start a new chapter in our lives. Our No. 1 priority has always been Isabella, and we’ll continue to coparent to be the best parents for her.”
Lally added, “Michelle and I have taken the last step towards finalizing our divorce. We’re moving forward with mutual respect for each other and focusing on making memories with Isabella.”
As Us previously reported, following the split, Lally started dating Lacy Nicole. In July, Michelle and her boyfriend Aaron Nosler ended things after one year of dating.
SALIMA-(MaraviPost)-The Ministry of Health has said it is considering introducing health insurance for the country’s citizens as one way of improving medical care.
The assurance comes a week after the country’s consortium on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) was on the knees of Malawi government to seriously meet the needs for quality health services in public hospitals.
Government is therefore labored to increase equitable access to and improve quality of health care services.
This also includes implementation of health insurance scheme that will see those in formal sector paying to subsidies health services further.
Secretary for Health, Dan Namarika disclosed the development on Sunday in the lake-shore district of Salima during Ministry of Health Global Fund and Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization (Gavi)’s one day media training.
Namarika cited the health insurance system is working perfectly in Rwanda where citizens pay an average of US$4 (MK3,000) per year.
He added that the system could help improve service delivery in hospitals, as it would attract the interest of the private sector.
Malawi media oriented on Global Fund
“What we as Malawians have always asked for is the service. ‘I go to the hospital, I don’t get this’. I go to the hospital, I don’t get that. But the element of financing has not been in our discussion. In fact, we have even challenged our schools that most of our health workers are not taught that there is someone paying for a service.
“Now what we are saying is that for Malawi to attain universal health coverage, leaving no one behind, the government alone cannot do it. We need the private sector to be part of that process. Now the private sector would like to ensure that when they give a service, they recover their money,” Namarika said.
He said for Malawi to expect anyone to get money on a daily basis from their pocket and pay would be doing a disservice to the people.
“So we don’t want our people to have money on a daily basis so that when they go to the hospital, they have to pay cash. The best way to guarantee that our patients or people are served better is to consider introducing a community or national health insurance programme,” Namarika said.
He observed that up until now, the Ministry of Health was only focusing on service provision and not the issue of financing.
He said they have now finished a functional review on the proposal and there is a proposal to have a financing unit.
“We need a unit that would help track progress in health financing. We need to track progress on the link between public and private sectors. The link between supply of medicine versus financing. So we are now at a good moment where as we go towards Global Fund grant application, we will be having this unit in the Ministry of Health which will be reporting to Secretary to Treasury and Secretary for Health because any financing issues must be linked to the Ministry of Finance,” Namarika said.
The training attracted journalist from electronic, print and online publication across Malawi.
The Global Fund last week indicated that it would give Malawi US$513 million to help fight malaria, HIV and tuberculosis between 2021 and 2024.
So far Malawi has received about US$1.5 billion from Global Fund to fight the three diseases.
The development means that by 2024, Malawi would have received US$2 billion from Global Fund.
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