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The large institutional investors driving public anger own a negligible share of American housing.

…own just 3 percent of single-family rentals, less than 0.5 percent of the total single-family housing stock.

Source — Will Regulating Large Institutional Investors Actually Make Housing More Affordable?
Author — Laurie Goodman
Publisher — Urban Institute (Urban Wire)
Date — January 26, 2026

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There is a massive shortage of seats available for those that want to become nurse.

…93,176 qualified nursing applicants turned away in 2025–2026… a jump of nearly 30,000 in two years

Source — Schools of Nursing See Enrollment Increases Across Most Program Levels, Signaling Strong Interest in Nursing Careers
Author — Dr. Deborah Trautman, AACN President and Chief Executive Officer
Publisher — American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
Date — May 7, 2026

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Scarcity has been manufactured and made worse through policy at least dating back to the Clinton era.

…The Medicare cap effectively freezes a teaching hospital’s Medicare GME support at 1996 levels — despite efforts by teaching hospitals, medical schools, physicians, and the AAMC, among others, to get Congress to raise the cap to fund more graduate training slots

Source — Medical school enrollments grow, but residency slots haven’t kept pace
Author — Patrick Boyle is a senior staff writer for AAMCNews
Publisher — The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
Date — Sept. 3, 2020

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As of mid-2026, seven states have enacted packaging EPR laws — each at a different stage of implementation.

…Seven states — California, Colorado, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington — have now enacted EPR laws for packaging, with several beginning full reporting cycles in 2025 and 2026.”

Source — Extended producer responsibility (EPR) is expanding across US states, reshaping packaging design, reporting and sustainability strategy.
Publisher — EY (Ernst & Young)
Date — May 19, 2026

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Who the hell is Milton Roemer?

…Milton I. Roemer served first in the Farm Security Administration under Fred Mott, then in the office of Assistant Surgeon General Joseph Mountin, and then at the Social Security Administration under I. S. Falk. Roemer’s primary goal in these positions was to plan for the implementation of national health insurance should the Wagner-Murray-Dingell bill be enacted”

Source — Milton I. Roemer Advocate of Social Medicine, International Health, and National Health Insurance
Author — Emily K. Abel is with the School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles. Elizabeth Fee is with the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Theodore M. Brown is with the Department of History and Community and Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
Publisher —Am J Public Health
Date — 2008 Sep