ICD10monitor October 4, 2024
Every time we turn on the television, we see politics. Not just campaign commercials, but also nearly every news event – from devastating weather events to wars across the globe – is being put through the filter of American politics.
Be that as it may, ironically, we are entering the doldrums of lawmakers actually getting anything done. Finding itself on the precipice of yet another threat of a federal government shutdown, last week Congress passed a let’s-try-this-again-in-12-weeks extension to the budget, and then they went home to campaign.
But the lack of activity in Washington is just the quiet before the storm.
Traditionally, the first few months of a two-year congressional session is its most active period. On average, 50...