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Inside: US health insurers get more and more federal funding, deliver less and less care; and more!

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US health insurers get more and more federal funding, deliver less and less care: Medicare Advantage will murder your grandparents - and you're next.

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Monday's threads: Undetectable, undefendable back-doors for machine learning; Shelter in place; and more!

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