Joe Smyth shares an Opinion about why, after 50-plus years in political office, it’s time for President Joe Biden to step aside.

As the highly debated bill to implement a Delaware hospital cost review board was considered by the Senate Executive Committee on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Bryan Townsend announced a new development in negotiations between lawmakers and health care stakeholders. Under a separate proposal introduced in the House of Representatives, lawmakers are attempting to address a clause within House Substitute 2 for House Bill 350 that capped hospitals’ ability to charge more than 250% of Medicare’s cost for services.

This is in response to an article by Benjamin Rothstein published in the Daily State News, titled “Electricity shutoff policy on Dover council’s radar.”

There has been much debate about House Substitute 2 for House Bill 350 after the Delaware House of Representatives passed the measure, which authorizes a state-appointed board to review budgets and take money from our local hospitals.

The capital city once again hosted thousands of race fans April 26-28, with various events culminating with the Würth 400. Dover Motor Speedway’s first major event was back in 1969, won by the legendary Richard Petty. In its five-and-a-half decades, how has the track changed? Is NASCAR more or less popular than when it began? Do you welcome the crowds during these weekends or are you happy to see the fans leave?

For the last decade, experts from Delaware and around the country have sounded the alarm that hospital prices in our state are unsustainable and out of control. As representatives of Delaware’s public sector workforce, we have seen the impact that rising health care costs have on working families we represent. Every year, more and more of their household budgets are absorbed by the cost of health care. This trend is both unsustainable and unfair to hardworking Delawareans.