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... While Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei assumed the highest office of supreme leader after the killing of his father and Parliament Speaker Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf has taken the spotlight in negotiations, the rise of Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi may prove most consequential of all the many shifts taking place within Iran's complex internal power dynamics.
Vahidi was named head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) upon the killing of his predecessor, Mohammad Pakpour, in the opening stages of the U.S.-Israeli war launched against Iran two months ago. It's a position that poises him as a top target, with Pakpour having only taken the role after the slaying of former IRGC chief Hossein Salami by Israel during the 12-Day War in June of last year.
But Vahidi's credentials are unique. In addition to having previously served as deputy IRGC commander, interior minister under former President Ebrahim Raisi and defense minister under former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Vahidi served as a founding chief of the elite Quds Force, later led by Major General Soleimani until his death in a 2020 U.S. strike ordered by Trump.
Today, with the Islamic Republic facing its most serious test since the 1980s Iran-Iraq War during which the IRGC and its Quds Force were forged, "Ahmad Vahidi is the one calling the shots," Kamran Bokhari, a strategic forecaster and senior resident fellow at the Middle East Policy Council who has written extensively on the internal evolution of Iran's leadership, told Newsweek. ...
These uninsured folks will be showing up at their local nonprofit ER for medical treatment, Anywhere from the sniffles to a heart attack and broken bones, Health Department will be overrun for gyno care and vaccinations
Because they won't be able to afford to go see a DR, They will go where they are billed and can't be turned away,
Then the bills simply won't get paid,
Hospitals won't get paid, Rural hospitals will close, And the big ones will start limiting what they provide,
I have no idea how in the world to dig the US out of this grave that has been dug for us,
It isn't getting better,
Everyday its fresh hell,
The bazillionaires get wealthier,
Meanwhile I've worked for 45 years and saving every single penny i can in the hopes of buying another home before we die, The first one was a huge mistake, Bought in 2008 sold in 2019, That was just a bad situation all around,
Trying to buy and pay off something before no one can work anymore,