Kathy Cade, a longtime aide to Rosalynn Carter, and the vice chair of The Carter Center, and board member of Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers, discusses Rosalynn Carter’s life and legacy and the former first lady’s decades-long work for advocating for caregivers and the reduction of stigma surrounding mental health.

President Biden recently introduced legislation to eliminate junk fees. Gary Hufbauer, a senior researcher at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and Megan Hogan, a research analyst at Peterson Institute for International Economics, discuss why they are against the legislation and why the feel it could potentially drive costs higher.

Kelly Callahan, the director of The Carter Center’s Trachoma Control Program, discusses the NGO’s global fight to end Trachoma, a contagious bacterial infection that can cause blindness.

Kathy Cade, a longtime aide to Rosalynn Carter, and the vice chair of The Carter Center, and board member of <a href="https://rosalynncarter.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers</a>, discusses Rosalynn Carter’s life and legacy and the former first lady’s decades-long work for advocating for caregivers and the reduction of stigma surrounding mental health.President Biden <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/02/01/fact-sheet-president-biden-highlights-new-progress-on-his-competition-agenda/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">recently introduced legislation to eliminate junk fees</a>. <a href="https://www.piie.com/experts/senior-research-staff/gary-clyde-hufbauer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gary Hufbauer,</a> a senior researcher at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and <a href="https://www.piie.com/experts/research-analysts/megan-hogan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Megan Hogan</a>, a research analyst at Peterson Institute for International Economics, discuss why they are against the legislation and why the feel it could potentially drive costs higher.Kelly Callahan, the director of <a href="https://www.cartercenter.org/health/trachoma/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Carter Center’s Trachoma Control Program</a>, discusses the <a href="https://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/2023/mali-trachoma-statement.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NGO’s global fight</a> to end <a href="https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/trachoma#:~:text=Trachoma%20is%20a%20disease%20of,of%20about%201.9%20million%20people." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trachoma</a>, a contagious bacterial infection that can cause blindness.

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Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dedicated her life’s work to advocating for caregivers; Biden introduces legislation to eliminate junk fees; The Carter Center makes strides in eradicating Trachoma