A Trump-era rule sought to impose a "most favored nation" status on the prescription drug industry. It mandated that drug companies could not charge American citizens more than what's charged in other countries for the same medicine. Currently, Americans "subsidize" the rest of the world's drugs by paying far more for many prescriptions than what […]
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State list of 631 hospitals at risk of closing
The following is an excerpt from Becker's Hospital Review. More than 200 hospitals in the U.S. are at immediate risk of closing because of financial losses and lack of financial reserves to sustain operations, according to the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform. All but seven states have at least one rural hospital at immediate risk […]
(REPORT) New Yorkers lose access to healthcare as fiscal crises affect hospitals statewide
The following is an excerpt from HANYS.org. Escalating care delivery costs and persistent workforce shortages are causing New Yorkers to lose access to healthcare services – and providers expect this access to further deteriorate. A new report from New York’s state and allied hospital associations calls on policymakers to recognize this grim reality and make […]
(UPDATE) Puerto Rico Power Grid
(Original air date Sep. 25, 2022) An update to our investigations into Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy, hurricane spending, and rebuilding of its electric grid at U.S. taxpayer expense. In 2017, Hurricane Maria destroyed Puerto Rico’s already dysfunctional electric grid, plunging millions of people in the U.S. territory into darkness, some going without power for a year. […]
Covid-19 vaccine patent battles continue into 2023
The following is an excerpt from Reuters. A tangle of high-stakes U.S. patent disputes over Covid-19 vaccines could be tamed by court rulings or grow even more complex next year. In the headlining fight, Moderna sued Pfizer and BioNTech in August, accusing them of infringing three patents on mRNA-related innovations Moderna said it developed before the Covid-19 […]
Facebook set to decide on Trump's possible return
New Twitter CEO Elon Musk recently "unbanned" Donald Trump and has been releasing a host of information and documents revealing previous collusion on a number of matters between the social media company and US intel officials. The following is an excerpt from Reuters. Facebook owner Meta Inc (META.O) is preparing to announce whether it will allow former […]
(WATCH) Clean Water
(Original air date Sep. 25, 2022) Fifty years ago, a bipartisan majority in Congress passed a landmark piece of legislation: the Clean Water Act. As the law marks its half-century, there's another potential challenge: what some call the crisis of global warming. So what can we learn from the history of the Clean Water Act? […]
(POLL) More say Biden Presidency has made America worse
Optimism about America’s future has declined sharply in the past two years, and nearly half of voters think President Joe Biden has made it worse. That's according to Rasmussen Reports. The survey finds that 47% of likely US voters say that, generally speaking, Biden has made America worse as a nation. Thirty-four percent (34%) say […]