The uproar came when Speaker Cameron Sexton and chamber leaders decided that Mr. Jones, for the second time in the day, had breached the rules of the House by speaking out of turn. This time, Mr. Jones had suggested, during a debate about increasing the number of police officers in schools, that the state’s resources should be focused instead on mental health professionals and teacher pay — comments Mr. Sexton said were off-topic.
Pretty transparent that they were just seeking to silence him with a trumped up claim.
The Biden administration on Tuesday released its list of 10 prescription medicines that will be subject to the first-ever price negotiations by the U.S. Medicare health program that covers 66 million people.
I had just assumed that price negotiation for pharmaceuticals was a given, but apparently it was a recent addition:
President Joe Biden’s signature Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law last year, allows Medicare to negotiate prices for some of its most costly drugs.
The article has a graph with the full break down of costs per drug and its a lot of money.
TLDR:
"$50.5 Billion from June 1, 2022 and May 31, 2023" ( 1 year period )
That was about 20% of the total cost of drugs in the Medicare prescription drug program...
Predicted Savings:
This kicks off the negotiation process for the 10 drugs whose new prices will go into effect in 2026. The program aims to save $25 billion per year on drug prices by 2031.
I see this as a absolute win for ALL Americans especially the elderly on Medicare. Remember that most Health Insurances follow Medicare pricing for drugs and treatments. So it is likely the cost for these drugs throughout the country will decrease.
With more than a year to go before the 2024 election, a constellation of conservative organizations is preparing for a possible second White House term for Donald Trump, recruiting thousands of Americans to come to Washington on a mission to dismantle the federal government and replace it with a vision closer to his own.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will not be getting help with his legal bills from many of the big-money donors who financed his 2008 campaign for president
Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman, who donated $2,300 to Giuliani’s 2008 campaign for president, according to Federal Election Commission records, told CNBC he has no plans to assist the former mayor.
“I wouldn’t give him a nickel,” Cooperman said in a recent phone interview. “I’m very negative on Donald Trump. It’s an American tragedy. He was ‘America’s mayor.’ He did a great job. And like everybody else who gets involved with Trump, it turns to s---.”
Waiting for this story to break into mainstream news. There's been a great deal of very hot smoke around various covert Russian influences in the Trump camp - this may be a sighting of actual fire. Tracing how the FBI investigation was shut down ought to be revealing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/28/us/tennessee-justin-jones-gop.html
Pretty transparent that they were just seeking to silence him with a trumped up claim.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-name-first-10-drugs-medicare-price-negotiation-2023-08-29/
I had just assumed that price negotiation for pharmaceuticals was a given, but apparently it was a recent addition:
The article has a graph with the full break down of costs per drug and its a lot of money.
TLDR:
Predicted Savings:
I see this as a absolute win for ALL Americans especially the elderly on Medicare. Remember that most Health Insurances follow Medicare pricing for drugs and treatments. So it is likely the cost for these drugs throughout the country will decrease.
However these pharmaceutical companies are already challenging the decision: https://www.reuters.com/legal/court-challenges-medicare-drug-price-negotiation-plan-2023-08-29/
https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-conservatives-trump-heritage-857eb794e505f1c6710eb03fd5b58981
Keywords: "Project 2025", "Heritage Foundation", "Administrative State", "Associated Press"
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/31/giuliani-loses-financial-support-of-billionaires-langone-cooperman.html
Indicted Giuliani loses support of billionaires Langone, Cooperman: ‘I wouldn’t give him a nickel’
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will not be getting help with his legal bills from many of the big-money donors who financed his 2008 campaign for president
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/01/pennsylvania-democratic-party-trouble-00113705
Pennsylvania is key for Biden. Democrats there say the party is in shambles.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/a-new-rudy-scandal-fbi-agent-says-giuliani-was-co-opted-by-russian-intelligence/
Waiting for this story to break into mainstream news. There's been a great deal of very hot smoke around various covert Russian influences in the Trump camp - this may be a sighting of actual fire. Tracing how the FBI investigation was shut down ought to be revealing.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna103068
Kentucky’s Democratic governor declines to commit to appointing a Republican if Mitch McConnell steps down
This is very much "inside baseball" for leftists, but there's another AstroTurf "progressive" corporate-sponsored opinion foundry to watch out for:
https://www.columnblog.com/p/corporate-americas-attempt-to-rebrand