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As Trump Claims He's Slashing Costs, Big Pharma Jacks Up Prices on 350 Drugs
4+ hour, 30+ min ago (354+ words) One critic charged that Trump's earlier deals with pharmaceutical companies "just nibble around the margins in terms of what is really driving high prices for prescription drugs in the US." Citing data from healthcare research firm 3 Axis Advisors, Reuters wrote…...
ACA Marketplace Previews Show Staggering Premium Spikes Due to GOP Subsidy Cuts
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (893+ words) US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) points to a display during a news conference following a weekly Democratic policy luncheon on Capitol Hill on October 15, 2025, in Washington, DC. "I might die if I stop going to the doctor," said one…...
Trump DOJ Gives Monopolist UnitedHealth a Green Light to Swallow Yet Another Competitor
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (522+ words) U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies at a Senate hearing on June 25, 2025. "As a result, Big Medicine will profit at the expense of vulnerable hospice patients, some of whom will pay with their lives, and the workers who care for them....
Trump's Health Cabal Will Worsen US Healthcare, Risk Millions of Patient Lives
5+ mon, 2+ day ago (1514+ words) Only six months into his second presidential term, Donald Trump has managed to disrupt, deplete and desecrate our nation's already broken health care system, risking millions of lives. A new report authored by Public Citizen Health Care Policy Advocate Eagan…...
The Fed Can Give States and Cities Money Power to Fund Essential Social Programs
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (472+ words) Just as it offers credit to banks at policy-dictated interest rates, the Fed can create credit facilities for states and cities at a policy rate that will further its mandate of price stability and maximum employment....