Biden a moderate? Sanders, AOC plans for candidate suggest this instead

Fox News | Sally C. Pipes
July 19, 2020

Perhaps that shouldn’t be surprising. One of the primary purposes of the unity task forces was to line up the base support of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., behind Biden. To do so, the former vice president gave Sanders and several of his acolytes, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D- N.Y., prominent roles on the project.

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Patients Will Suffer The Most From The Trump Administration’s Reference Pricing Scheme
Forbes | Wayne Winegarden
July 20, 2020

The idea is called reference pricing. While there are many ways that politicians try to implement it, essentially reference pricing mandates that the price of drugs in the U.S. equal the average price charged in a set of reference countries. Typically, the reference countries are the ones that impose the most stringent price controls. As a result, adopting reference pricing is a way for the Trump Administration to impose price controls on U.S. pharmaceuticals without having to take responsibility for the decision.

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Medicaid Expansion Will Add To Oklahoma’s Woes
Forbes | Sally C. Pipes
July 20, 2020

Medicaid expansion seems like a great deal for states. The federal government picks up 90% of the tab for new enrollees. Given how badly the coronavirus pandemic has battered state budgets and undermined public health, a massive influx of federal healthcare dollars would appear to be a huge help.

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Dr. Henry Miller Talk COVID-19 Vaccines, Herd Immunity on the John Batchelor Show
The John Batchelor Show | Henry Miller, M.S., M.D.
July 14, 2020

Batchelor and Miller also talk about the latest progress with a potential vaccine, including the start of production, and the selections by the Trump administration for the most promising vaccines, and the average effectiveness for vaccines set by the FDA.

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