Medicare
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Lawsuit saying Twitter aided Islamic State thrown out by U.S. appeals court
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Boeing ends Wall St.'s slide, Fed caution limits gains
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U.S. food distributors allege Tyson Foods, rivals fixed chicken prices
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Democrats press Facebook, Twitter again to probe Russia links to Republican memo
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France to name and shame worst cases of tax fraud - PM
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Yellen's swan song to markets
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France to name and shame worst cases of tax fraud: PM
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European shares slip at end of strong month
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U.S. prosecutors drop corruption case against Sen. Menendez
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As Drug Prices Rise, $35 Cap on Insulin Takes Effect
By Michael RaineyPharmaceutical companies rang in the New Year as they usually do: raising prices on hundreds of medications. According to research cited by Reuters , companies like Pfizer, Sanofi and Takeda will...
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‘The Most Important Thing That Has Happened to the Federal Budget in the Last 20 Years’
Something strange has been happening with Medicare, The New York Times reports : “Instead of growing and growing, as it always had before, spending per Medicare beneficiary has nearly leveled off...
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Biden Administration Picks First 10 Drugs for Medicare Price Negotiations
The Biden administration on Tuesday announced the first 10 prescription drugs it has selected for unprecedented federal price negotiations with drugmakers, a milestone in efforts to reduce U.S...
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GOP Candidates Clash Over Government Spending, Entitlements
Although the opening exchanges of last night’s Republican presidential primary debate aren’t making many highlight reels and recaps, they showed the candidates trying to establish their fiscally...
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Top Drug Industry Trade Group Sues to Block Medicare Price Negotiations
The pharmaceutical industry’s top lobbying group filed a lawsuit Wednesday arguing that a law enacted last year allowing Medicare to directly negotiate some prescription drug prices is...
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Pence Joins 2024 Race With a Call for Fiscal Conservatism and Entitlement Reform
Former Vice President Mike Pence launched his bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on Wednesday, using a speech in Ankeny, Iowa, to try to make the case for his brand of conservatism...
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Merck Sues to Block Medicare Drug Price Negotiations
Pharmaceutical giant Merck on Tuesday sued the U.S. government over the federal law enacted last year that allows Medicare to negotiate certain prescription drug prices with manufacturers. In the...
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A Win for Medicare Advantage Insurers
The Biden administration this week finalized a rule that it said would strengthen Medicare Advantage and crack down on “misleading marketing schemes” by insurers providing plans under the program...
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Social Security Trust Fund to Be Tapped Out in 2033: Report
As America ages, retirees on Social Security face steep automatic cuts starting in 2033 while the trust fund for Medicare’s hospital coverage is on pace to be exhausted by 2031, according to annual...
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Cut Government Spending or Increase It? Americans Say Yes
By Michael RaineyIt seems that Americans are of two minds when it comes to government spending – and those two minds are wholly incompatible with each other. On the one hand, a solid majority of 60% in a new AP-NORC...