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Elizabeth Warren Confirms Her Medicare for All Plan Will Cover Illegal Immigrants…

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“Would you also support access to the children’s health insurance program without regard to immigration stuff?” he added. Warren immediately praised the question and gleefully reiterated that her Medicare for All plan covers “everyone,” including illegal immigrants. “I’m really glad you asked this. Medicare for All, as I put this together, covers everyone, regardless of […]

Americans Spent More on Taxes in 2018 Than on Food, Clothing and Health Care Combined…

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Americans on average spent more on taxes in 2018 than they did on the basic necessities of food, clothing and health care combined, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey. The survey’s recently published Table R-1 for 2018 lists the average “detailed expenditures” of what the BLS calls “consumer units.” “Consumer units,” […]

Pelosi Says Key Component of Drug Pricing Bill Not Open to Negotiations…

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House Democrats on Thursday released the outline of a long-awaited drug price proposal, taking a step toward fulfilling one of the party’s signature campaign promises: requiring Medicare to negotiate drug prices. The bill would allow commercial insurers to benefit from the Medicare-negotiated price as well, and base Medicare’s highest-acceptable price on the lower prices other […]

Nearly 50k General Motors Employees Go On Strike After Union Talks Break Down…

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About 49,000 General Motors employees walked off the job at midnight Monday after negotiations between their union and the Detroit car giant unraveled over wages, health care, job security and other issues. It’s the United Auto Workers’ first nationwide strike since 2007. Negotiations that had been ongoing since July came to a head Sunday afternoon, […]

Your New Heart Could Be Made in China…

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Recently, a Chinese startup named Qihan Biotech raised $20 million to develop replacement organs for humans. The smallish deal would hardly have rated a headline, except for the fact that the Hangzhou-based gene-editing company is aiming to grow those organs in pigs and other animals. If successful, such transplants could well transform medicine. And, thanks […]

Former Fighter Pilots Developing Aggressive Cancers: Is Radar to Blame?…

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Former fighter pilots are developing especially intrusive forms of cancer, and some suspect it’s from exposure to intense radar systems. “We are dropping like flies in our 50s from aggressive cancers,” retired Air Force Col. Eric Nelson, a former F-15 weapons officer, told McClatchy. Nelson has seen fellow aviators he flew with and commanded diagnosed […]

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