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Aug 16, 2022

Government poised to gain bargaining power on Medicare drug prices

The soon-to-be signed Inflation Reduction Act includes a variety of health care provisions, including allowing Medicare to negotiate over prescription drug prices. There appear to be questions on a vaccine plan against COVID variants. We check in with the BBC’s Victoria Craig regarding her chat with the former governor of the Afghan Central Bank.

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Americans continue to spend on drugs at an increasing rate. 
Americans continue to spend on drugs at an increasing rate. 
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