The new chair of the Senate HELP Committee plans to hold numerous field hearings to bring attention to issues in health care, labor, and education.
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Attacking the ‘You Are the Product’ Economy
Today on TAP: The FTC takes action against GoodRx for sharing personal health data with advertisers.
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A Pitched Battle on Corporate Power
Biden’s expansive executive order seeks to restore competition in the economy. It’s been a long, slow road to get the whole government on board—but there are some formidable gains.
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The Inevitable Prosecutions of Women Who Obtain Abortions
The attorney general of Alabama finally went where the logic of the anti-abortion movement has long pointed.
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Rural Pennsylvanians Stranded by Health Care Giants
Insurer UPMC and its new pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts are squeezing local independent pharmacies, with residents caught in the crossfire.
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What America Can Learn From Donald Trump’s Greatest Accomplishment
On the COVID-19 vaccines, well, you have to hand it to him.
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One More French Lesson—Le Drugstore
Today on TAP: In France, pharmacy chains are illegal. The result: local ownership, better service, and more price competition.
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Democrats Finally Start Talking About the Economy
Today on TAP: It’s about time—and one has to hope, just in time.
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Prescription Drug Middleman Potentially Profiting off Veterans
Express Scripts has forced 400,000 beneficiaries to find a new prescription filler. Critics say the company is steering them toward its own mail-order pharmacy.
