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Generic substitutions for brand-name medications could save $641 million per year, including $135 million paid by patients

A small number of clinicians were responsible for the bulk of brand-name prescribing, potentially due to lack of awareness.

Prescribing generic medications for heart and blood vessel diseases more frequently instead of brand-name medications in Medicare’s prescription drug

Substituting generic for brand-name cardiovascular medications may reduce healthcare costs, but observers say generic drug safety remains a barrier.

We asked business owners from five Chinatowns about the challenges of 2020 and their hopes for the Year of the Ox.

Ambassador raised the investigations. >> i did not think he was saying anything specific. >> you heard him say investigations, you thought it was inappropriate. i didnt know it was the bidens, i thought it was inappropriate. in the war room sondland mentioned it and you missed it, as i understand it? >> thats correct. >> then in august you spent a good part of the time with the statement with rudy giuliani, you were the guy making the changes. you put in rudys changes which called for investigat...

And -- >> and his son. >> that would have been inappropriate. i would have said no. in retrospect we would have been confusing, right? it would have put them in the position of having to do something inappropriate. >> i think confusing is the right word because they were clearly hearing something different from the president in one conversation and different from me as the u.s. -- >> maybe, sir, they understood that investigating ba ris ma and investigating 2016 meant the bidens, you didnt. you ...

Referring to the statement you gave this morning -- im sorry, this afternoon. i did not know -- this is quoting, i did not know that president trump and others had raised vice president biden with the ukrainians or conflated it. >> correct. >> you didnt know ba ris ma meant biden, is that correct? >> i had separated the two. >> you didnt know, do we have to go through it, sir? you were there on may 23rd for the meeting with the president and he said talked to rudy. rudy cared. you missed it on m...

Said something different. this was a piece in july about whether or not hunter bidens business dealings would be a problem for the campaign. his age braced for renewed scrutiny of hunters relationship with ba ris ma. the special envoy for energy panel raised the matter with biden but did not go so far as hunter leaving the bar. as hunter recalled, his hunter discussed this with his dad one time. he said, i hope you know what youre doing and he said, i do. its not like they talked a hundred times...

And i have a family and four daughters and with the economy the way its been in the last five to seven years its been a struggle to keep everybody afloat. that resounded for me in regard to what wonderful things have been written for this character. >> in april 29th, you discussed your career and said im half italian, half african-american and my dream was always to be a communicator and artist. the performances were always without color, he had such dignity and passion and car ris ma. to reveal...