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CEI Joins Coalition Letter Opposed to Most Favored Nation Drug Pricing Final Rule Introduction On behalf of the undersigned federal and state-based organizations, we write to express our opposition to the interim final rule to implement the Most Favored Nation (MFN) Model under section 1115A of the Social Security Act. We request you withdraw the rule. The rule forces physicians, patients, and providers into a mandatory demonstration under the Obamacare Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) and ties the prices paid for medicines in Medicare Part B to the prices in foreign countri...

MATTHEW KANDRACH Democratic majorities in the House and Senate, along with a new Biden administration, promise sweeping policy changes in the United States. This includes campaign pledges to remake America’s electricity mix. But with campaign season over, Democrats should put rhetoric aside and pursue a bipartisan energy plan that supports economic recovery. During the 2020 campaign, Joe Biden pledged to “achieve a carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035.” Doing so would mean essentially-in a mere 14 years-eliminating all of the fossil-fuel power plants currently supplying 63 percent...

It would be a grave mistake to hurriedly abandon the nation’s current, diverse electricity mix in favor of costly power generation.

Getty Images A new breed of digital payday lenders are popping up in Australia, with the lending niche growing five times larger in just 12 months. Joining an array of app-based competitors, the Commonwealth Bank is offering its own pay advance feature to customers. Financial commentators, however, are urging people to do their homework before borrowing. While the idea of payday lenders might conjure up images up loan sharks and dimly lit offices, a new generation of financial apps insist they’re doing more than apply a new lick of paint to a sleazy old model. The last 12 months has seen a...

HHS 'unleashed' in string of last-minute policies Presented by CVS Health On Tap with FDA officials bracing for more. — FDA shakeup in the final Trump days as officials depart amid the pandemic. — Biden tees up vaccine plan this week after questions about hitting ambitious distribution goals. It’s Tuesday, welcome back to Prescription Pulse. Another advocate for FDA as an independent agency? Commissioner Stephen Hahn says it's a timely question. As always, send tips to Sarah Owermohle at [email protected] or @owermohle. Loop in David Lim ([email protected] or @davidalim) and Brianna E...