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The Health 202: The era of bipartisan work on lowering drug prices might be over Paige Winfield Cunningham with Alexandra Ellerbeck Dare we say it: The window for bipartisan work on drug pricing reform may be closed. Sen. Ron Wyden, top Democrat on the powerful Senate Finance Committee, is focusing on a wish-list item for Democrats but poison pill for the GOP: eliminating a ban on the federal government using its negotiating power to directly force lower drug prices under Medicare. “I think we’ve got to take bold action on prescription drug prices,” Wyden (Ore.) ...

The Pandemic Is Crashing Through the South and the West The COVID Tracking Project Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. We’ll begin with the good news: In every midwestern state—and in several others—COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are declining. Elsewhere, however, the picture is mixed. In several large states, already large outbreaks appear to be rapidly worsening—and despite intense interest in how Thanksgiving gatherings affected reported cases, even public-health experts ...