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Canberra GP clinic asks defence veterans to pay for treatment, saying white card funding too low to recover costs

A Canberra surgery has told patients it will refuse Department Veterans' Affairs cards as payment, as it doesn't cover its costs.

ABC News

Nearly $50,000 a week for a cancer drug? A man worries about bankrupting his family

Medicare suddenly stopped paying for the pricey drug that prolongs his life. As he waits for an appeal, this retired physician wonders if he should give up treatment to spare his family the cost.

WEKU

Billionaire Mark Cuban Offers Solution to Bernie Sanders Outrage

The influential progressive Vermont senator is outraged at the very high cost of drugs compared to the United Kingdom and Canada.

The Street

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Editorial: Yes, Republicans have threatened Social Security. And they're still doing it

It seems the hecklers at last week’s State of the Union speech owe President Joe Biden an apology. After some congressional Republicans tried to shout him down for saying some in the GOP want to cut Social Security and Medicare, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., stepped up to add his voice…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Robin Abcarian: I almost wrote off Joe Biden in 2020. Boy, was I wrong then. What about now?

Was I the only journalist in America who thought President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech Tuesday was hard to watch? At least until he departed from his script and began sparring with the nation's rudest Republicans?

Los Angeles Times

Era of ‘free’ COVID vaccines, test kits and treatments is ending. Who will pay the tab now?

Time is running out for free-to-consumer COVID-19 vaccines, at-home test kits and some treatments.

Tribune News Service

Biden’s on a winning streak and up for a fight: so why are voters so negative?

The president sparred with Republicans at the State of the Union and has won legislative victories but polls show little enthusiasm for a re-election bid

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Republicans say they won't cut Social Security. So why does it keep coming up?

Republicans committed publicly at the State of the Union not to cut Social Security or Medicare. But it remains the party's third rail amid talks over the debt ceiling.

WEKU

Long-term air pollution exposure raises depression risk: studies

Washington (AFP) - Long-term exposure to air pollution raises the risk of depression, according to a pair of new studies published in the JAMA network of scientific journals.

AFP

Feud between McConnell and Scott boils as Biden applies heat

WASHINGTON — The feud between Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Florida Sen. Rick Scott isn’t exactly new, but it boiled hotter this week as President Joe Biden amplified his use of Scott as a campaign-style foil.

Tribune News Service

Battle lines drawn - Roll Call

CQ Budget discusses the debt limit fight and political dynamics in the GOP push for spending cuts and pledges to protect Social Security, Medicare.

Roll Call

McConnell rips Scott plan: "Bad idea"

"It’s clearly the Rick Scott plan. It is not the Republican plan," McConnell said

Salon

Feud between McConnell and Scott boils as Biden applies heat - Roll Call

A feud between Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Florida Sen. Rick Scott boiled hotter this week.

Roll Call

Biden’s State of the Union–and the stories people from across the country are telling us–make the case for economic optimism

While not all Americans are familiar with Biden’s agenda now, it will significantly transform their lives in the coming years.

Fortune

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Axios

Scoop: Inside Biden's big deficit-cutting plan

He'll focus on boosting revenue, not just spending cuts.

Salon

GOP crybabies take over Twitter hearing

Trump remade the GOP in his image. As Biden campaigns to protect Medicare, Republicans are raging about Twitter

Axios

Democrats would love to make 2024 about health care and entitlements

President Biden has been talking about some of the party's favorite topics this week.

Tribune News Service

Can an annual blood test find cancer while it’s curable?

Despite decades of effort in the war against cancer, screening tests are available for only five types of the disease, representing less than one-third of all cases.

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The Guardian - AU

Like Medicare, the PBS urgently needs overhauling – for all our sakes

It would be a mistake for Australia to narrow its health reform agenda to ignore access to new medicines

The Guardian - US

Joe Biden attacks Republican ‘dream’ to slash Medicare and social security

President makes comments in Florida speech, vowing to safeguard programs ahead of anticipated 2024 re-election campaign

Al Jazeera

Biden promises to defend social programmes in Florida speech

US president has accused Republican Party members of threatening to cut programmes like Medicare and Social Security.

Tribune News Service

President Joe Biden visits Tampa to talk health care as 2024 race looms

TAMPA — President Joe Biden took Air Force One to Tampa on Thursday to tout the accomplishments of his administration so far, and to try to convince Floridians that he is the leader who will help reduce health care costs in the state with the highest percentage of seniors in…

WEKU

Medicare announces plan to recoup billions from drug companies

Drugmakers will be required to pay Medicare back for price increases that outpace inflation. The industry is expected to put up a fight over implementation.

Reason

Biden's Drug Price Controls Will Kill More Patients in the Long Run

And increase total health care costs to boot.

ABC News

Medicare levy, 'geographical discrimination' impacts Eyre Peninsula residents

The SA government is accused of choosing to look after certain communities while neglecting others.

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