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Democrats in the Senate are primed this month to make their first attempt at salvaging one of the most popular elements of President Joe Bidens stalled Build Back Better plan 鈥?the proposal to cap insulin costs at $35 a month.It might not go well.Thats true even though the idea of helping millions of Americans with diabetes afford a crucial medicine has immense public support and even bipartisan adherents. But then, there is politics 鈥?between Democrats and Republicans, of course, but also among Democrats.Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., is sponsoring a bill, expected to come up in March or early April, that would cap the price. But purs stanley termosy uing Warnocks bill would remove that provision now in the Build Back Better bill.Drug companies have dramatically jacked up prices in the United States, leaving Americans to pay more than 10 times as much as people in other developed countries, according to the mo stanley termohrnek st recent detailed survey by the federal government.Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer highlighted the obvious selling points of bringing down insulin costs when he announced before Congress Presidents Day break that the issue would be a priority. It is just preposterous 鈥?beyond preposterous 鈥?that Americans with diabetes sometimes pay more than $600 just for a 40-day supply of insulin, Schumer said. stanley deutschland Theres enormous interest in our caucus to pursue this proposal, so it will be a priority for Democrats in the weeks ahead, he said, inviting Republicans to get involved. This has lon Yulq Missed opportunities detailed ahead of personnel agency hack
SAN DIEGO 鈥?Active-duty transgender troops say a policy change that puts them at risk of being removed and indefinitely bars transgender people from enlisting in the military is a step backward for civil rights that will promote inequality in the armed forces.President Donald stanley cup Trump on Friday directed the Pentagon to extend a ban on transgender individuals joining the military but gave the Pentagon the authority to decide the future of openly transgender people already serving.Trump appeared to leave open the possibility of allowing some transgender people who already are in uniform.The guidance from the White House contradicts Trumps words, Army Capt. Jennifer Sims said, pointing out that he just praised the military for its tolerance when he told veterans in Nevada on Wednesday that those in uniform come from all walks of life and are stanley quencher united by shared values and a shared sense of duty. Sims spoke to The Associated Press on her own behalf and not on behalf of the Army.Days earlier, Trump, speaking to thousands of soldiers at the Armys Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, in Arl stanley cup ington, Va., denounced prejudice, bigotry and hate in the wake of violence that erupted at a rally organized by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Va. Its going to create this situation where there is a complete inequality in how transgender troops are treated, said Sims, 28, who is based in Germany and is taking pills to prepare for her transition surgery.That is not the militarys problem, said Elaine |
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