Medicare drug price talks seek fair, data driven framework
Inflation Reduction Act authorizes Medicare to negotiate ten drugs, aiming to lower costs for seniors and save about 100 billion over a decade. Critics caution on balancing innovation with price pressure, banning QALYs, and relying on cost effectiveness metrics to justify discounts.
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Donkeys and decorum in a world of shifting truth
Gazette columnist Rini Jeffers reflects on stories that mislead and the pursuit of facts amid public drama. A quirky tale of a mule’s fierceness contrasts with politics, media pace, and a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities report showing rising child poverty in 2022, urging careful, fact based storytelling.
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Two Roads Ahead on Execution in America
John M Crisp argues in a Tribune News Service column that capital punishment sits in a no man’s land between cruelty and justice. He notes botched executions, historic public hangings, and the moral split in U S views, urging abolition or acceptance of state killing.
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