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US politics
fromFast Company
23 hours ago

As health insurance costs rise, lawmakers remain undecided on who should pay for healthcare

Millions of Americans face steep 2026 healthcare cost increases as federal ACA marketplace subsidies lapsed, leaving affordability uncertain without congressional action.
fromNature
2 months ago

The TrumpRx website won't slash drug prices - but this will

US President Donald Trump announced a deal with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on 30 September, aimed at improving the affordability of drugs for people in the country. This is the first concrete step under Trump's 'most-favoured nation' policy, which intends to align US medicine prices to those in other wealthy countries. But it is unlikely to deliver the promised reductions in drug costs, and the knock-on effects could adversely affect public health globally.
US politics
Public health
fromFast Company
7 months ago

Why the U.S. won't sign the WHO's new pandemic response treaty

The first global pandemic agreement was adopted to improve health preparations worldwide, though the U.S. did not participate.
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