More Perfect Union informs us here of the biggest scam in US health care, and that would be Pharmacy Benefit Managers, negotiating rebates on behalf of the pharma behemoths while the rest of us get screwed as always (promoting one type of drug over another on a “formulary”), pretty much overcharging the consumer like crazy, and one of the worst cases of price gouging like this from the PBMs has to do with insulin, as the video tells us...shocked to give credit to a Republican Attorney General, and that would be Dave Yost of Ohio, but kudos for doing the right thing on this mess (a related post is here)...
...and Thom Hartmann makes it pretty clear that, if we were expecting relief on this stuff or anything like it from the “party of Lincoln,” particularly those detestable bipeds in the U.S. House...well, we had damn well better keep wishing and working to elect Dems, since “MAGA Mike” and his pals are looking to shut down the government again if they can’t kill more Americans...basically, the Repugs want to make LGBTQ people extinct (ban on gender-affirming care and trans sports) and DEI, along with Planned Parenthood of course, in exchange for funding the government (first half of shutdown would be 3/1 and second half on 3/8...have to admit that I didn’t know that that insane Austrian postcard painter went after the trannies before the Jews and non-Aryans, but yeah, I guess that fits...also didn’t think about how this would hasten a recession for real along with the Saudis trying to put the screws to Biden and the Dems, but sadly that fits also...and Dan Crenshaw says this is “the hill we will die on,” huh? Hey, that’s your choice, dude)...
Update: More here.
...and as long as we’re discussing the “lower chamber,” let’s not forget Andy (“Kill Them All”) Ogles of Tennessee, who recently turned into a genocidal nut in response to Israel’s bombing of Palestine (including the murder of men, women, and particularly kids...and no, Ogles hasn’t apologized, and I don’t expect that he ever will...NSFW/H)...
...and speaking of insane right-wing lunacy, did you hear about the recent neo-Nazi march in Nashville, Tennessee (by the “Blood Tribe,” huh? Charming...)...fortunately, Justin Jones was there to let us know (Emma of TMR provides more details)...
...and John and RayyVana bring us more on Alabama’s IVF insanity...and I guess I shouldn’t be surprised to hear Biblical references in a court decision from “the land that time forgot,” absurd and appalling as that is...good point to note how prohibitively expensive IVF is anyway, and the costs for that are just about entirely out of pocket (as well as the cost to clinics of having to fight the inevitable lawsuits in the event that fertilized eggs are accidentally destroyed...also hadn’t thought about potential ripple effects of this awful ruling in other states, but we’ll see I guess)...
...and yesterday marked the 60th anniversary of the Beatles’ recording this tune along with “You Can’t Do That”; this month marks 60 years since the Fab Four arrived in this country and appeared on Ed Sullivan, giving parents consternation all over the place and wondering what their kids were turning into I’m sure...the timing of the Fab Four was perfect, and they basically created a whole new music industry in the process.
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