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When did the New York Post, in fact any major newspaper in New York, become extreme right. If you really think so then you have become an extreme left wing Communist. Odds are you in your ignorance did not even click on the link to see who it was from.Originally Posted by SalesServiceGuy
$35 cap on insulin costs
Among the Build Back Better bill's many drug price provisions is one that would set a $35 monthly cap on insulin for Medicare beneficiaries and those with private insurance. The provision would take effect in 2023.
Medicare Part D plans would not be able to charge more than $35 a month for the insulin products they cover in 2023 and 2024, and for all insulin starting in 2025, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the bill. Private group or individual plans would have to cover one of each dosage form (either vial or pen) and one of each type (rapid-acting, short-acting, intermediate-acting and long-acting) for no more than $35.
Her insulin is too expensive ... so she's been forced to cut doses
Her insulin is too expensive ... so she's been forced to cut doses 02:28
Millions of Americans could save money under the provision, Kaiser said.
The high cost of insulin has been a major concern for diabetic Americans, forcing some to ration their doses -- with sometimes fatal consequences.
This has prompted bipartisan efforts to address insulin's affordability. Biden highlighted the problem in a recent speech about the bill's drug provisions, noting that the nearly 100-year-old medication costs less than $10 to manufacture but is priced at about $375 for a month's supply, on average, and as high as $1,000 a month for those who need to take more insulin.
Advocates, however, are concerned that the uninsured would not benefit from the cap and remain at risk.
... the article is an unsigned opinion peace.
Global threat levels will always rise and fall regardless of who is President.
We can only thank our lucky stars that the ex President did not have to manage any really dangerous situations, made easier by Russia having covert control over him.
If you had bothered to watch any of the White House press briefing yesterday after President Biden's teleconference with Vladimir Putin you would have learned that the President, based upon his decades of experience in dealing with foreign affairs, masterfully handled the conservation with his counterpart.
The main intent of the meeting was to discuss the security situation in the Ukraine but other hot spots around the world were discussed. You would have also learned that both Russia and the USA worked well together in the recent past in Syria managing the threat from ISIS.
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President Biden didn’t accept Putin’s ‘red lines’ on Ukraine – here’s what that means
- President Biden didn’t accept Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s “red lines” on Ukraine during their high-stakes video call that came as Russia’s military builds its presence on the Ukrainian border.
- Namely, that means the U.S. isn’t accepting Putin’s demand that Ukraine be denied entrance into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which is the world’s most powerful military alliance.
- As it stands now, with Ukraine not in NATO, Biden and Western allies have warned Moscow that an invasion of Russia’s ex-Soviet neighbor will trigger economic and political countermeasures.
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden didn’t accept Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s “red lines” on Ukraine during their high-stakes video call Tuesday that came as Russia’s military builds its presence on the Ukrainian border.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/08/biden-didnt-accept-putins-red-line-on-ukraine-what-it-means.html
Namely, that means the U.S. isn’t accepting Putin’s demand that Ukraine be denied entrance into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which is the world’s most powerful military alliance. An attack on one NATO country is considered an attack on all of them.
As it stands now, with Ukraine not in NATO, Biden and Western allies have warned Moscow that an invasion of Russia’s ex-Soviet neighbor will trigger economic and political countermeasures.
During their call, Putin told Biden that Ukraine’s bid to join NATO must be denied in return for assurances that Russian troops would not carry out an attack. Ukraine has sought acceptance into the alliance since 2002.
The Biden administration is eager to make it clear to Russia and the world that it is prepared to be tougher this time around, compared to 2014, when Russian forces annexed Crimea.
When asked how Biden addressed Putin’s “red lines,” national security advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters Tuesday that Biden made “made no such commitments or concessions.”
“He [Biden] stands by the proposition that countries should be able to freely choose who they associate with,” Sullivan said.
Why Russia doesn’t want Ukraine in NATO
The Kremlin has previously characterized NATO’s eastward expansion as a direct security threat, arguing that Ukraine’s acceptance into the alliance could result in NATO troop movements on Russia’s borders.
“Putin has said again and again that Ukraine is culturally and historically part of Russia. Ukraine’s history is complicated, but for Putin and other Russians, Russia should by rights include Ukraine,” said Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor at the University of Notre Dame, when asked why Russia opposed NATO’s expansion.
“At the very least, Putin does not want to see Ukraine become even more separated from Russia by joining Western institutions such as NATO or the European Union,” added O’Connell, an expert on international law and use of force.
In a Kremlin readout of the call, Putin stressed to Biden that NATO is responsible for escalating tensions on Russia’s borders and accused the 30-member alliance of building up militaries in states adjacent to Russia.
Potential consequences
Ukraine has warned Washington and European allies for weeks that Russian troops were massing along its eastern border, a development that mimics Moscow’s 2014 invasion of Crimea. The annexation of the Black Sea peninsula sparked an international uproar and triggered a series of sanctions on Moscow.
If it does invade Ukraine, Russia would likely face tougher consequences than it did in 2014, O’Connell said.
O’Connell said that the consequences would likely be greater than those imposed in 2014.
“Putin does know that an invasion will likely draw fierce Ukrainian military resistance. The global response to such a brazen act of aggression would likely be even more costly than the invasion of Crimea,” O’Connell said.
Sullivan downplayed concerns that additional sanctions would not deter Russia.
“The things we did not do in 2014, we are prepared to do now,” Sullivan said, adding that the White House was working closely with European allies, experts from the Treasury Department, the State Department and the National Security Council on a package of economic and political countermeasures.
When asked specifically what measures the U.S. was prepared to impose, Sullivan declined to elaborate.
Last week, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called on Moscow to de-escalate tensions and reiterated that the alliance’s commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity “remains unwavering.”
“Ukraine is a sovereign, independent nation. And every sovereign, independent nation has the right to choose its own path, including what kind of security arrangements it wants to be part of. So it is up to Ukraine and 30 allies to decide when Ukraine is ready to join the alliance,” Stoltenberg said during a NATO meeting in Riga, Latvia.
″[Russia] has no veto, no right to interfere in that process,” Stoltenberg said.
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Army to award Purple Hearts to 39 soldiers injured in Iran missile attack following CBS News investigation
The Army will award the Purple Heart to dozens of additional soldiers injured when Iran struck their airbase in Iraq with ballistic missiles in January 2020. The shift comes after a CBS News investigation last month found these same soldiers had not been recognized with the award and denied the medical benefits that come with it, despite appearing to qualify.
In a statement to CBS News, a spokesman said the Army's Human Resources command, which oversees awards, approved 39 Purple Heart submissions for soldiers wounded in the attack. The command notified these soldiers on Wednesday.
"It's definitely a sense of relief and a sense of recognition," said retired Captain Geoffrey Hansen, who led many of the soldiers the night the base, known as Al Asad, was attacked. Hansen was also injured and received the Purple Heart on Wednesday.
The attack was the largest ballistic missile strike against American forces in history and came days after the U.S. killed the powerful Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds military force and the man behind deadly attacks on American bases.
"It rocked everything," said Platoon Sergeant Daine Kvasager, who received the award on Wednesday after initially being denied it. Kvasager told CBS News in November that he was knocked over by a shockwave after one of the missiles hit about 150 feet from him. "The whole earth shook."
Though no American troops were killed, Kvasager and members of his team, called Taskforce Scarecrow, suffered traumatic brain injuries, or TBIs. Yet after the attack, only 23 of 59 team members diagnosed with TBIs received the Purple Heart, even though they all appeared to meet the criteria for the award.
Last month, members of Taskforce Scarecrow told CBS News that they felt pressure to downplay their growing injuries to avoid a further escalation with Iran and avoid undercutting former President Trump's initial public comments.
A week after the attack, Trump was asked about the soldiers' injuries at a press conference, and he said he "heard they had headaches" and "I can report it is not very serious."
"The messaging I was getting was just the political situation wasn't going to support more approvals," Hansen told CBS News last month, who helped lead Taskforce Scarecrow on the base known as Al Asad.
In an October 6 letter obtained by CBS News, their commander, Colonel Gregory Fix, wrote that following the attack, he was "directed not to inquire about the remaining awards." He urged the Army's Human Resources command to "review and/or reconsider" Purple Hearts for all injured soldiers who did not receive one.
Among those who received the Purple Heart was 22-year-old Jason Quitugua, who took his own life last month. Quitugua, who was promoted to sergeant posthumously, defended the base when the missiles struck and was diagnosed with a TBI.
"He struggled, you know, like we all are, like I am," said Kvasager, who served with Quitugua.
Ksavager used to help run armed drone operations as part of the unit, but the now 31-year-old struggles with vision and hearing problems and suffers from constant headaches and memory loss. He says he can no longer do his job.
After CBS News brought these cases to the Pentagon's attention, a spokesman said the Army's Human Resources Command would review the soldiers' Purple Heart submissions. And more than two dozen members of Congress led by Representative Mike Thompson, a California Democrat, asked the Secretary of the Army to "expeditiously" award the Purple Heart to soldiers injured in the missile attack, citing the CBS News investigation.
With the latest additions, the military has now recognized 68 soldiers injured in the attack with Purple Hearts, including soldiers from other units who were on the base.
Hansen told CBS News he had "eternal gratitude" for Army leadership for acting.
"They did a thorough review," Hansen said. "They did it very quickly and they sprung to take care of the soldiers, and that's huge."
Hansen also credited the reporting of CBS News, saying didn't "think this would have turned out the way it did without [it]."
The award carries lifetime benefits, including priority medical care at Veterans Affairs hospitals, home loan benefits, and preferences for federal hiring. Some states offer Purple Heart recipients tuition waivers for undergraduate and postgraduate university programs.
The Army spokesman said the Human Resources command would continue to review Purple Heart nominations for 11 additional soldiers at the base.
Mike Pridgeon also received the award on Wednesday. In an interview last month, he said he suffered from constant headaches, memory loss and vision issues. He said by denying him and others the award, the Army had sent a message to injured soldiers that their sacrifice was "insignificant" and "not worth consideration."
"It's not something you ever want to earn," he said. "But it's something that my son can see as to why I am the way I am, why I changed."
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