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TL/DR - The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, signed by President Joe Biden, provides measures to reduce prescription drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries, including allowing Medicare to negotiate prices and capping monthly insulin prescriptions at $35. Additionally, it sets an annual out-of-pocket limit for Medicare Part D enrollees at $2,000,…

TL/DR - Jean Mosher, a woman in Raleigh, is gaining increased attention on social media due to a post about her foster puppies, Clouds, Seven Sundays, and Big Boss, who were stung by a wasp and their faces swelled up. The post, intended to raise interest in pet adoption, has over 27 million views on Instagram and 8 million views on TikTok. Mosher…

TL/DR - Cook Children’s Health Plan has filed two lawsuits against the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to prevent their removal as a Medicaid contractor. The lawsuits aim to halt a $116 billion Medicaid procurement process that would remove Cook Children’s and two other hospital-affiliated children’s health plans from Medicaid STAR and…

TL/DR - Presidential candidates Biden and Trump exchanged accusations about each other’s positions in their first face-off in four years. The two candidates sparred over immigration policy and the state of the economy, with factual misrepresentations noted on both sides. Fact-checking reveals that both candidates have exaggerated or…