Sanders, Wyden Scrutinize Data Firm Over ‘Sky-High Medical Bills’

By: Joseph Choi; The Hill Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) are scrutinizing a data analytic firm over concerns the services it provides to insurance companies are leaving patients with “sky-high medical bills.” The senators issued a letter last week to Travis Dalton, president and CEO of the health care data analytics firm MultiPlan, stating their concerns over

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Sanders: ICC ‘Right’ To Seek Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Israeli Defense Official

By: Alexander Bolton; The Hill Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) on Monday defended the International Criminal Court (ICC) for seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant along with senior Hamas officials, breaking with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on the controversial issue. “The ICC prosecutor is right to take these actions.

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Bernie Sanders Speaks at UNE Graduation, Says U.S. Health Care System Is Broken

By: Rachel Ohm; Portland Press Herald America spends more than other countries, yet millions of people are uninsured and underserved, the senator from Vermont said during his remarks at Saturday’s commencement. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at the University of New England’s commencement at Cross Insurance Arena on Saturday. He warned graduates in the medical field that they have their

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Sanders: Diabetes and Weight Loss Drugs Could Bankrupt U.S. Health Care System

By: Dan D’Ambrosio; Burlington Free Press The diabetes drug Ozempic and the weight-loss drug Wegovy could bankrupt America’s health care system, according to a report released by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, on Wednesday. The report from the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, which Sanders chairs, finds: If half of the adults with obesity in America took Wegovy and the other new weight

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Sen. Bernie Sanders Endorses 2 California Ballot Measures, Including Rent Control Expansion

By: Benjamin Oreskes; Los Angelos Times Sen. Bernie Sanders, who remains popular in California after winning the state’s 2020 Democratic presidential primary, on Wednesday announced he is throwing his support behind two ballot measures related to rent control and restrictions on oil drilling. “Landlords should not be allowed to raise rents to whatever they want, whenever they want. Big Oil

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