Sanders Proposes ‘Moonshot’ Bill to Combat Long Covid Crisis
By: Jessica Corbett; Common Dreams “The legislation that we have introduced finally recognizes that long Covid is a public health emergency and provides an historic investment into research, development, and education,” he said. Over four months after seeking public comments on long Covid legislation, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday unveiled a bill to help tackle the crisis “that is affecting more than
Senators Subpoena Steward Health CEO, Open Investigation into Company
By: Dan Diamond; Washington Post Senators say executives at Steward, the nation’s largest physician-led hospital system, mismanaged finances and put patient care at risk. A Senate committee Thursday formally opened a bipartisan investigation into Steward Health Care, the nation’s largest physician-led hospital system, and voted to subpoena the company’s CEO, alleging that Steward executives had mismanaged the system’s finances and
Senators Markey, Sanders seek subpoena for Steward CEO Ralph de la Torre
By: Robert Weisman; Boston Globe A pair of US senators Thursday said they’ll ask a Senate panel next week to subpoena Steward Health Care founder and chief executive Ralph de la Torre to testify about his role in leading the national hospital chain, which filed for bankruptcy on May 6. The senators, Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Bernie Sanders of Vermont, said they’ll
Bernie Sanders’s 60-Year Fight
By: Bhaskar Sunkara; The Nation The independent senator from Vermont spoke to The Nation’s president about why he still believes political revolution can change the United States for the better. Bernie Sanders has not chosen the easy road in American politics. During the Cold War, in the early 1960s, he decided to join the Young People’s Socialist League. In the 1970s
Amazon Prime Day Causes Workplace Injuries, Senate Probe Finds
By Lauren Kaori Gurley and Caroline O’Donovan; Washington Post An investigation by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee finds Prime Day sales event, happening this week, is “major cause” of worker injuries. Amazon’s annual Prime Day sales event, which starts Tuesday, has been a “major cause” of warehouse worker injuries, finds a year-long Senate investigation into workplace safety at
US Senator Sanders Optimistic Novo Nordisk can be Pressured to Cut Wegovy, Ozempic Prices
By Ahmed Aboulenein; Reuters WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) – Senator Bernie Sanders on Wednesday expressed confidence that Novo Nordisk (NOVOb.CO), opens new tab can be convinced to cut the U.S. prices of its popular Ozempic and Wegovy drugs used for weight loss by publicly shaming the company over how much it charges compared with prices in other countries. Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Jorgensen is set
