The Daily Populous

Friday August 16th, 2024 morning edition

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“It’s the best health care in the world,” he continued, adding: “You’re all going to be thrown into a communist system … You’re going to be thrown into a system where everybody gets health care.”.

Harris did previously support eliminating private health insurance in favor of enacting “Medicare for All,” or a universal health insurance program.

While Harris has not offered her health care plan yet, her spokesperson recently told NBC News, “The VP will not push single payer as president.”.

The United States’ health care system is exceptional, but not because it provides the best care in the world.

Trump reiterated at the end of his health care rant that Harris “could change” her position.

So I’m very liberal when it comes to health care,” Trump told Larry King in 1999.

Trump did not support a single-payer health care system during his 2016 campaign, but he still defended the idea in a Republican debate. »

Detroit judge sidelined for making sleepy teen wear jail clothes on court field trip

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DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit judge who ordered a teenager into jail clothes and handcuffs on a field trip to his courtroom will be off the bench while undergoing “necessary training,” the court’s chief judge said Thursday.

The 15-year-old fell asleep in King’s court Tuesday while on a visit organized by a Detroit nonprofit.

The teen was seeing King’s court as part of a visit organized by The Greening of Detroit, an environmental group. »

White House says prescription drug deals will produce billions in savings for taxpayers, seniors

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Taxpayers spend more than $50 billion yearly on the 10 drugs, which include popular blood thinners Xarelto and Eliquis and diabetes drugs Jardiance and Januvia.

With the new prices, the administration says savings are expected to total $6 billion for taxpayers and $1.5 billion overall for some of the 67 million people who rely on Medicare.

And the White House said it could not provide an average cost-savings for individual Medicare enrollees who use the drugs. »

Billionaire accused of stealing sand from Malibu’s Broad Beach, lawsuit says

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A photo of an excavator scooping sand in Broad Beach cited in the lawsuit.

California’s beaches are public, but on the sands of Malibu, one billionaire has been accused of stealing a slice of paradise — or at least a few scoops of it — for himself.

In June and July, excavators allegedly began dragging sand from the beach onto his private property and also left gasoline residue in the water and sand. »