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      A U.S. Border Patrol agent instructs unaccompanied teenagers

      'Heartbreaking and Unconscionable': Biden Admin Ignored Warnings of Migrant Child Labor

      "I feel like short of protesting in the streets, I did everything I could to warn them," said one former official. "They just didn't want to hear it."

      Julia Conley
      Apr 18, 2023

      The Biden administration received repeated warnings from both within and outside of the federal government in recent years about a rise in the exploitation of migrant children for child labor, but ignored the evidence it was presented with and in some cases retaliated against whistleblowers, an extensive report by The New York Times showed late Monday.

      According to the report, officials in the Biden administration including Susan Rice, director of the U.S. Domestic Policy Council, oversaw the loosening of restrictions on vetting potential sponsors for unaccompanied migrants under the age of 18 as emergency shelters that were set up to house the minors struggled to meet demand in 2021. Reports of the problem also reached Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra.

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      A woman is treated at Mercy Hospital in Portland, Maine on August 16, 2017.

      As Scandals Mount, So Do Calls to Abolish Private Medicare Advantage Plans

      "Problems with Medicare Advantage are systemic and widespread," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal. "Not only do they too often deny care--they're ripping off taxpayers."

      Brett Wilkins
      Dec 13, 2022

      As yet another scandal involving Medicare Advantagemade headlines this week, progressive U.S. lawmakers and advocates renewed calls to abolish the private health insurance program that a recent Senate report said is "running amok" with "fraudsters and scam artists."

      "In reality, so-called 'Medicare Advantage' is neither Medicare nor an advantage."

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      Patients Push Biden HHS to Act as Pharma Firm Charges $190K for Lifesaving Prostate Cancer Drug

      "HHS can clearly insist on limiting the U.S. price of Xtandi to the median price for other large high-income countries," said advocates, "particularly since the drug has already generated more than $10 billion in sales from Medicare alone based upon these unconscionable pricing disparities."

      Brett Wilkins
      Nov 18, 2022

      "Cancer does not wait, nor should cancer patients have to wait for years for their government to act."

      That's the message patient advocates reiterated in a Friday letter asking the Biden administration to help them secure a lifesaving prostate cancer drug that costs nearly $190,000 per year despite its development being 100% taxpayer-funded.

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