As I mentioned on the 22nd, I am a non-insulin dependent diabetic. In reaction to a Matt Gaetz story, I responded to the cost issue. I have since learned I was not fully correct in my understanding of the issue.
My initial understanding was concerning the pricing of ALL insulin, but as Skeptical Raptor notes, https://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/who-is-to-blame-for-high-insulin-prices-in-the-usa-big-pharma/
The complaints about insulin prices appear to be with the more innovative analog insulins which are not generic. And this is where it can get very complicated.
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Here’s the key point — Big Insulin reduced their prices by 31% yet the PBMs reduced their prices…oh wait, they didn’t. So the PBMs, who work for the health insurers, did not reduce the prices of insulin for patients. The health insurers control your pharmaceutical purchases, forcing you to buy expensive insulin — essentially, they are running a scheme where they charge you for their insurance and charge you for the higher-priced insulin. And in case you’re wondering, Big Health Insurance is doing this with all kinds of drugs, not just insulin prices.
While this new information does not change my disgust with Gaetz, it does temper my understanding of “big Pharma”. As Raptor concludes, “I guess it’s easier to create a meme about Big Pharma rather than Big Pharmacy Benefits Managers.“
(See
also:: Estimation
of the Share of Net Expenditures on Insulin Captured by US
Manufacturers, Wholesalers, Pharmacy Benefit Managers, Pharmacies,
and Health Plans From 2014 to 2018 AND Who
Is Really Driving Up Insulin Costs?)
This is my state so I am not surprised by the action not taken. https://www.pennlive.com/news/2022/04/after-school-satan-club-rejected-by-northern-york-school-board-vote.html
A near-unanimous school board vote Tuesday night struck down a proposal to create an After School Satan Club at the Northern York Elementary School.
The proposal was initiated by Samantha Groome, a resident of the district. Every board member except Thomas Welch voted against allowing the club to form.
Can we say lawsuit is on the way!!
The After School Satan Club is an after-school program that promotes self-directed education by supporting the intellectual and creative interests of students, according to its website.
The group says it does not try to proselytize. It seeks to promote free inquiry and rationalism, according to its website.
“It was clear these people had no idea who we are, and what we are doing,” Lucien Greaves, cofounder of the Temple of Satan that sponsors the after school club, said.
As
of publication, a lawsuit is being prepared by TST.
https://www.facebook.com/CigarroaHS/
The
state/church watchdog has been informed that on April 12, a teacher
at Cigarroa High School in Laredo, Texas, brought Time to Revive, a
religious ministry, to the school to preach and proselytize students.
The ministry reportedly handed out bibles to students, as well as
multicolored bracelets with various biblical references. Students
were told if they didn’t pray they were going to hell. Members of
the ministry attempted faith healings and prayed over students, it
has also been reported.
Like the above, the school is in the wrong. What baffles me, neither the school nor the ministry think they did anything wrong. They are on the wrong side of McCollum v. Board of Education (1948).
“Public schools are not an appropriate place for outside adults to convince students to convert to their beliefs or attend their church,” FFRF Staff Attorney Chris Line writes to Laredo ISD Superintendent Sylvia Rios. “This recruitment constitutes ‘a utilization of the tax-established and tax-supported public school system to aid religious groups to spread their faith,’” to quote the Supreme Court in the landmark McCollum v. Board of Education (1948) case.
We are in deep-deep shit if this gentleman gets elected. WTF does “Islamicizing your genitals.” even mean? https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/you-are-islamicizing-your-genitals-jarrin-jackson-tells-transgender-individuals/
Children under the age of 18 are not considered candidates for SRS.
Ellis is living in a world of alternative facts. “Jenna Ellis claims that Trump and Giuliani are just like the Founding Fathers for their efforts to overturn the election.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PfNXiHAPNU
Before we get to our final story, I present Mr Sensible. https://www.youtube.com/c/MrSensible A UK bloke “pointing out the stupidity of Flat Earthers, Science Deniers and Creationists.”
Enjoy!!
And finally,,,, Democratic state Senator Mallory McMorrow blasted Sen. Lana Theis for calling her a groomer who supports pedophilia. https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2022/04/19/mallory-mcmorrow-speech-lana-theis/7371767001/ We have gone from PizzaGate to this.
McMorrow's response was epic and rightly states the means to counter this BS.
"I am the biggest threat to your hollow, hateful scheme. Because you can't claim that you are targeting marginalized kids in the name of 'parental rights' if another parent is standing up to say no"
Welcome to McCarthyism2.0!!
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