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How a fight over health care entangled Elizabeth Warren — and reshaped the Democratic presidential race – The Washington Post

In mid-November, a few dozen of the country’s most influential advocates of Medicare-for-all were reviewing details of Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s plan to finance the proposed government-run program when they learned that she had unexpectedly changed her position. Warren (D-Mass.), who had excited liberals when she initially embraced a Medicare-for-all idea first proposed by rival presidential… Read More »

Matthew Myers and the fight against flavored vapes

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Executive Director Matthew Myers began his anti-tobacco advocacy career in 1980 when he was hired to spearhead the Federal Trade Commission’s tobacco-related investigation that compelled Congress to strengthen warning labels on cigarettes. Myers, 72, a trained lawyer, then served as general counsel to the anti-tobacco coalition that included the American Cancer… Read More »

Another big private insurer just vowed to fight ‘Medicare for All’ plans in Washington

Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, speaks during a health care bill news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Humana CEO Bruce Broussard warned U.S. lawmakers Wednesday the insurer won’t back any legislation that makes private health coverage illegal as… Read More »

Bristol arms itself for kidney-cancer fight as Keytruda threatens Opdivo’s share

Bristol-Myers Squibb investors have been dreading the arrival of Merck’s Keytruda in kidney cancer, one of Opdivo’s key growth areas. Bristol’s execs? Not so much. The company has been preparing for the launch of I-O-plus-TKI regimens—such as the marriage of Keytruda and Pfizer’s Inlyta that won FDA approval Monday, or the Bavencio-Inlyta duo that Pfizer… Read More »