
What We're Reading: Insurers Plan to Manufacture Drugs; Trump Hints at Cutting Medicare; China Quarantines Wuhan
A group of 18 health plans announce they will manufacture generic drugs; President Trump hints at cutting Medicare funding; the Chinese government quarantines a city of 11 million in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Health Insurers Plan to Manufacture Their Own Drugs
To lower prices, a group of US health insurers announced they would begin manufacturing versions of generic medications to compete with pharmaceutical companies, the
Trump Hints at Cutting Medicare and Other Entitlement Programs
During his 2016 campaign, then-candidate Trump vowed to protect entitlement programs. Now, President Trump, if elected for a second term, says he would consider making cuts in order to reduce the federal deficit,
China Seals Off Wuhan, Quarantining 11 Million People
China is trying to halt the spread of a new respiratory infection caused by a coronavirus that has taken the lives of 17, and sickened more than 500,
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