Amazon And UnitedHealth’s Inaugural Demands
Within 24 hours of Trump’s inauguration, Amazon and UnitedHealth asked his regulators to help crush their shareholders’ demands for transparency.
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The Hidden Cost Behind Your “$0 Copay” Drug Assistance Program
Copay assistance programs are supposed to reduce drug costs and cover patients’ deductibles — so why are so many people getting stuck with a bill?
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Whole Foods Workers Take On Bezos
Whole Foods workers are made whole, corporate criminals face the music, private equity loses its painkillers, and an empire of pain gets a taste of its own medicine.
American Chaos Is Trump’s Plan
In a chaotic week, the Trump administration froze federal spending and sent the nation into turmoil. Was that the point?
Trump’s EPA Just Deleted Climate Change
The environmental agency just scrubbed most mentions of the global crisis from its online presence.
Before D.C. Airport Collision, Lawmakers Brushed Off Warnings And Boosted Flights
Despite midflight near-misses and dire pleas, airline-bankrolled lawmakers recently expanded flight traffic at Washington’s busy airport.
Trump’s Tech Donors Have Big Plans For Greenland
A Trump takeover of Greenland could open the door to tech moguls’ mineral interests and their utopian aspirations.
Roberts Memo Could Complicate Trump’s Spending Freeze
As a constitutional crisis seems headed to the Supreme Court, documents show the chief justice declared that a president has no authority to block required spending.
The Deadly Secrets Behind “Breakthrough” Alzheimer’s Drugs
Regulators approved controversial therapies amid excess deaths, questionable efficacy, and conflicts of interest.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Clean Energy Carries On
Clean energy money stays in clean hands, reproductive health is shielded from harm, Big Landlord takes a hit, and geothermal energy pumps up the heat.