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        "uri": "/2022/04/12/white-house-rolls-out-plan-to-ease-medical-debt-reporting/",
        "title": "White House rolls out plan to ease medical debt reporting",
        "byline": "Justin Sink and Nancy Cook",
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        "prettyDate": "April 12, 2022",
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        "summary": "The plan includes a push within the federal government to stop considering medical debt when determining eligibility for loans.",
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        "uri": "/2021/07/12/drug-prices-banks-in-the-crosshairs-of-biden-plan-to-tackle-consolidation/",
        "title": "Drug prices, banks in the crosshairs of Biden effort to tackle consolidation",
        "byline": "David McLaughlin and Justin Sink",
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        "prettyDate": "July 12, 2021",
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        "summary": "A sweeping executive order signed last week will target everything from airline baggage fees to soaring prescription drug prices.",
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        "uri": "/2019/07/12/labor-secretary-acosta-will-resign-after-all/",
        "title": "Labor Secretary Acosta will resign after all",
        "byline": "Justin Sink and Justin Blum",
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        "prettyDate": "July 12, 2019",
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        "summary": "Acosta's deputy, Patrick Pizzella, will become acting secretary of the Labor Department.",
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        "uri": "/2018/08/17/trump-floats-idea-of-federal-opioid-lawsuit/",
        "title": "Trump floats idea of federal opioid lawsuit",
        "byline": "Justin Sink and Anna Edney",
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        "prettyDate": "August 17, 2018",
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        "summary": "\"I'd like a lawsuit to be brought against these companies that are really sending opioids at a level -- it shouldn't be happening,\" Trump said during a Cabinet meeting.",
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        "uri": "/2018/05/31/price-cuts-to-be-unveiled-in-two-weeks-trump-says/",
        "title": "Drug price cuts to be unveiled in two weeks, Trump says",
        "byline": " Anna Edney and Justin Sink ",
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        "prettyDate": "May 31, 2018",
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        "summary": "“I think people are going to start to see for the first time ever in this country a major drop in the cost of prescription drugs,” Trump said.",
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        "uri": "/2018/05/16/trump-nominates-mcconnell-brother-in-law-to-lead-pbgc/",
        "title": "Trump nominates McConnell brother-in-law to lead PBGC",
        "byline": "Justin Sink and Toluse Olorunnipa",
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        "prettyDate": "May 16, 2018",
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        "summary": "The husband of a sister of Sec. of Transportation Elaine Chao might lead the PBGC, the agency that pays worker pensions when the plans go bust.",
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        "title": "Trump opioid plan includes research into alternatives, death penalty for dealers",
        "byline": "Justin Sink",
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        "prettyDate": "March 20, 2018",
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        "summary": "The president's plan calls for the Justice Department to seek the death penalty against drug traffickers \"where appropriate under current law.\"",
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        "title": "Trump budget to target drug prices, out-of-pocket costs",
        "byline": " Anna Edney, Justin Sink ",
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        "prettyDate": "February 09, 2018",
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        "summary": "Proposals include making sure seniors in Medicare benefit from discounts that middlemen negotiate with drugmakers, establishing a spending cap on out-of-pocket prescription costs, and potentially making generic drugs free for low-income seniors.",
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        "uri": "/2017/10/17/new-health-care-bill-puts-subsidies-back-into-play/",
        "title": "New health care bill puts subsidies back into play",
        "byline": "Zachary Tracer, Justin Sink, Laura Litvan, Bloomberg",
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        "prettyDate": "October 17, 2017",
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            "name": "Zachary Tracer, Justin Sink, Laura Litvan, Bloomberg"
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        "summary": "President Donald Trump gave his blessing to a bipartisan health-care bill to pay the same insurance subsidies that the president said hed halt last week, according to a Republican senator working on the package.",
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        "uri": "/2017/09/12/trump-said-to-set-aggressive-road-show-to-sell-tax/",
        "title": "Trump said to set aggressive road show to sell tax plan",
        "byline": " Jennifer Jacobs, Justin Sink ",
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        "prettyDate": "September 12, 2017",
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        "summary": "Although details of the tax plan are "fluid," Trump has planned a road trip to sell it.",
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