Democrats Demand Answers From VA on Vets’ Struggles for Mental Healthcare — ProPublica

What Happened: More than 60 House Democrats are pressing Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins for answers about how the agency’s mental healthcare has been increasingly strained under President Donald Trump’s second administration. The lawmakers sent the secretary a letter last week asking questions about the state of VA care, citing a ProPublica investigation…

Democrats Demand Answers From VA on Vets’ Struggles for Mental Healthcare — ProPublica

Advocacy group:Medicare decision helped put off talks on AbbVie drug price

Ed’s stories explore prescription drug pricing, affordability and access, as well issues surrounding patents, litigation, and legislation. He is also the author of the morning Pharmalittle newsletter and the afternoon Pharmalot newsletter. A little-noticed policy shift by Medicare caused a seven-year delay in choosing a costly AbbVie medicine for price negotiations, a move likely to…

Advocacy group:Medicare decision helped put off talks on AbbVie drug price

Mohamed Salah offered unusual gift in Turkey

Egyptian football icon Mohamed Salah with local Mayor Hüseyin Avni Coşkun Çebi During a recent visit to the Araklı district in Trabzon, local Mayor Hüseyin Avni Coşkun Çebi shared a lighthearted moment with Egyptian football icon Mohamed Salah, offering him a parcel of land in the area following his high-profile transfer to Trabzonspor. Leveraging Araklı’s…

Mohamed Salah offered unusual gift in Turkey