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Aug 2023
29m 32s

The 10 Drugs Getting Medicare Price Cuts...

Morning Brew
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Episode 136: Neal and Toby discuss which 10 drugs President Biden is looking to slash prices of with his Medicare cost cuts. Plus, Bitcoin is up after a court ruling that sides with Grayscale over the SEC and 3M reaches a $6 billion settlement over earplugs. Also, Eminem takes legal action over Vivek Ramaswamy rapping his music and AI written sports articles about high school football are not nearly as accurate as you think. And finally, the lawsuit against Burger King over the size of the Whopper.

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