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COLUMN-Ideology threatens to trump facts in official Medicare handbook

In September, the federal government will mail a handbook on Medicare enrollment to 43 million households. “Medicare & You” is an important, authoritative source on a wide array of plan options for the annual enrollment period that runs from Oct. 15 through Dec. 7, and it has been mailed out to beneficiaries each year since 1999. The Medicare Rights Center and two other groups (Justice in Aging and the Center for Medicare Advocacy) argue that the draft contains inaccurate, ideologically tinted descriptions of the tradeoffs between original fee-for-service insurance …read more […]

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About $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency stolen since 2017: cybercrime group

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Criminals have stolen about $1.2 billion in cryptocurrencies since the beginning of 2017, as bitcoin’s popularity and the emergence of more than 1,500 digital tokens have put the spotlight on the unregulated sector, according to estimates from the Anti-Phishing Working Group released on Thursday.

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The Father of Free Markets Is Not Who You Think

Editor’s Note: If you’ve kept up with your Investment U emails over the past few days, you’re aware that big changes are coming to your subscription.

But that’s really all I’ve told you. (And if you haven’t opened your emails lately, now’s a great time to do a quick skim!)

I promise to provide more details next week after Memorial Day. But for now, are you ready for a little game of Clue?

Pay close attention to the themes in today’s article by Nicholas.

Two key words should stand out… and will summarize our evolving brand and mission.

Can you guess which they are? Leave …read more […]

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3 Top Biosimilars that Will Lift Pfizer Inc. Stock Even More

A month ago, Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) felt the sting of a somewhat surprising disappointment. Its biosimilar version of Herceptin, the popular breast cancer drug from Roche Holding AG (OTCMKTS:RHHBY), was rejected by the FDA.Biosimilar drugs are nearly-identical copies of a competitor’s product. It was a blow not just because Herceptin generated sales of more than $7 billion last year, but because it put the viability of Pfizer’s entire biosimilar program into question. …read more […]

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Uber self-driving car failed to recognize pedestrian, brake: U.S. agency

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Uber [UBER.UL] self-driving vehicle that struck and killed a woman in Arizona in March failed to identify the pedestrian or to brake, raising serious questions about its performance, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report released on Thursday.

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