Whatever Happened to the Public Option and the $35 Insulin Cap?

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In the matter of disappearing promises of social benefits, Biden has elevated the practice of blaming other people, specifically a nonentity called the parliamentarian, to an art form. $15-an-hour minimum wage? Biden says the parliamentarian nixed it. There’s nothing he can do, he’s only the president. There’s nothing senator Chuck Schumer can do, he’s only the majority leader. More recently, diabetics pinned their hopes on legislation that would cap the insane, astronomical price of life-saving insulin at $35. But, sorry folks, the parliamentarian didn’t like this either. More

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This content originally appeared on CounterPunch.org and was authored by Eve Ottenberg.

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