HOO WUN??

[Benton]

(10-01-2020, 03:08 PM)Big Boss Wrote: Word vomit.

He's rambling, for sure. The 'favored nations' thing is a start, though. Unfortunately, as I understand it, it only impacts some of the drugs for folks on Medicare, so it's not solving a lot of the drug pricing problem and doesn't address the unaffordability of healthcare in general, but it is a start. I do think he's a little off on presenting it as taking on Big Pharma; there's speculation all over the place, but I've read a few times that it's expected to effect less than 1% of the market, and that will likely cause Big Pharma to respond by negotiating higher prices in other countries, which will raise them here, too.

Unfortunately, that seems to be the extent of his healthcare reform. 

[Dill]

Biden surges to 14-point lead over Trump after caustic first debate, poll finds
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/04/biden-widens-lead-over-trump-after-debate-poll/3616228001/

Former Vice President Joe Biden’s national lead against President Donald Trump jumped to a nearly two-to-one margin after Sept. 29’s chaotic presidential debate, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Sunday.

The poll was conducted from Sept. 30 to Oct. 1, two days after the disorderly and caustic debate. The poll was completed just before the announcement that Trump had tested positive for the coronavirus and hospitalized at Walter Reed Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

Biden now holds a 14-percentage-point lead against the president, with 53% of registered voters backing the Democratic nominee and 39% supporting Trump. The poll shows a 6-point jump for Biden from a Sept. 20 NBC/WSJ poll. Biden's biggest lead in the poll previously was in July at 11 points.

The biggest declines for Trump were among seniors and suburban women, who are now backing Biden 62%-35% and 58%-33%, respectively.

Forty-nine percent of voters say Biden did a better job at Tuesday’s debate compared to 24% who said Trump performed better. Seventeen percent didn't think either candidate did better than the other.

Overall, 73% of those polled said the debates would have no influence on how they’d vote.

Among those who said Biden performed better, many cited Trump’s performance as poor and off-putting.


Curious about the standards of those who didn't think either candidate did better.

[masonbengals fan]

Curious about thoughts on this now, that it's apparent Biden was lying his ass off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAZiybed5h4