{"id":1386,"date":"2020-12-07T20:39:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T20:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=134878"},"modified":"2020-12-07T20:39:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T20:39:56","slug":"xavier-becerra-for-hhs-great-news-for-seniors-terrible-news-for-big-pharma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/12\/07\/xavier-becerra-for-hhs-great-news-for-seniors-terrible-news-for-big-pharma\/","title":{"rendered":"Xavier Becerra for HHS: Great News for Seniors, Terrible News for Big Pharma"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p>WASHINGTON &#8211; The following is a statement from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net\/ls\/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUbONC98SbAd-2FJ1MZdmYh6BfCXtbMrgeOB5Uk6Cx1WZCQyDUDWBAXeL1VWOZfPP4t-2BA-3D-3DS0J1_zC5w-2Bzl6gT1ozZV4pX73dlclUEKHucUDV-2FyFfVvG9Ayxme9ewF1XjJ3abnnFvehUyI5bqMPLXia8IX-2BjJut93ze5SvG-2BX6HVt3uCczdmTUpQald356qnzmquH2zx6fEMQdpjbfXpCsOKM05CeKSTcslQbbvFPrW44JnXZGv80-2FC1gsHYCHjrzerbOvfugt05nqqskvo2u0h1DkhHQl-2B-2F5s1dBSqhDFtuOTwRMNbSe3DnBwWfBE1QDQTq-2F73L7maoEsHtl8fLiZ1UmG-2F1AUHCgK8i9SIZhtMQpXaASs3nbZzbkSivpKDrLOt5Xhww3vWb1KzXjpLuSJAo4Aok32h60OuGm4u-2FS27eo1XwlYiqXpk-3D\">Alex Lawson<\/a>, Executive Director of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net\/ls\/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUbONC98SbAd-2FJ1MZdmYh6BdkpzGQO3ThSNFJXfJoJPnk8dYw_zC5w-2Bzl6gT1ozZV4pX73dlclUEKHucUDV-2FyFfVvG9Ayxme9ewF1XjJ3abnnFvehUyI5bqMPLXia8IX-2BjJut93ze5SvG-2BX6HVt3uCczdmTUpQald356qnzmquH2zx6fEMQdpjbfXpCsOKM05CeKSTcslQbbvFPrW44JnXZGv80-2FC1gsHYCHjrzerbOvfugt05nqqskvo2u0h1DkhHQl-2B-2F5tq8pkr8q-2FKHAKXzmEhWwkKuo5XkIHzOOeI48CMQGrWON33P26Ph93bYNWuXz9aIriTSbDcR60ePdexVNZ8Xy39F-2F1ifKyO5nmh7MQvAnon2R2ibxubLZh8538G0QC7t7ySQEhUB271DXDKiZiCTPCk-3D\">Social Security Works<\/a>, on Joe Biden\u2019s selection of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to lead the Department of Health and Human Services:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been proud to work with Attorney General Becerra for many years. As a member of Congress, Becerra was a leader in the fight to protect our earned Social Security benefits from cuts and a supporter of Medicare for All. At HHS, he will be perfectly positioned to strengthen Medicare and undo the Trump Administration\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net\/ls\/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUUfnYE1M8J168hOWKnUKrvh93fi46R2RT9d-2BNo4U1eR6zkLGaMBUF3eqwijq5voVkbMzzHTVyzr0te2BlAggpQw-3Dhzkw_zC5w-2Bzl6gT1ozZV4pX73dlclUEKHucUDV-2FyFfVvG9Ayxme9ewF1XjJ3abnnFvehUyI5bqMPLXia8IX-2BjJut93ze5SvG-2BX6HVt3uCczdmTUpQald356qnzmquH2zx6fEMQdpjbfXpCsOKM05CeKSTcslQbbvFPrW44JnXZGv80-2FC1gsHYCHjrzerbOvfugt05nqqskvo2u0h1DkhHQl-2B-2F5iqQ4ln4Qu9joG3eeE7JfMsftUCOQ6QEzYtcGJ0XuyIWqkqvCb-2Bh1Rb7SNDWHGP1a6GwLOkuGarOfkHnVfTEzDAA5JF3VTAZmpS54mVa0kJJGrlX0brkhuIZZWdAMrSSOlF1jygQjku-2F8CdgB0AIikw-3D\">attacks on the program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"block-inject-16\" class=\"block-inject block-inject-16\">\n<div id=\"block-block-86\" class=\"block block--block block--block-86\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As Attorney General of California, Becerra has fearlessly taken on Big Pharma monopolies. He co-led a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net\/ls\/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUeFFgD2netvDgRnrp-2FWuV9Ft6fHeeqLqHnVHon1LgxEoqHcqy2Tb4W3Upz9gXFFL97vihtlwg5O-2FbOVlX-2BFlXou8lisMkcQGALvXnsalQJLP-2B0p7apWagn-2F1c2-2BpnELOQA-3D-3DrQmV_zC5w-2Bzl6gT1ozZV4pX73dlclUEKHucUDV-2FyFfVvG9Ayxme9ewF1XjJ3abnnFvehUyI5bqMPLXia8IX-2BjJut93ze5SvG-2BX6HVt3uCczdmTUpQald356qnzmquH2zx6fEMQdpjbfXpCsOKM05CeKSTcslQbbvFPrW44JnXZGv80-2FC1gsHYCHjrzerbOvfugt05nqqskvo2u0h1DkhHQl-2B-2F5n46nhqCnco1wc2-2FO5yR0gMwquglb0t4gqSbNZRVLzdCfXO4f9BA3IQXupJoG888E4ayPuxW70KQEukcbGTDOATumhO-2FiRxj2PNf-2B1OsKRxESyAB7qacfWAbrdSKNMA7cAOKTluR8UCBAAzeGNCupEw-3D\">bipartisan letter<\/a>&nbsp;from 31 state attorneys general calling on HHS to allow generic competition of remdesivir, a COVID treatment. Doing so would increase supplies of the medication and lower its price. Now, Becerra will be in a position to make that happen for all prescription drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Becerra\u2019s selection is terrible news for greedy Big Pharma CEOs, but it is great news for seniors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/2020\/12\/07\/xavier-becerra-for-hhs-great-news-for-seniors-terrible-news-for-big-pharma\/\">Radio Free<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2013 The following is a statement from\u00a0Alex Lawson, Executive Director of\u00a0Social Security Works, on Joe Biden\u2019s selection of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to lead the Department\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1386"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1386"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1387,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1386\/revisions\/1387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}