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Healthcare costs rising

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SHUHoopsFan said:
You act like the Obama's gave into conservatives. If they did there wouldn't have been the Affordable Care Act. Since neither one of us were in the room, let's take our best guesses. The Obama's gave into conservatives or lobbyists?

The first article says she should practice what she preaches. Not saying it was a bad idea but don't be dining on ribs and mandating I need to eat berries. Very similar to Newsome going to out eat during covid, while his state is locked down. The second article you link the hit is on what it would costs and even says if it gets passed by the Republican House, it would probably fail with the Democratic Senate. She said we need to fight Congress, not the Republicans and not the Democrats. Then she stopped fighting. I wonder why? I think the links I posted answer why.
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Guess you missed the part where Republican Congresswoman criticized her for creating the nanny state along with Sara Palin and conservatives accusing her of telling people what to eat.
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Healthcare costs rising

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As I said before, cost control measures will continue to evolve. It is something that needs continued attention, but it is a bit overblown IMHO. The obesity problem is nothing new so I am not following your point. It's not as if there was some great diet & exercise lifestyle change happening in the country that this now sets back. Those plans that do cover these drugs will increasingly require condition management program engagement also. If someone wants to go around all of that to pay Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, or some other DTC option like Hims/Hers $400/month to get more simple access to the drug, why do I care? As a plan sponsor, I'll welcome anything to impact the PBM & wholesaler spread pricing.

There are potential risks of GI issues with long-term use in addition to rare linkages to some cancers. Statins carry adverse effects too with no guarantees of lifestyle changes, but it's better than waiting for the heart to explode. Continued introduction of generics as well as providers getting a better handle on appropriateness for prescriptions will also help to bring the costs down. Again, I really don't see a meaningful difference.
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The SHUttle said:
For the original intent of the thread, Eli Lilly just took the latest step on trying to grab market share by going "direct to consumer" on single-dose Zepbound at half-price. Will PBMs start to sweat? I doubt it, but it is an interesting step.
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So creating a new new dosing / pricing strategy to a new market (DTC) will only increase the send on these drugs.

U.S. ranks 15th on countries with worst obesity…no other industrialized nation on that list. Most South Pacific island nations or Middle Eastern Arab nations.

On the verge of creating a population of GLP1 lifetime addicts. We’ve seen this movie before.
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SHUHoopsFan said:
Well I feel lied to. Thinking this back in February was frowned upon. Liberal media told me so.
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And if Biden had just had a “good day” on the night of the debate he would still be on the ballot.

Lied to? The liberal media, party sycophants, Hollywood, posters on this board…the list goes on. everyone knew…..it was obvious but it took a complete meltdown that dried up financial support to make a change…. And that took several weeks, and by the way he’s still president….with dementia. Can’t make this stuff up.
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Bruce Pearl likely turning off some recruits

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SPK145 said:
This will have zero impact. It’s not recruiting anymore, it procurement.
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HallBall02 said:
Disagree with this take. While it certainly is not as impactful, with paying players now… it could hurt recruiting. If you said very little impact, would agree.
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The latter is my take. I'd be more inclined to say no impact if I thought the players were making these decisions on their own. However, we know others (parents, handlers, AAU coaches et al) have input and this might not sit well.

In the end money rules so I doubt it's a major issue but I don't believe it's zero impact.
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HallBall02 said:
Thanks for hoping I waste time on your bad takes. Probably true.

Yes you certainly can believe opposite and turn a blind eye for big payday. But some may not, or jump to other offer if similar.

Yes, pearl is out spoken.

No, you are incorrect. It could have an impact and is likely a net negative being outspoken on political issues…see Disney

My guess the AD wasn’t thrilled but maybe I’m wrong there m.
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Trying to compare Bruce pearls tweet to conservatives boycotting Disney is one of the worst takes I’ve ever seen on the board.
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Bruce Pearl likely turning off some recruits

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Gohall129 said:
I hope you wasted a lot of time writing that.

You can believe the opposite and still play for the guy that’s giving you a million dollars to play ball for a season.

Pearl is an outspoken guy. This has no impact on his future at Auburn or their success
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Thanks for hoping I waste time on your bad takes. Probably true.

Yes you certainly can believe opposite and turn a blind eye for big payday. But some may not, or jump to other offer if similar.

Yes, pearl is out spoken.

No, you are incorrect. It could have an impact and is likely a net negative being outspoken on political issues…see Disney

My guess the AD wasn’t thrilled but maybe I’m wrong there m.
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Waiting For UConn To Make A Statement

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dehere23 said:
Someone sent me this link along the lines of Uconn's importance to the league (Big East 2024 TV ratings across each game): https://lookerstudio.google.com/u/0/reporting/9815f157-ea60-478f-a481-2dc93fae6ca8/page/tWDGB.

I don't know how to digest all these numbers or what they mean in the grand scheme, but a few takeaways:

-Uconn was first in TV viewership by several million (17.3 million). Marquette the only other team that was close with approx. 15 million. After that you have Creighton, St. John's and Nova all in the 10m viewership range, in that order. No on else close to that 10 million mark in TV viewership, including us, Gtown, Providence etc. So there was a real drop off once you got past Uconn (king of the hill), Marquette, Creighton, St. John's and Nova.

-No coincidence, the common thread among the top 10 most watched games is either Uconn, Marquette or St. John's.

- The top 5 rated Fox games were the two times Uconn played Marquette and the 3 times they played St John's.

-Uconn is basically at the top of every most watched FS1, Fox and CBS game

- Our game v. Uconn was the second most watched Big East-related game on CBS, trailing only Uconn v. North Carolina, and slightly ahead of Creighton v. St. John's on CBS.
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This can be tied back to the state school/private school discussion.

As a state school, it would make sense UConn would draw higher ratings as they would seemingly have a larger alumni base and thus more fans than the other conference members. Additionally they would be likely to have more casual fans.

That doesn't even get into they've won consecutive national championships and five in 25 years.
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