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Death toll reaches at least 200 in Nigerian town submerged in floods

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内容摘要:Oscar Siddle said: "It's been a great experience – hanging out with the other teams backstage, getting to see the ins and outs of television production, and entertaining our semi-serious long list of acquired superstitions.

Oscar Siddle said: "It's been a great experience – hanging out with the other teams backstage, getting to see the ins and outs of television production, and entertaining our semi-serious long list of acquired superstitions.

But experts are highly sceptical of the claims, and stock market moves indicate that investors think they will have little immediate effect.The US has a particularly complex healthcare system - including a large private insurance industry, employer subsidies, and publicly funded insurance programmes for the elderly and poor, known as Medicare and Medicaid respectively.

Death toll reaches at least 200 in Nigerian town submerged in floods

In many other developed countries, more centralised systems mean that officials can negotiate blanket rates for drugs, and in some cases refuse to buy if they deem the price too high.In 2021, the US Government Accounting Office, and found that prescription drugs were on average two to four times more expensive in the US.

Death toll reaches at least 200 in Nigerian town submerged in floods

Politicians from both US political parties have taken aim at the costs. During Monday's White House announcement, Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr noted that prices had been a preoccupation of Democrats and a main target in socialist Senator Bernie Sanders' presidential campaigns.Both Trump in his first term and former President Joe Biden tried to tackle the issue, particularly the cost of life-saving drugs such as insulin, but US prices remain stubbornly high.

Death toll reaches at least 200 in Nigerian town submerged in floods

Speaking at the White House on Monday, Trump and his health officials blamed the lack of progress on pharmaceutical lobbying efforts and large donations to members of Congress.

"The drug lobby is the strongest lobby," Trump told reporters. "But starting today, the United States will no longer subsidise the health care of foreign countries, which is what we were doing."The AP had argued that the administration violated the news agency's constitutional right to free speech by restricting access due to disagreements over language.

In February, Judge McFadden had declined to immediately restore its access to presidential events.After Tuesday's ruling, AP spokeswoman Lauren Easton said the agency was "gratified by the court's decision".

"Today's ruling affirms the fundamental right of the press and public to speak freely without government retaliation. This is a freedom guaranteed for all Americans in the US Constitution," she said in a statement.Shortly after the judge's ruling, though, two AP journalists were turned away from covering an event that Trump attended on Tuesday night, the agency reported in an update on Wednesday.

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