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This week, the U.S. government named 10 drugs that will be subject to the first ever price negotiations by Medicare. WSJ’s Jared S. Hopkins talks about how this major change came about and pharmaceutical companies’ efforts to stop it. Further Listening: -How Big Pharma Lost Its Swagger  Further Reading: -Expensive Drugs From Pfizer, Other Companies Targeted for First U.S. Price Negotiations  -U.S. Chamber of Commerce Challenges Federal Government’s New Drug-Price Powers  -Merck Challenges U.S. Government’s New Powers to Negotiate Drug Prices  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Insulin was the poster child of overpriced life saving drugs, but a manufacturer finally capped the cost at $35. Vox’s Dylan Scott explains how pharmaceutical companies for decades managed to overprice drugs Americans desperately needed. This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Matt Collette, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 8: Neal and Toby discuss why Elon's Master plan fell flat at Investor Day. They'll examine TikTok's new time limit for teens and why Eli Lilly is slashing insulin prices. Neal tells us why stick-shift is back and in the canned cocktail world - a merging of powers; Tequila and High Noons. Learn more about our sponsor, Huel: https://huel.com/dailyshow Listen Here: https://www.mbdailyshow.com/ Watch Here: https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow Sources: Tesla Investor Day Underwhelms: https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/03/01/elon-musk-master-plan-tesla TikTok Teen Time Limit: https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/tiktok-screen-time-limit-teens Eli Lily Cuts Insulin Prices: https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/eli-lilly-gives-into-insulin-price-cut-pressure High Noons take on Tequila: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tequila-lovers-rejoice-high-noons-sun-will-shine-even-brighter-with-the-release-of-high-noon-tequila-seltzer-301758804.html Reflecting Sunlight Could Curb Global Warming: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/27/sunlight-reflection-solar-geoengineering-must-be-studied-scientists.html   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The FBI Director publicly confirms the Bureau's assessment that Covid-19 “most likely” leaked from a Chinese lab. Plus, for the first time in more than 30-years, a Chicago sitting mayor has lost re-election in a race that was dominated by rising crime. Is it a warning sign for other big city Democrats? And, a devastating crash near Athens, Greece kills more than 36 people after a passenger train collides head on with a freight train.Also this morning: Trump allies privately lobby House members to back his 2024 bid, Russian forces advance on Bakhmut, Fox News is fighting Dominion’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit, families struggle amid soaring food prices as emergency funds end, the FAA investigates a fifth close call between planes at US airports, a study shows the huge benefits from only 11-minutes of exercise a day, and, TikTok sets a 1-hour daily screen time-limit for users under 18. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices