#executive order

[reasonsforhope]

"The Biden Administration last week [early December, 2023] announced it would be seizing patents for drugs and drug manufacturing procedures developed using government money.

A draft of the new law, seen by Reuters, said that the government will consider various factors including whether a medical situation is leading to increased prices of the drug at any given time, or whether only a small section of Americans can afford it.

The new executive order is the first exercise in what is called “march-in-rights” which allows relevant government agencies to redistribute patents if they were generated under government funding. The NIH has long maintained march-in-rights, but previous directors have been unwilling to use them, fearing consequences.

“We’ll make it clear that when drug companies won’t sell taxpayer funded drugs at reasonable prices, we will be prepared to allow other companies to provide those drugs for less,” White House adviser Lael Brainard said on a press call.

But just how much taxpayer money is going toward funding drugs? A research paper from the Insitute for New Economic Thought showed that “NIH funding contributed to research associated with every new drug approved from 2010-2019, totaling $230 billion.”

The authors of the paper continue, writing “NIH funding also produced 22 thousand patents, which provided marketing exclusivity for 27 (8.6%) of the drugs approved [between] 2010-2019.”

How we do drug discovery and production in America has a number of fundamental flaws that have created problems in the health service industry.

It costs billions of dollars and sometimes as many as 5 to 10 years to bring a drug to market in the US, which means that only companies with massive financial muscle can do so with any regularity, and that smaller, more innovative companies can’t compete with these pharma giants.

This also means that if a company can’t recoup that loss, a single failed drug can result in massive disruptions to business. To protect themselves, pharmaceutical companies establish piles of patents on drugs and drug manufacturing procedures. Especially if the drug in question treats a rare or obscure disease, these patents essentially ensure the company has monoselective pricing regimes.

However, if a company can convince the NIH that a particular drug should be considered a public health priority, they can be almost entirely funded by the government, as the research paper showed.

Some market participants, in this case the famous billionaire investor Mark Cuban, have attempted to remedy the issue of drug costs in America by manufacturing generic versions of patented drugs sold for common diseases."

-via Good News Network, December 11, 2023

#united states #us politics #biden administration #executive order #prescription drugs #medical news #healthcare #healthcare access #biden #big pharma #drug prices #public health #nih #national institutes of health #good news #hope

[mysticfoxdesigns]

Texas Antisemitism Executive Order

PLEASE SHARE THIS AROUND!!

As many of y'all know by now, I am a Texan. Specifically a Texan in higher education, at a public university. Gov. Abbott's new executive order to have public universities crack down on Anti-Semitic speech directly impacts the students advocating for Palestine.

Phrases such as "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" can now be considered HATE SPEECH!

“Some radical organizations on our campuses engaged in acts that have no place in Texas,” Abbott said in a press release. “Now, we must work to ensure that our college campuses are safe spaces for members of the Jewish community.”

This was never about protecting Jewish people, but protecting Zionists. The order was issued after universities across Texas had issues after Oct. 7th's events. Pro-Palestine and Pro-Israel students were butting heads, and some broke out into fights according to some sources. As a uni student myself, I have seen these conflicting sides in person. Abbott's statement also makes no mention of the Anti-Islamic rhetoric that has also been spreading due to Israel's persecution of Palestinians.

This order calls for all public universities and colleges review their free speech policies, and to lay out in their policies the definition of antisemitism, and punishments for Anti-Semitic rhetoric. All within 90 days of the order's publishment.

Most of this appears to be banking on HB 3257, the bill that introduced Texas' Holocaust, Genocide, And Antisemitism Advisory Commission

Now, there has been some actual pushback on this, from the The Texas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Texas) as well as students and administration from the universities and colleges effected.

“This order not only undermines the principles of free speech and academic freedom but also perpetuates a harmful narrative that equates criticism of Israeli policies with antisemitism,” CAIR-DFW Executive Director Mustafa Carroll said in a statement.

Taken from the Dallas Morning News article posted earlier in this post.

The wordage used by Abbott worries many people, due to the fact that it is so vague. To the point where criticizing Israel and it's government can be considered hate speech.

Please share this around. If it is happening here, it can happen to any state.

Don't stop speaking about Palestine. Don't stop supporting the Palestinian citizens who are displaced right now. Educate your peers, donate if you are able, and don't give up hope.

#palestine #palestinian liberation #free gaza #free palestine #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #texas #texas politics #Texas HB3257 #greg abbott #governor abbott #executive order #us politics #colonialism #antisemitism #us news #texas news #texas university

[andyundan]

Biden signed an executive order yesterday with the aim of protecting and expanding access to abortion services

The order:

Protects out of state travel to get abortions as well as purchasing medication

Protects access to contraceptives. Health and Human Services are to take any (crucially) legal steps to enable access to medical contraceptives and family planning services

Protects against privacy violations and deceptive practices. (Does this mean that HHS is expected to crack down on crisis pregnancy centres?)

Protects patients, providers and clinics, including mobile clinics, who are accessing or providing reproductive health services.

This order also claims to do a lot of other stuff, for more information please go to the official fact sheet linked in the article.

Also I think it’s super important to note that nowhere in this order does Biden codify abortion rights. He’s still defending state rights to decide the legality of abortion within that state, even though we know that states that criminalize abortion or putting women in danger.

I personally think this is him dangling abortion rights in the face of voters and asking them to vote Democrat or else. All said, it’s still important to know that there are now legal protections for you if you choose to travel for abortions or if you purchase medications.

#haven’t seen any posts about this yet so thought I’d get the info out #especially with the climate around abortion rights I understand how important it is for some people to know this #abortion rights #abortion #united states #joe biden #executive order #female reproductive health #feminism #us politics #you know what’s weird how come I never hear anyone talking about feminism on this site anymore #ahhh throwback to when I used to be a political blogger

[commonsensecommentary]

Another so-called emergency; another American right “temporarily” suspended by executive order. Democrats seem convinced our Constitution is an à la carte menu where you can just pick and choose as you please. These people cannot be trusted with power.

#government #leadership #extremism #democracy #democrats #2nd amendment #constitution #executive order

[braziliansource]

MEDIDA PROVISÓRIA / EXECUTIVE ORDER (2020) Taís Araújo and Alfred Enoch as 'Capitú' and 'Antonio'

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[newyorkthegoldenage]

Gold hoarders laden with bags, boxes, and suitcases enter and leave the Federal Reserve Bank to deposit their hidden currency, March 10, 1933. In one day, they deposited $30 million (worth around $700 million today), hoping to escape the penalties that the government would exact on hoarders effective May 1. The U.S. was still on the gold standard at the time, and President Roosevelt felt that hoarding the stuff prevented it from increasing the money supply.

Photo: Associated Press

#vintage New York #1930s #gold hoarding #Great Depression #New Deal #1930s economy #gold standard #money supply #Federal Reserve #Executive Order #March 10 #10 March

[the-psudo]

So, Biden just signed Executive Order #14115, which puts sanctions on Israeli extremist settlers in the West Bank. Thursday, Feb 1st, 2024 he signed this order.

This is the first time the USA has ever issued sanctions against Israeli citizens. At least 4 Israelis have already had these sanctions enforced against them.

This doesn't help Gaza, but... it's the most any US President has ever done for Palestinians. I don't know what to think about it.

#executive order #executive order 14115 #president biden #joe biden #biden administration #palestine #israel #us politics #uspol #politics #american politics

[robertreich]

How Joe Biden Can Help Workers Without Congress

Did you know Joe Biden can help American workers right now, even without Congress? He can sign three executive orders, affecting a fifth of the economy and transforming millions of workers’ lives. 

Biden has made campaign promises to support workers. Here are 3 ways he can fulfill that promise.

First: require that the federal government contract only with unionized companies whenever possible. This would give workers more bargaining power in every industry from healthcare to telecoms to food service to tech to defense.

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Back in the last century when I was secretary of labor, the Chamber of Commerce sued me for trying to do something similar. The Clinton administration had issued an executive order barring federal contracts with companies that permanently replaced striking workers. A federal court struck it down, ruling that the administration hadn’t shown that the executive order was necessary to save the government money. 

The way to ensure this executive order holds up is to include evidence that unionized companies save the government money. And that’s not hard to do. 

Unions may deliver higher wages but they also have been shown to deliver higher productivity. And higher productivity saves the government money.

Secondly, discourage union busting. Biden can require that federal contracts go only to companies that pledge to remain neutral in efforts to unionize. 

Companies routinely use an arsenal of union-busting tactics. Some are blatantly illegal. A third of companies fire employees who try to form a union. They harass and intimidate their workers. About half threaten to close up shop or slash wages and benefits. 

Why should taxpayers subsidize companies that illegally quash unions? 

Third, deny federal contracts to companies that break labor laws. Biden can require bidders on federal contracts to disclose any labor violations in the past 3 years. This would just be reinstating Obama’s executive order, which Trump revoked. 

Companies that break the law and hurt workers shouldn’t be rewarded with lucrative federal contracts.

A policy like this helps workers everywhere. One study found that when the Labor Department announced penalties for violating safety standards, other companies in the industry improved their safety standards.

Taken together, these three executive orders will improve the lives of millions of Americans. 

Make it happen, Joe. 

#Biden #unions #pro-union #workers #executive order #video #videos

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[reasonsforhope]

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill Wednesday repealing the state's nearly century-old abortion ban.

Last month, the state's House and Senate passed HB 4006, a single-sentence bill, which revokes the 1931 law that criminalized abortion.

Specifically, the bill repealed Section 750.14, which makes it a felony -- punishable by up to four years in prison and/or a fine of up to $5,000 -- to administer drugs that induce a miscarriage unless the mother's life is in danger.

It also repealed Section 750.15, which makes it a misdemeanor to advertise, publish or sell "any pills, powder, drugs or combination of drugs" that can cause an abortion.

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer, questions remained about whether or not the 1931 law would be put back in place...

A Michigan state judge ruled in September that the ban is unconstitutional, barring any state prosecutors from enforcing it.

Two months later, in the November mid-term elections, Michiganders voted in favor of a constitutional amendment that would add protections for reproductive rights...

The amendment defines reproductive freedom as "the right to make and effectuate decisions about all matters relating to pregnancy, including but not limited to prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, sterilization, abortion care, miscarriage management and infertility care." ...

Whitmer has openly expressed her support for abortion access in and out of Michigan and signed an executive order in July refusing to extradite women who come to Michigan from other states seeking abortion and refusing to extradite providers for offering the procedure.

"In November, Michiganders sent a clear message: we deserve to make our own decisions about own bodies," Whitmer said in a statement provided to ABC News. "Today, we are coming together to repeal our extreme 1931 law banning abortion without exceptions for rape or incest and criminalizing nurses and doctors for doing their jobs."

-via ABC News, 4/5/23

#abortion #abortion access #pro choice #gretchen whitmer #michigan #united states #us politics #constitutional amendment #VOTING MATTERS #executive order #abortion rights #pregnancy #healthcare #healthcare access #good news #hope

[antarseine]

#alfred enoch #Executive Order

[gregor-samsung]

Medida Provisória [Executive Order] (Lázaro Ramos, 2020)

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[environmentalwatch]

Climate Corps - The New New Deal

Climate Corps will create a new workforce for green jobs, in a New Deal-style arrangement set up by President Biden. On Wednesday, the White House announced the Climate Corps, a new jobs training program. It will employ more than 20,000 young adult in parks and state and federal land, building trails, installing solar power systems, planting trees, and other work to help conserve wild spaces and…

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#alexandria ocasio-cortez #climate change #climate corps #ed markey #executive order #green jobs #president biden #white house

[sailor-spaghetti]

Joe Biden's executive order does very little to protect abortion access, and he refuses to take actions that are within the President's power to ensure safe abortion access in states where it is banned, such as expanding the Supreme Court or funding abortion services on federal land. Instead, he's merely calling on people to vote harder in the November elections.

The Democrats are not willing to make any risky moves, and are instead intentionally drawing out the issue so they can get more votes and donations. Frankly, it's disgusting.

#us politics #roe vs wade #roe vs. wade #roe versus wade #roe v wade #roe #reproductive justice #joe biden #democrats #biden #executive order #anti electorialism #reproductive rights #abortion #abortion access

[kp777]

By Erin Doherty, Oriana Gonzalez

Axios

July 8, 2022

President Biden will sign an executive order on Friday aimed at protecting abortion access after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the White House said.

Why it matters: Biden has faced intense pressure from his own party to act more aggressively on abortion. Many conservative states had "trigger laws" in place that banned or severely limited abortions in the days following the ruling and more bans are expected.

While the order will not restore access to abortion in the states that have already banned or restricted the procedure, it could enhance the administration's efforts to help people know what rights they do have.

Driving the news: The Biden administration said the executive order would include "safeguarding access to reproductive health care services, including abortion and contraception."

Biden will also direct the Department of Health and Human Services to take additional action to protect access to abortion medication, emergency medical care and contraception, the White House said.

The order will also seek to address concerns over patient privacy and digital surveillance, including taking steps to protect consumers’ privacy when seeking information about reproductive health care services.

The administration will also convene volunteer lawyers to "encourage robust legal representation of patients, providers, and third parties lawfully seeking or offering reproductive health care services throughout the country." That representation could include helping to protect a patient's right to travel to another state for an abortion.

HHS will also consider actions to protect sensitive information related to reproductive health care, the White House said.

"The guidance helps ensure doctors and other medical providers and health plans know that, with limited exceptions, they are not required — and in many cases, are not permitted — to disclose patients’ private information, including to law enforcement," per the White House.

The big picture: After the Supreme Court ruling, Biden has said that his ability to enshrine abortion rights is limited without congressional action.

"Until then, he has committed to doing everything in his power to defend reproductive rights and protect access to safe and legal abortion," the White House said.

#joe biden #executive order #abortion rights

[lary-the-lizard]

Whoever is holding a gun to Biden’s head and demanding that he actually make some lightly progressive decisions, I am thankful for your service

#fuck the govt #leftist #marijana possession parden #biden actually doing something right #executive order