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Huge win for health! RFK Jr just explained that doctors will now get paid to take patients OFF unnecessary and harmful medications through a new policy called “deprescribing.” This is the first policy of its kind, and will incentivize doctors to STOP prescribing unnecessary medications.

MONEY LAUNDERING? 💰❓ Let’s put Ramaphosa’s US$580,000 from buffalo sales into perspective 😭 At today’s rough exchange rates, that’s over R11 million cash allegedly was sitting around the farm. Now an average buffalo in South Africa can cost anywhere between R300,000 to well over R800k depending on breed and genetics Meaning this wasn’t: "2 cows and a goat disappeared." This was basically: "A whole luxury buffalo dealership got converted into couch currency." 🇿🇦😂 Meanwhile ordinary South Africans are arguing with Capitec over R7 bank charges. Some President is keeping dollar tax free

More than 60% of every donation Wes Streeting has received since entering parliament comes from companies and individuals with interests in private healthcare. His biggest donor owns companies that recruit both NHS managers and private health executives. This week he used a statutory instrument to give himself the power to override NICE - the body that protects the NHS from being overcharged by pharmaceutical companies. How is this not a conflict of interest?