The speech was based on extensive dictation from POTUS & suggestions from Pence, who told colleagues that insurance execs had promised in a private meeting to waive copayments for coronavirus treatments. Those companies dispute that claim.
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It was written largely by Stephen Miller & Jared Kushner, and overseen by staff secretary Derek Lyons. The three men, all White House staffers since Day One, haven’t been deeply involved in the coronavirus response. wsj.com/articles/coron…,
Mr. Kushner hasn’t attended a single task force meeting, according to one official who has attended each meeting. Many of the officials who have been working on the issue for weeks said they were cut out or ignored during the speech writing.
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