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Oct 18 • 4 tweets • 6 min read
WATCH: @alisonmsnyder and @TreedinDC host a conversation on health care innovation and costs, featuring @harvardmed Professor @Ateevm and former HHS Deputy Secretary @EricDHargan.

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@alisonmsnyder @TreedinDC @harvardmed @Ateevm @EricDHargan .@EricDHargan on roadblocks to health care innovation: "We have a concern in the U.S. obviously around costs, and I think we have to have a stronger view of what the benefits are in innovation and a broader longer term view on accounting for the benefits that innovation causes.." Image
@alisonmsnyder @TreedinDC @harvardmed @Ateevm @EricDHargan .@Ateevm on the state of the U.S. health care system: "I think the average American understandably is just frustrated...with an overly complex health care system that has way too much administrative costs...it's almost impossible to navigate for many patients." Image
Fmr. HHS Dep. Secretary @EricDHargan on emerging innovations in health care: “The [things] that are going to be pretty transformative are around data.” #AxiosEvents

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WATCH: @samsabin923 and @alaynatreene host a conversation on cybersecurity ahead of the midterm elections, featuring former TX Rep. @WillHurd and @CSIS Senior Adviser @SpauldingSez.

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—Ye's purchase of Parler

—Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter

—Peter Thiel and J.D. Vance's investment in Rumble

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The student loan forgiveness application is officially live.

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