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Thune wins
Sen. John Thune (R.S.D.), the newly elected Senate Majority Chief, comes from a border state the place the well being care sector is primarily made up of hospitals. For that motive, it is vital in telehealth and rural hospitals. He’s additionally in favor of accelerating transparency for drug intermediaries. Conveniently, Congress is predicted to increase Medicare telehealth flexibilities, and reforms to drug brokers could possibly be one approach to pay for it.
In selecting Thune, Republicans opted for an institution candidate with shut ties to outgoing veteran Senate Republican chief Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and rejected Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), the favourite candidate of Trump's allies.
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