Prices. Before we get to the report. Most people know what the aarp, explain what the Public Policy institute does there. Sure. The Public Policy institute is the internal think tank and it is our job to take a look at all of the issues that aarp works on and make sure that we have policies that help guide our positions and our advocacy work. And Ongoing Research on Prescription Drug prices. Tack us through what your latest report looked into. So this report is part of an ongoing series that aarp has been doing since 2004 and our latest report focused on specialty Prescription Drugs. More specifically we looked at 97 widely used special tee Prescription Drugs and on average their prices increased at three times the rate of inflation. Describe specialty Prescription Drug and a regular Prescription Drug. Specialty dont have a set definition. They typically are for conditions that affect people the rest of their drives and they might be injected or infused and may require refrigeration. A
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Hearing is just under an hour and a half. [background noises] [background noises] pleased to call todays hearing to order. I want to thank you all for joining senator capitol and me too explore one of our favorite topics and that is recycling. Specifically we are here to discuss the sustainability policy called extended producer responsibility and how these programs can improve recycling infrastructure and recycling practices. So what exactly is responsibility extended establishes a system in which financial responsibility for products through the end of their life is shifted upstream to producers of those. Andjt how to extend policies worker . Well, states or countries adopt policies that may requi producers to pay a fee that is associated with their goods to a producer whose responsibility organization. And then these organizations can use the revenues for the expansion of recycling infrastructure. And for education. Consumer packaging materials like plastic like cardboard or aluminu
Weather alert. Rain moved into the region tonight and it will be around for a while. Thats right, heavier showers will arrive tomorrow and they might just affect your morning commute. Lets get right to sue palka to find out exactly how long the rain will be sticking around. That rain will be here for the morning commute so you may need to plan extra time. But we will see rounds of rain so it doesnt \rain\reign\ all day tomorrow and you know this warm air you felt today that is still around tonight, we topped out in the low 60s today, guess what, its going to be even warmer tomorrow and even overnight temperatures are going to stay mild. Ive got to tell you the rain that is coming is being pushed ahead of a frontal boundary that is absolutely going to snowplow into this area with another big batch of really cold air. Were still 57degree s here at 11 00 and you can see detroit is 25. But as close bias chicago where the front has just gone through now the temperature has dropped to 25. Mi