What's Better In The News With HIV Drugs, Monsanto, And Argentine Looting

    For the large part, before ObamaCare insurers required patients to pay only a flat copay- $10 to $50- for HIV drugs. Under ObamaCare insurers are requiring patients to pay 50 percent of the cost of the drug. This can amount to thousands of dollars, and for examples, Humana and Aetna are doing this in Florida already. Another problem is that insurers are putting HIV drugs, even the generic ones, on the highest tier, that is, charging the most for them. Fortunately, some 31 HIV and AIDS organizations  are asking Obama to look at these problems. This, again, is not what We, the People, were promised with ObamaCare.
    Monsanto is partnering with Novozymes  to cultivate microbes such as tiny fungi that will aid plants. This offers the potential of sidestepping genetically-modified (GM) seeds that many people are fearful will have adverse effects on humans in the future. As far as we are aware of, there has been no damage to date from GM plants, and no reason to think there will be.
    The looting has stopped in Argentina. It began in the  province of Cordoba about two weeks ago, and was stopped by the police only after they had been given a big raise. But from there, the looting spread to four other provinces. For example, hundreds of looters on motorcycles broke into a milk factory where the workers resisted the bikers but were overwhelmed. The looters sped away, laden with cases of milk. Looting has happened due to police protests and small strikes over wage increases in all twelve Argentine provinces. To stop the widespread theft, the government doubled the starting wage of a policeman to $1,300 a month.
  Peter Nickerson