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Biden impeachment inquiry begins: Hunter traveled to at least 15 countries with VP dad on his official trips
In his opening statements in the House Republican impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., said Republicans have received “a mountain of evidence” implicating Biden in corrupt business dealings.
“President Biden has lied to the American people about his knowledge of and participation in his family’s corrupt business schemes. At least ten times. Joe Biden lied to the American people that he never spoke to his family about their business dealings,” Comer said.
Comer also said GOP-led investigations have uncovered how the Biden family created over 20 shell companies that raked in more than $20 million between 2014 and 2019: “Now what were the Bidens selling to make all this money? Joe Biden himself.”
“Joe Biden is the brand and Joe Biden showed up at least two dozen times with business targets and associates, sending signals of access, influence and power to those prepared to pay for it. The American people demand accountability for this culture of corruption” Comer added.
Among the evidence includes details of how Hunter Biden traveled on Air Force Two to Europe, Africa, Asia, Canada and Mexico after co-founding Rosemont Seneca Partners. Hunter co-founded Rosemont Seneca in 2009 with Devon Archer and Christopher Heinz, and took advantage of traveling with then-Vice President Joe Biden during his official trips to Europe, Africa, Asia, Canada and Mexico.
Fox News details specific trips of which Hunter Biden took advantage of his father’s official travels for the sake of his own business interests:
In April 2010, Hunter proposed meeting state officials in Serbia with his business associate Mark Doyle, who was a registered foreign agent for Serbia at the time, saying he could “catch a ride” with his father — “JRB” — during an official trip to Belgium and Spain.
“How about we go over around May 10th,” Hunter wrote in an email to Doyle. “JRB will be in Madrid and I can catch a ride with him and fly over to Serbia and back with you.”
Hunter requested Secret Service protection in Belgium during the time Biden was visiting from May 5 to May 7, 2010, according to records first published in a September 2020 report from Senate Republicans.
Years later, Biden ended up traveling to Serbia, and Hunter was scheduled to ride in the vice president’s limo upon their arrival in the Serbian capital of Belgrade on Aug. 16, 2016, according to emails.
Two days earlier, on Aug. 14, Hunter informed his associate, Serbian diplomat Vuk Jeremic, in an email that he would be in Belgrade and even invited him in the vice president’s motorcade.
Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, a longtime supporter of the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, is now acknowledging the unintended consequences of the healthcare legislation, particularly its impact on industry consolidation and rising healthcare prices.
Warren, who has been a vocal proponent of Obamacare, has recently had what the Wall Street Journal reported as an “epiphany” regarding the consequences of the healthcare law. In a letter addressed to the Health and Human Services Department inspector general, Warren, along with Senator Mike Braun of Indiana, expressed concerns about vertically-integrated healthcare companies potentially increasing prescription drug costs and evading federal regulations.
According to reports from Fox News, the bipartisan letter highlighted issues with the nation’s largest health insurers allegedly bypassing Obamacare’s medical loss ratio (MLR). According to Warren, these insurers, through vertical integration, have manipulated the system, leading to “sky-high prescription drug costs and excessive corporate profits.”
The senators detailed how conglomerates, like UnitedHealth Group, with ownership across various healthcare sectors, could inflate medical payments to pharmacies and, by realizing those payments on the pharmacy side, appear to comply with MLR requirements while retaining more profits.
Moreover, despite the Democrats’ argument that the MLR would benefit patients, it has incentivized insurers to merge with or acquire pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), retail and specialty pharmacies, and healthcare providers. This, in turn, has made healthcare spending less transparent, as insurers can allegedly shift profits to their affiliates by increasing reimbursements.
Warren, who has consistently voted against Obamacare repeal efforts, notably advocated for a “Medicare for All” proposal during her 2020 presidential campaign. Despite her prior support for the healthcare law, Warren’s recent concerns about its unintended consequences have raised questions about the long-term effects of Obamacare and its impact on the healthcare industry.
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