Day 106: Deep breaths

Fallout from the Republican death panel bill dominated media discussion today. Apparently news of the vote was heard internationally, as the UN sent a warning to the Trump administration that it was in danger of violating international law.

• Essentially everybody in the health care business has condemned the bill. Remind me why we have experts again? Oh, that's right, so Republicans can ignore them.
• Trump met with Prime Minister Turnbull of Australia. Apparently they got along. Trump was also caught praising the Australian health care system...
• Trump has proposed a 95% cut to the budget for the drug control office, which leads the fight against America's opioid epidemic. After campaigning on addressing the issue, it appears the best the administration can muster is a new "war on drugs", because the first one worked so well.