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The next step of site-neutral, and a fiery PBM hearing 52%
By Bob Herman69%
7/20/2026, 2:38:04 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 15 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Emotion, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 52.7% saturation with 116 hits. Analysis detected 507 faulty-reasoning hits from 220 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 52% and a BS Rank of 52% (9,075 of 18,915 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 52.00% of the article peer group.
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The most consequential policy in Medicare’s recent outpatient rule is the cuts to drugs that hospitals get under the 340B discount program.
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By Bob Herman
July 20, 2026
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