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US President Joe Biden will deliver a scathing critique of Republican policies during a speech in Virginia Beach on Tuesday afternoon, in which he will warn of plans by the GOP to cut access to federal health care programs.

In his speech at the Kempsville Recreation Center, Biden will point to GOP proposals to repeal the Affordable Care Act and cut funding for Medicaid, two programs that nearly one in four Virginians rely on for coverage.

The speech comes just over a week ahead of the planned White House Presenting Biden’s fiscal 2024 budget to Congress while the White House and House Republicans continue to bicker over spending cuts and the debt ceiling.

Republicans have insisted that Biden cut spending under a deal to raise the debt ceiling — a proposal Biden will not negotiate. While he agrees that federal spending needs to be cut, he is vehemently opposed to tying it to the debt ceiling. Biden met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy at the White House earlier this month to discuss the issue, but no agreements were reached.

Removing the debt ceiling does not justify new spending; it allows the government to borrow more money to cover existing obligations. And since the federal government repeatedly spends more than it takes in from taxes, the legislature has to raise the debt ceiling periodically. Failure to raise the debt ceiling could cause the government to default and halt day-to-day operations, creating potential turmoil in markets and the economy.

The Treasury Department has already taken a number of extraordinary steps to continue paying the government’s bills and expects these measures will be enough to avoid a default until at least early June. But if Congress doesn’t raise or suspend the debt limit by then, it could wreak economic havoc around the world.

Biden has asked House Republicans to come up with their own budget proposal detailing the spending cuts they want before moving on to his. In Tuesday’s speech, the president will point to existing GOP proposals to argue that the party ultimately aims to slash those benefits.

With McCarthy yet to come up with a budget proposal, it’s unclear how many of the ideas Biden cited will be actively considered by the House GOP. McCarthy said cuts to popular Social Security and Medicare programs are “off the table” in any debt ceiling talks.

On average, men die younger than women in the United States.

According to CDC data, American women had a life expectancy of 79 years in 2021, compared to men who were only about 73 years.

“As long as records were kept in all countries, women outlived men,” said Amelia Karraker, a program officer at the National Institute on Aging. “For almost all major causes of death, men are more likely than women to die.”

The US has a higher rate of preventable deaths, measured as deaths before age 75, among males than any comparable country.

But it wasn’t always such a big gap between men and women. What became known as the “female advantage” emerged around 1890 and continued to grow throughout the 20th century, except for a dip during the 1918 flu pandemic.

This change over time suggests to researchers that life expectancy may have an environmental component. That means there are some steps we can take to help men live longer.

“Everyone, both men and women, benefits from a certain set of behaviors,” Karraker said. “Eating a healthy diet, being physically active, not smoking, drinking no to moderate alcohol, maintaining deep, supportive social relationships. These are things that benefit everyone, including men.”

“What is it about men’s socialization that they don’t participate in the healthcare system the way they should in order to prolong their lives?” said Darrell Bricker, global CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs and co-author of the book Empty Planet : The Shock of Global Population Decline”.

This gap in life expectancy can have serious consequences for society as a whole.

“If you make it to age 60-65, you can still expect to live quite a long time,” said Nari Rhee, director of the Retirement Security Program at the UC Berkeley Labor Center. “And I would say it’s a particular problem for women because women can expect to live longer, but they’ve had lower incomes, they’ve had more patchy careers because of caring, both for children and often for the elderly.”

This financial disadvantage for women could strain the federal safety net, particularly Social Security.

“Demographics really is destiny,” Bricker said. “When you change the shape of people, you change the shape of everything.”

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drug manufacturer Eli Lilly & Co. On Wednesday, it announced that it would reduce the prices of its most commonly prescribed insulins by 70% and limit monthly co-payments at certain retail pharmacies to $35 for people with private insurance.

Lilly will list its Lispro injection for $25 per vial effective May 1, and will drop the price of its Humalog and Humlin injections by 70% starting in the fourth quarter.

The announcement comes amid mounting federal pressure to reduce insulin costs. The Inflation Mitigation Act capped insulin prices for Medicare beneficiaries at $35 per month, but did not protect those with private or uninsured coverage from higher prices.

In President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, he called on Congress to cap insulin prices for everyone at $35 a month. Lilly said at the time that she supported extending the price cap to all Americans. Biden welcomed Lilly’s decision Wednesday and urged other drugmakers to follow suit.

Lilly said it will immediately cap the prime cost at certain retail pharmacies to $35 per month for people with private insurance. The company has a program that offers insulin to people who don’t have insurance for $35 a month. Those without insurance must visit Lilly’s website and download a discount card.

Lilly CEO David Ricks said in a statement that seven out of 10 Americans do not use the company’s insulin. He called on the government and employers to help make the cost of injections more affordable. Diabetes is a common condition that affects millions of Americans.

“That’s why I think this topic has been such a hot topic,” Ricks said in an interview with CNN. “And why insulin has become such a central issue in terms of drug affordability.”

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According to the American Diabetes Association, about 40% of people with diabetes have private insurance and 5% have no insurance. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, one in five diabetics who have private insurance pays more than $35 a month for insulin.

Congressional Democrats last summer pushed for a cap on insulin for people with private insurance to $35 a month, but Senate Republicans threw out the measure. Rep. Cathy Rodgers of Washington, the Republican chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, dismissed Biden’s February call to cap prices for everyone as “socialist” and “federal mandates.”