While the Trump administration remains committed to repealing Obamacare, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar has additional ideas for how to boost health care in the United States. In an exclusive interview with The Daily Signal’s Genevieve Wood, he shares his thoughts. Plus: A new study indicates adults are spending over 11 hours a day engaged in media.

We also cover the following stories:

  • A new rule from the Trump administration will give consumers the ability to buy short-term health care plans, which should help with health care costs.
  • In July, 219,000 jobs were added.
  • Vice President Mike Pence reaffirmed that Russia had meddled in the 2016 elections, although he stressed there was no evidence they had changed votes.
  • Three new court rulings said blueprints for 3D guns cannot be online.
  • A universal basic income pilot program in Canada has been scrapped as “not sustainable.”

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