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Sofia Hamilton

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Washington, D.C.
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Covers:  Health Care, Drug Policy, Housing, Welfare, Poverty
Senior Health Policy Analyst @AFPhq ★ Contributor @JoinYoungVoices ★ Alum @UnivMiami @TFASorg @CatoInstitute ★ Views My Own

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Sofia Hamilton’s Biography

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Sofia Hamilton is a Policy Analyst at Americans for Prosperity where she focuses on health care. Hamilton is also a Spokesperson for Young Voices. Previously, she was a Research Associate within the Cato Institute’s Department of Health Policy Studies where she focuses on issues related to health care, poverty, housing, and welfare programs. Sofia is a graduate from the University of Miami where she majored in Political Science and History and minored in International Studies and Sociology. Whi…

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Big Tobacco to the Rescue? FDA Delays Fuel Illicit Market and Stifle Innovation

Big Tobacco to the Rescue? FDA Delays Fuel Illicit Market and Stifle Innovation

“Big Tobacco” companies Helix Innovations and NJOY are suing the Food and Drug Administration, alleging that …

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Proposed rules by the VT Department of Health

Proposed rules by the VT Department of Health

Sofia Hamilton, Health Care Policy Analyst, AFP will talk about the new proposed rules by the VT Department o…

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Safe to Try: The Simplest Way to Accelerate Cures and Bring Down Prescription Drug Prices

Safe to Try: The Simplest Way to Accelerate Cures and Bring Down Prescription Drug Prices

The FDA's decades-old requirement that drugs prove "efficacy" before approval has slowed access to promising …

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250 Years of Freedom - Except in Health Care

250 Years of Freedom - Except in Health Care

As we celebrate 250 years of independence, it's time states let that freedom ring in health care, too. Repeal…

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These Patients Cannot Wait Another Year - NH Journal

These Patients Cannot Wait Another Year - NH Journal

The importance of strong Right to Try legislation has been recognized nationwide for some time. HB 1734 and H…

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LIVESTREAM: Young Voices Talks Drug Policy

LIVESTREAM: Young Voices Talks Drug Policy

​Join Young Voices commentators Layal Bou Harfouch, Sofia Hamilton, and Sam Raus for this virtual panel discu…

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What Mamdani gets wrong about the NYC nurses strike: State regulations, not greed, are the problem Original

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By Sofia Hamilton
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New York City Zohran Mamdani had a chance to pursue health care reform in the New York State Assembly. He didn’t take it. | (Derek French/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom) Nearly 15,000 New York City nurses have been striking since January 12, leaving operations at several major private hospitals severely reduced or altogether shuttered. Newly minted Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined the striking nurses on the picket line, blaming wealthy hospital executives for a health care system under strain.
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American Thinker

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By Sofia Hamilton
| American Thinker Verified
While hiking in California this summer, I stumbled on a holistic wellness shop serving a variety of tea-based drinks. The lovely woman working the counter ran me through the menu, noting the benefits of the unconventional ingredients, which ranged from reishi mushrooms to lapis lazuli. One of her best-selling drinks would open my heart chakra and another would open my third eye, she told me.
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FDA failures allow fake nicotine pouches to flood U.S. market Original

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By Sofia Hamilton
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FDA By refusing to approve safer nicotine pouches, regulators have turned gas stations into gray markets for knockoffs. | (Richard B. Levine/Newscom) The gas station across the street from my house in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., is filled with most of my guilty pleasures: energy drinks, candy, chips, and an entire wall of nicotine products—including many counterfeits. I'm a regular there and friendly with the manager.
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