Tricia Neuman, Executive Director for Program on Medicare Policy at KFF, joins On The Record with Steve Scott to discuss how Medicare spent $5.7 billion on Ozempic and other diabetes drugs in 2022.

Tricia Neuman, Executive Director for Program on Medicare Policy at KFF, joins On The Record with Steve Scott to discuss how Medicare spent $5.7 billion on Ozempic and other diabetes drugs in 2022.

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ON THE RECORD: Medicare spent over $5 billion on Ozempic in 2022

SA: Steaming hot coffee and tasty pastries at the Pamplemousse Project in White Plains. But this is not your typical cafe. 

GK: We're a little special in that all our profits do go to charity.

SA: Owners Gary and Lydia Kris don't make a penny. They got the idea during Covid while volunteering at a food bank.

GK: seeing people in line that we knew was, sort of shook us to the core to some extent. We thought "Is there something we can do to give back to the community?" We were both business people and we thought, "Well what if we do a business like Newman's Own?"

SA: After they pay the bills, the profits go to local charities.

GK: So once a quarter we report to our loyalty customers how much did the cafe make. "Here's all the organizations that applied for grants on our website. Here's what they want the money for. You decide where it goes."

SA: They also use the cafe as a community gathering space and for education.

GK: We run a year-long entrepreneurship class in the White Plains public school system and use the cafe as a real-life example of how this all works. We do a lot of programming with the White Plains Youth Bureau -- financial literacy program, job training skills, those kinds of things.

SA: The hope is to pay it forward.

GK: When we originally came up with the idea, we were like "Is this something that is replicable? Can we do this in other communities that are diverse, that are wonderful communities but that have significant needs?"

SA: In White Plains, Sean Adams, WCBS 880 News.

SA: Steaming hot coffee and tasty pastries at the Pamplemousse Project in White Plains. But this is not your typical cafe. 
GK: We're a little special in that all our profits do go to charity.
SA: Owners Gary and Lydia Kris don't make a penny. They got the idea during Covid while volunteering at a food bank.
GK: seeing people in line that we knew was, sort of shook us to the core to some extent. We thought "Is there something we can do to give back to the community?" We were both business people and we thought, "Well what if we do a business like Newman's Own?"
SA: After they pay the bills, the profits go to local charities.
GK: So once a quarter we report to our loyalty customers how much did the cafe make. "Here's all the organizations that applied for grants on our website. Here's what they want the money for. You decide where it goes."
SA: They also use the cafe as a community gathering space and for education.
GK: We run a year-long entrepreneurship class in the White Plains public school system and use the cafe as a real-life example of how this all works. We do a lot of programming with the White Plains Youth Bureau -- financial literacy program, job training skills, those kinds of things.
SA: The hope is to pay it forward.
GK: When we originally came up with the idea, we were like "Is this something that is replicable? Can we do this in other communities that are diverse, that are wonderful communities but that have significant needs?"
SA: In White Plains, Sean Adams, WCBS 880 News.

DIFFERENCE MAKERS: Pamplemousse

Gotham Chopra, director of the documentary “Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story," joins Drive Time with Michael Wallace to celebrate the film's premiere on Hulu.



PHOTO: Jon Bon Jovi attends the UK Premiere of "Thank You and Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story" on April 17, 2024 in London, England. The documentary launches on Disney+ on 26th April. (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for Disney+)

Gotham Chopra, director of the documentary “Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story," joins Drive Time with Michael Wallace to celebrate the film's premiere on Hulu.
 
PHOTO: Jon Bon Jovi attends the UK Premiere of "Thank You and Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story" on April 17, 2024 in London, England. The documentary launches on Disney+ on 26th April. (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for Disney+)

DRIVE TIME: Bon Jovi documentary to premiere on Hulu

NY State Assembly Member Brian Cunningham joins Drive Time with Michael Wallace to outline a bill that would put enforcement cameras on street sweepers.



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NY State Assembly Member Brian Cunningham joins Drive Time with Michael Wallace to outline a bill that would put enforcement cameras on street sweepers.
 
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ON THE RECORD: Medicare spent over $5 billion on Ozempic in 2022

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