GOP funding cuts mean that more children will grow up with the lifelong implications of untreated illnesses.
Medicare
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The Stealth Assault on Medicare
Today on TAP: Democrats are making a budget stand over Trump’s cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. But Trump is also coming for the much larger Medicare program.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
UnitedHealth Has 2,694 Subsidiaries and Affiliates. Is It Too Big to Manage?
This behemoth conglomerate might just be too monstrous for its own good.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
GOP Wrecking Ball Slams Through Medical System
Hospitals are shutting down, slashing programs, and laying off staff. And the worst parts of the spending law haven’t even hit yet.
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Families Steel for Fight After GOP Health Care Cuts
The parents of medically complex children said that despair is not an option after Republicans passed deep cuts to home care.
Posted inPolitics
Republicans Are Cutting Medicare. Not Only Medicaid, Medicare.
Passage of the Big Beautiful Bill will force mandatory sequestration that will mean half a trillion dollars in Medicare cuts.
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Trump’s Sneak Attack on Medicare
For the first time, required pre-authorizations are coming to traditional Medicare.
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Medicare Fraud? Insider Trading? Another New CEO? Just a Normal Week at UnitedHealth.
While senators demand investigation of insider trading, the DOJ is reportedly looking into massive fraud.
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Trump’s Order to Cut Drug Prices Would Raise Drug Prices
The so-called ‘pill penalty’ fix is a corporate favor designed to increase the period where prescriptions are immune from price negotiations.
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Trump Opens the Door to More Medicare Advantage Fraud
Private insurance companies just got a massive boost to their payments through the program, while DOGE fires the people responsible for oversight.