The VA may be the next government agency to go dark, if Pete Hegseth’s digital Rolodex is anything to go by.
Medicare
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Trump’s Big Choice on Drug Prices
By following through on Biden’s Medicare price negotiation program, he can take credit for prescription reductions. But Big Pharma doesn’t want that to happen.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
UnitedHealth’s K Street Army
The health care conglomerate keeps former Hakeem Jeffries staffers and a Trump White House aide on its payroll.
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How the AMA Undermines Primary Care
Federal regulators, under Democrats and Republicans alike, help them do it.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Health Care Rip-Offs, Globalization, and the Uncertain Future
Co-editor Robert Kuttner’s Best of 2024
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The VA’s Self-Made Dialysis Disaster
The agency has been getting played for years, but is reluctant to change.
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Congressional Drug-Pricing Reforms Upend Trump’s Strategy
He has typically allied with Big Pharma, pointing fingers at pharmacy benefit managers. But a bipartisan agreement could do away with that gambit.
Posted inTAP
How AARP Shills for UnitedHealthcare
Today on TAP: Why does the supposed advocate for the elderly steer them to the industry’s worst insurer?
Posted inPolitics
Social Security Advocates Wage Early Fight Against Cuts
As Republicans discuss slashing earned benefits, Social Security Works vows to publicly target any Democrat who joins the congressional DOGE caucuses.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Manhattan Medicare Murder Mystery
Only about 50 million customers of America’s reigning medical monopoly might have a motive to exact revenge upon the UnitedHealthcare CEO.