An Open Letter to Anyone Who Might Find Themselves Uninsured By Rachel Madley, PhD August 18, 2025 Dear Friend, If you’ve never been uninsured, I hope you never have to feel what it’s like. It’s not just stressful, it’s terrifying. When you live with a condition like Type 1 diabetes, losing coverage can […]
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Health leaders launch new Latino-focused data hub to combat NIH budget cuts By Fernanda Figueroa, Associated Press August 28, 2025 A national group of Latino public health leaders this week announced the launch of a new research institute, which they say is a response to the hundreds of millions in federal funding cuts related
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Cannibalism At The Pharmacy Counter By Joey Rettino and Wendell Potter August 27, 2025 UnitedHealth Group’s latest $3.3 billion mega-purchase of home health and hospice giant Amedisys will come with strings attached. Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice and four state attorneys general announced that UnitedHealth must sell off 164 home health and
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Cannibalism At The Pharmacy Counter By Veronica Riccobene August 29, 2025 Just days after CVS Caremark was slapped with a $290 million fine for defrauding Medicare, bankruptcy trustees representing Rite Aid sued the pharmacy benefit manager for nearly twice that amount for allegedly operating an unlawful and anticompetitive prescription drug profit “scheme.” The new
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Proposed Law Would Mandate Automatic Enrollment Into Medicare Advantage By Diane Omdahl July 8, 2025 “H.R. 3467, To amend title XVIII to reform the Medicare Advantage program,” was introduced on May 15, 2025. This bill would automatically enroll millions of people into a Medicare Advantage plan they didn’t choose and then lock them there
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Looming Medicaid cuts could hurt Black children, advocates warn By Cheyanne M. Daniels August 19, 2025 Advocates are warning the Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law will disproportionately harm Black women and children who depend on the program, worsening already disparate health outcomes among Black Americans. Although Black people
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Revealed: UnitedHealth secretly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers By George Joseph May 21, 2025 UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest healthcare conglomerate, has secretly paid nursing homes thousands in bonuses to help slash hospital transfers for ailing residents – part of a series of cost-cutting tactics that has saved the company millions, but
Medicaid Cuts Could Leave Millions of Black People Without Care By Brandon Tensley and Candace Y.A. Montague May 19, 2025 Arlita Walker lives a fairly quiet life in southwest Memphis, Tennessee. The 60-year-old grandmother was employed with Federal Express for 15 years while she also raised her daughter. But when the toll of lifting
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