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‘It’s harsh. It’s mean, brutal’: Trump bill to cause most harm to America’s poorest [The Guardian]

‘It’s harsh. It’s mean, brutal’: Trump bill to cause most harm to America’s poorest By Steven Greenhouse July 3, 2025   Last November, Donald Trump made a solemn vow to all Americans: “Every citizen, I will fight for you, your family and your future every single day.” Eight months later, Trump is vigorously backing many […]

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Medicaid cuts: The how and why [Your Local Epidemiologist]

Medicaid cuts: The how and why By Katelyn Jetelina July 9, 2025   Last week, Congress passed the largest federal healthcare cuts in U.S. history, with nonpartisan modeling suggesting $1 trillion in cuts over the next decade. This represents the most significant change to our healthcare system since the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

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CMS is Trying to Expand Prior Authorization in Traditional Medicare Even Though All Data Points Say That’s a Bad Idea [HEALTH CARE un-covered]

CMS is Trying to Expand Prior Authorization in Traditional Medicare Even Though All Data Points Say That’s a Bad Idea By Rachel Madley July 7, 2025   Just before the holiday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a new model to test the expansion of prior authorization in traditional Medicare – and using

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Proposed changes to Medicaid, other health programs could lead to over 51,000 preventable deaths, researchers warn [Yale School of Public Health]

Proposed changes to Medicaid, other health programs could lead to over 51,000 preventable deaths, researchers warn By Alison Galvani, PhD June 3, 2025   In a letter to ranking Senate leaders, public health and policy researchers at Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania warn that provisions in the House-passed federal budget reconciliation bill could

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DOJ’s Largest Health Care Fraud Takedown Ever Should Make Us Ask: Why Is Our System So Easy to Exploit? [HEALTH CARE un-covered]

DOJ’s Largest Health Care Fraud Takedown Ever Should Make Us Ask: Why Is Our System So Easy to Exploit? By Wendell Potter and Joey Rettino Jul 03, 2025   After a two year investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice announced what it called the largest coordinated health care fraud takedown in its history — 324

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Arkansas Bans PBMs from Owning Pharmacies, Escalating Scrutiny of Vertical Integration in Pharmacy Distribution [White & Case]

Arkansas Bans PBMs from Owning Pharmacies, Escalating Scrutiny of Vertical Integration in Pharmacy Distribution By Rahul Rao May 29, 2025   In a first-of-its-kind move, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has enacted legislation prohibiting pharmacy benefit managers (“PBMs”) from owning or operating pharmacies within the state. The law—Act 624—takes effect on January 1, 2026, and

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US health care is rife with high costs and deep inequities, and that’s no accident – a public health historian explains how the system was shaped to serve profit and politicians [The Conversation]

US health care is rife with high costs and deep inequities, and that’s no accident – a public health historian explains how the system was shaped to serve profit and politicians By Zachary W. Schulz June 6, 2025   A few years ago, a student in my history of public health course asked why her

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Republicans Are Turning on Medicare Advantage [HEALTH CARE un-covered]

Republicans Are Turning on Medicare Advantage By Wendell Potter June 17, 2025   UnitedHealth Group and the other insurance giants running the Medicare Advantage (MA) program might want to start paying attention to something they haven’t worried much about before: growing skepticism from Republicans.   Until recently, efforts to reform MA — a privatized version

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