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Statement on Governor Newsom’s 2025-26 May Revision By Mauricio Torres Jr. May 14, 2025   SACRAMENTO, CA — Following this morning’s release of Governor Newsom’s 2025-26 revised budget proposal, the California Budget & Policy Center (Budget Center), a nonpartisan research and analysis nonprofit, responded with the following statement from its executive director, Chris Hoene:   […]

Republicans advance bill with steep cuts to Medicaid as part of Trump agenda By Nathaniel Weixel and Emily Brooks May 14, 2025   Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced legislation Wednesday afternoon containing cuts to Medicaid and health care provisions — some of the most controversial and contentious provisions that will be

Medicare Scramble: Wall Street Wants Insurers to Dump Costly Seniors By Wendell Potter May 05, 2025   Wall Street is speaking loudly to Medicare Advantage insurers: If you want us to stick with you, keep dumping seniors who are pinching your profit margins.   Investors continue to punish UnitedHealth Group since the company downgraded its

National Nurses United urges passage of Medicare for All Act By National Nurses United April 29, 2025   Registered nurses with National Nurses United (NNU) are reaffirming their support for the Medicare for All Act, following the bill’s reintroduction in Congress today by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the U.S. Senate and Rep. Pramila Jayapal

Yet Another Political Blow: The Loss of Evidence-Based Contraceptive Care By Preetha Nandi, MD, MPH, and Angeline Ti, MD, MPH May 3, 2025   The ongoing purge of federal workers by the Trump administration has abruptly ended a major pillar for up-to-date, evidence-based information that clinicians across the U.S. and around the world rely on.

A Playbook to Protect Insurers’ Medicaid ATM By Wendell Potter May 1, 2025   The political debate over whether to cut Medicaid is heating up on Capitol Hill. Some conservatives are pushing for steep cuts, while other Republicans warn they won’t support anything that strips seniors, people with disabilities, or low-income Americans of coverage. One

For This Insurer, Breathing Now Comes With A Catch By Helen Santoro April 25, 2025   Madison, a 12-year-old from Illinois, visits a medical clinic every other week to get injections of Xolair, a powerful asthma and allergy medication. The drug helps protect her from severe asthma attacks as well as serious allergic reactions to

The Medicaid You Don’t Know You’re On: How Rebranding Hides Threats to Your Care By Wendell Potter and Joey Rettino April 30, 2025   On Capitol Hill, the clock is ticking. Republicans are racing to finalize numbers for President Trump’s tax plan and domestic policy agenda — and Medicaid, the health care lifeline for more

Fired, rehired, and fired again: Some federal workers find they’re suddenly uninsured By Andrea Hsu April 25, 2025   Danielle Waterfield was already dealing with the shock and disappointment of being fired from a job she loved.   An attorney recruited to the Commerce Department’s CHIPS for America program in 2023, Waterfield had felt she

White House eyes 30% HHS budget cut: 11 things to know By Madeline Ashley April 17, 2025   The Trump administration is looking to cut the HHS budget by around one-third in an effort that would dramatically scale back federal health programs, The Washington Post reported April 16.   The draft budget for HHS, obtained