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 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
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? 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
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
Oregon Law Lets Physicians Control Decisions About Care By Carl Smith June 23, 2025
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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 By Zachary W. Schulz June 6, 2025 A few years ago, a student in my history of public health course asked why her
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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Trump administration gives personal data of immigrant Medicaid enrollees to deportation officials By Kimberly Kindy and Amanda Seitz June 14, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration this week provided deportation officials with personal data — including the immigration status — on millions of Medicaid enrollees, a move that could make it easier
