Like Weekly News Roundup? Subscribe to our popular podcast Code WACK! and donate to support our work! New Code WACK! episode “Both as patients and as caregivers,we need to be really aware of what’s going onand we need to […]
“The House last week approved a Republican budget plan that could shrink Medicaid spending by $880 billion over 10 years, only partially paying for an extension of expiring tax cuts from President Donald Trump’s first term, plus some new ones he has promised, totaling as […]
“The Trump administration’s sudden firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees gutted training programs across the nation whose participants bolstered the workforce of state and local public health departments that for decades have been starved of resources.” CDC Firings Undermine Public Health […]
Like Weekly News Roundup? Subscribe to our popular podcast Code WACK! and donate to support our work! New Code WACK! episode “Toni Daniels was not admitted to the first two hospitals that she went to.She had polio. The nurses […]
“Ground ambulance services are operated by a hodgepodge of private and public entities — with no uniform structure, or regulatory oversight, for billing — and most function outside insurance networks. Patients don’t typically have a choice of ambulance provider.” A Runner Was Hit […]
“For years, a long-standing policy prevented federal immigration agents from making arrests at or near sensitive locations, including schools, places of worship, hospitals, and health centers. It was one of the first policies Trump rolled back in January, just hours after his inauguration.” Health Clinic […]
New Code WACK! episode “The average benefit on Social Security is $1,900 a month. It accounts for above 90% of some people’s income. So where’s the cut going to come from? Food? Rent? Prescription drugs?” — Alex Lawson, Social Security Works […]
“Unlike Democrats who view Medicaid as a way to ensure health care is affordable and accessible regardless of income, many Republicans in Washington see Medicaid as a broken and wasteful welfare program that’s grown too big and covers millions of adults who don’t deserve […]
“’If I had not fought tooth and nail every step of the way, my daughter would be dead,’ said Henderson, of Auburn, California, whose daughter eventually recovered and is now a thriving 20-year-old junior at Oregon State University. ‘You pay a lot of money […]