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“So the average distance that one has to travel these days post-Roe falling is 250 miles one way. … So think about that, that you have to drive on average, 250 miles just to get health care.” —Julie Burkhart
Roe to Resistance:
Keeping Abortion Legal
in the Heartland
Featuring Julie Burkhart
CEO, Trust Women Foundation
President, Wellspring Health Access
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Breaking News in Healthcare Reform
“The forced exodus of highly skilled, highly educated researchers, scientists and professionals from the federal government is really just extraordinary. … It is going to take decades to rebuild.”
As RFK Jr. Defends Cuts to Public Health, Experts Warn of Devastating Effects That Could Haunt Americans for Decades
Fortune Well | Carolyn Barber | April 13, 2025
“As millions of retirees, persons with disabilities, and other beneficiaries try to cope with DOGE cuts to Social Security (website outages, inordinate wait times on the phone or in person, complete non-service for many), one group stands particularly vulnerable.”
Race Matters in the Fight for Social Security
LA Progressive | Andrew Moss | April 12, 2025
“The looming possibility of slashing Medicaid spending and not extending ACA subsidies has prompted a legislative scramble from Sacramento to Annapolis.”
Cash-Strapped States Panic Over End of Obamacare Subsidies
Politico | Kelly Hooper | April 9, 2025
“People don’t realise that Medicaid is more than just the insurance that you have. It actually helps fund our local hospitals and so we’re going to lose hospitals near us without Medicaid.”
Medicaid Recipients Demand That Congress Protect Healthcare Program
The Guardian | David Smith | April 8, 2025
“This billing led to an estimated $33 billion in additional payments to Medicare Advantage plans in 2021.”
Medicare Advantage Plans Squeezing Billions More From U.S. Government
The Purdue Exponent | April 8, 2025
“The more than 5% payment bump is an unexpectedly big win for UnitedHealth Group, Humana, CVS Health and Elevance, among other big insurers.”
Trump Gives Medicare Advantage a Big Pay Boost
Axios | Maya Goldman | April 8, 2025
“…the most threatened … work surrounds reviews of new biosimilars, which are seen as a way to increase lower-cost competition to branded biological drugs.”
FDA Cuts Threaten Medical Product Review Programs
Axios | Tina Reed | April 8, 2025
“The shareholders, members of the faith-based investor coalition the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, had hoped UnitedHealth would allow the proposal to come to a vote at its annual shareholder meeting in June. However, UnitedHealth moved to block it — twice….”
UnitedHealth Shareholders Withdraw Effort to Force Transparency on Coverage Denials
Healthcare Dive | Rebecca Pifer | April 7, 2025
“The reality of deep cuts to Health and Human Services hit home for many last week when half of the department’s 10 regional offices closed, leaving 22 states and five territories without a local point of contact for heating assistance, child care programs, Meals on Wheels and more.”
HHS Cuts Felt Locally as Regional Offices Close
Axios | Maya Goldman | April 7, 2025
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