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“Millions of people are going to be hungrier, sicker, and dead
so that billionaires can buy another golden yacht.”
– Alex Lawson, Social Security Works
Could Trump’s GOP Budget
Cuts Kill Medicaid?
Featuring Alex Lawson
Social Security Works
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Breaking News in Healthcare Reform
Snippets of news & commentary with a special focus on
health policy, Medicare for All & California
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“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spent decades as an outsider railing against federal health authorities. His entire Make America Healthy Again movement is based largely on undermining the scientific and public health messaging from the federal government….”
Five Pressing Questions as RFK Jr. Takes HHS Reins
The Hill | Nathaniel Weixel | February 17, 2025
“The cuts have raised questions about the extent of the impact on public health.”
Mass Firings Continue Across Nation’s Health Agencies
Politico | Adam Cancryn, Megan Messerly, David Lim | February 16, 2025
“Thousands of people were laid off from health agencies on Friday….”
Musk’s Takeover of US Health Agencies Raises Pandemic Threat, Experts Warn
The Guardian | Melody Schreiber | February 15, 2025
“…we highlight the inherent complexities of the term ‘value’ as itself being ‘problematically value-laden’ with subjective judgements and biases. This allows stakeholders to exploit the term to further their pecuniary interests….”
What We Mean By ‘Values in Healthcare’: The Importance of Reaching a Consensus
Cureus | Joachim P. Sturmberg, Saadi Taher | February 15, 2025
“Still, the reductions outlined in Wednesday’s budget won’t cover the full size of the president’s tax plan, which is expected to cost $5 trillion to $11.2 trillion over the next 10 years.”
GOP Calls For $1.5T in Cuts, Much of Which Could Come from Healthcare
Healthcare Dive | Rebecca Pifer | February 13, 2025
“Loss of Medicaid coverage means people will be less healthy and their care will ultimately cost more.”
Republicans Target $880B in Healthcare Cuts; Hospitals Push Back
Becker’s Hospital Review | Alan Condon | February 12, 2025
“Some information gradually was put back up, at least in part. But public health experts raised alarms about things that remained missing.”
Federal Health Agencies Restore Webpages and Datasets Following Judge’s Order
Associated Press | Mike Stobbe, Kasturi Pananjady | February 12, 2025
“House Republicans are debating how deep they need to cut to pay for an extension of President Trump’s tax cuts and border enforcement funding, and how much political backlash they can endure.”
GOP Leaders Downplay Medicaid Cuts as They Seek $2T in Savings
The Hill | Nathaniel Weixel | February 11, 2025
“A key reason is worse rates among rural people for smoking, obesity and chronic conditions such as high blood pressure and heart disease…. What’s more, these same people live in areas where medical care is evaporating.”
Why Rural Americans Don’t Live as Long as Those in Cities
The Conversation | Elizabeth Currid-Halkett, Bryan Tysinger and Jack Chapel | February 11, 2025
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