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“…the Medicare Advantage program has become an enormous cash cow for insurers, in large part because of the way they have rigged the risk-scoring system to maximize profits.”
Here is the Truth: Medicare Advantage Is Neither Medicare Nor an Advantage
Common Dreams | Wendell Potter | January 14, 2023
“It’s not clear which spending cuts House Republicans will push for in exchange for expanding the government’s borrowing authority later this year — but at least some say health care programs like Medicare and Medicaid should be on the table.”
Debt Ceiling Fight Looms Over Medicare, Medicaid
Axios | Peter Sullivan | January 13, 2023
“Lawsuit accuses the companies of using unlawful, unfair, and deceptive practices to aggressively hike the cost of the lifesaving drug.”
Attorney General Bonta Sues Nation’s Largest Insulin Makers, Pharmacy Benefit Managers for Illegal Practices, Overcharging Patients
State of California Department of Justice | Press Release | January 12, 2023
“This is a corporate agenda being promoted and accelerated by CMS….”
Privatization Scam Threatens to Replace Traditional Medicare Altogether by 2030
Truthout | John Geyman | January 11, 2023
“A half-million American families are wiped out every year so completely that they must lose everything and declare bankruptcy just because somebody got sick.”
Why Is the For-Profit Health Industry Like a Giant, Bloodsucking Tick?
Random Length News | Thom Hartmann | January 11, 2023
“…looking at the one in five families with mixed insurance coverage … one payer implementing a food insecurity intervention might not see the full return on investment because the intervention would benefit some enrolled in a different insurance plan.”
Food Insecurity, Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Costs $2.5K in Family Healthcare Expenditures
Patient Engagement | Sara Heath | January 10, 2023
“‘Your decision will cost taxpayers billions of dollars,’ Sanders wrote to Bancel…. ‘I find your decision particularly offensive given the fact that the vaccine was jointly developed in partnership with scientists from the National Institutes of Health, a U.S. government agency….’”
Sen. Bernie Sanders Urges Moderna Not to Hike Price of Covid-19 Vaccines
CNBC | Spencer Kimball | January 10, 2023
“…enrollment in Medicaid and other public sources of coverage was responsible for the overall increases in coverage at a national level.”
Employer-Sponsored Coverage Flatlined Even as Unemployment Rate Shrunk: Study
Fierce Healthcare | Frank Diamond | January 10, 2023
“Senior Biden officials are targeting an end to the emergency designation for Covid as soon as the spring….”
Biden Team Eyes End of Covid Emergency Declaration and Shift in Covid Team
Politico | Adam Cancryn | January 10, 2023
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