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“Up until now, a lot of discussions around moral injury have structured themselves to think about, okay, ‘within this clinic’ what might cause moral injury and what can we fix or within this hospital system … as opposed to like ‘in our healthcare system,’ what is causing this moral injury?” —Dr. Diljeet Singh
When Doctors Suffer Too:
The Hidden Crisis of
Moral Injury in U.S. Health Care
Featuring Diljeet Singh, MD
President
Physicians for a National Health Program
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Breaking News in Healthcare Reform
“Kennedy plans to dismiss all the members of the advisory panel because he views them as too ‘woke,’ the Wall Street Journal first reported, quoting people familiar with the matter.”
RFK Jr. Reportedly Plans to Fire Preventive Care Task Force
Axios | Adriel Bettelheim | July 28, 2025
“Twenty-five million Americans are about to pay more for their health care — in some cases, a lot more. … This would be a huge premium shock for many people, and would mostly dwarf any gains they’re getting from tax cuts in the Republican plan that just passed….”
A Massive Health Care Shock Is Coming
The Bulwark | Jonathan Cohn | July 27, 2025
“Earlier this year, The Wall Street Journal said federal officials had launched a civil fraud investigation into how the company records diagnoses that lead to extra payments for its Medicare Advantage, or MA, plans.”
UnitedHealth Says It Is Under a Federal Investigation and Cooperating
Associated Press | Tom Murphy | July 24, 2025
“California Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in the state, lost all federal funding this week under a preliminary court order that allows the money to be withheld while a larger legal dispute plays out.”
Planned Parenthood of California Loses $300 Million in Federal Funding Under Court Order
CalMatters | Kristen Hwang | July 23, 2025
“Rural communities are already at higher risk of suicide, with rates almost doubling over the past two decades. Already, rural communities are grappling with a shortage in mental health professionals, making them more vulnerable to losses compared with more urban areas, experts say.”
Medicaid Cuts Are Likely to Worsen Mental Health Care in Rural America
Stateline | Nada Hassanein | July 22, 2025
“In California on average, premiums are expected to increase by 66%, or $101, per month starting next year without subsidies, according to projections from Covered California. Lower-income people will see even higher increases because they receive more subsidies.”
How the GOP Budget Bill Will Affect the Cost of California Health Insurance
CalMatters | Kristen Hwang | July 22, 2025
“Robert Berenson, a fellow in the health policy division at the Urban Institute, a nonprofit research organization [said] ‘I don’t see any merit to this proposal at all. … Medicare Advantage is more costly [for the government]. Why put everyone into a more expensive plan? It would be terrible for taxpayers.’”
You Will Be Auto-Enrolled in Medicare Advantage and Locked in for Three Years Under This New Bill in Congress
MarketWatch | Jessica Hall | July 21, 2025
“Medicaid is a cornerstone of maternal healthcare, providing coverage for nearly two-thirds of women of reproductive age and financing 42 percent of all births in the United States…. [The ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’] drastically alters how Medicaid is funded. By capping provider taxes and limiting federal matching funds … the law weakens the financial underpinnings of maternal and postpartum care.”
You Must Have Your Baby, But Sorry, You Have No Insurance
Ms. | Allison Carmen | July 21, 2025
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