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“Black and Hispanic people were twice as likely as white people to lose Medicaid coverage due to administrative problems.”
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“If we help families survive rocky times rather than fall deeper into poverty, all of us benefit as a society….”
Imagine If the Fight Was Over How to Improve and Expand Medicare and Social Security — Not Destroy Them
Common Dreams | Sharvonne A. Walker | June 2, 2024
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Associated Press | Tom Murphy | June 2, 2024
“…Americans get charged $1,349 for a 28-day supply of Wegovy, while the same amount of the medication goes for $186 in Denmark, $137 in Germany and $92 in the United Kingdom.”
Millions of Americans Need Drugs Like Ozempic: Will It Bankrupt the Health Care System?
Medical Xpress | Karen Kaplan | May 31, 2024
“When George W. Bush and congressional Republicans (and a handful of bought-off Democrats) created Medicare Advantage in 2003, it was the fulfillment of half of Bush’s goal of privatizing Social Security and Medicare….”
It’s Obscene: Inside The Medicare Advantage Sham
MSN | Thom Hartmann | May 30, 2024
“The ban will only immediately affect UnitedHealthcare, which is the sole for-profit managed care organization with a Medicaid contract in the state.”
Minnesota’s Medicaid Program to Block For-Profit Insurers from Participation
Healthcare Dive | Rebecca Pifer | May 29, 2024
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Politico | Rachel Bluth, Alice Miranda Ollstein, Shia Kapos, Christopher Cadelago | May 28, 2024
“Medicare spends huge sums financing the dental, vision and other benefits offered by Medicare Advantage plans. A new government report sounds the alert about their potential misuse.”
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HEALTH CARE un-covered | Matthew Cunningham-Cook | May 28, 2024
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