Private equity in health care puts patients’ lives in danger, studies show, U.S. RIGHT TO KNOW, April 28, 2025, by Pamela Ferdinand
Private equity firms claim
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Medicare for All Act Reintroduced in Congress
Progressive Democrats Join Sen. Bernie Sanders’s Reintroduction of Medicare for All Act, Democracy Now!, Headline, Apr. 30, 2025
Democratic Congress members Pramila Jayapal and Debbie Dingell
US Mortality High & Strongly Linked to Wealth
Association between Wealth and Mortality in the United States and Europe, New England Journal of Medicine, April 2, 2025, by Sara Machado, et al
In the
Stand-Up for Simple Health Insurance
“Oh my God, like what is going on with the healthcare system?” or on YouTube, 1.5 minute video, April 15, 2025, by Darlene Bereznicki
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MA Insurers Reap $60 Billion from Premium Boost & Inflated Diagnoses
Summary: The 2026 CMS premium increase and a new study together highlight how Medicare Advantage plans fleece tens of billions from the government. Trump’s CMS
Poll Shows Rising Health Cost Insecurity
In U.S., Inability to Pay for Care, Medicine Hits New High, Gallup, April 2, 2025, by Dan Winters and Ellyn Masse
The percentage of U.S. adults
DOGE to Merge Federal Healthcare Funding Programs
DOGE Consolidating Healthcare Benefits, Intrepid News, April 1, 2025, by Dorough E. Sizdah
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed by Elon Musk, appears poised to consolidate
Hobbling Health & Human Services
HHS Announces Transformation to Make America Healthy Again, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, March 27, 2025
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and
Trump Abdicates US Leadership in Global Health
The US, the World Health Organization, and the Global Health Infrastructure, JAMA Health Forum, March 14, 2025, by Sandro Galea, M.D., Dr.P.H., Editor in Chief
The
US Punishes Cuba for Providing Foreign Medical Assistance
Cuba Sends Doctors, the US Sends Sanctions, JACOBIN, March 8, 2025, by Helen Yaffe
The United States calls Cuba’s medical internationalism “human trafficking” – but it’s
Trump Voters Seek Robust Government Role in Health Care
Republicans Once Wanted Government out of Health Care. Trump Voters See It Differently, KFF Health News, Feb. 27, 2025, by Noam N. Levey
Government regulation of
Looming Medicaid Cuts & Pushback
FLASH BREAKING: Major news on Republicans CUTTING healthcare, YouTube video (8 min), Feb. 25, 2025, by Brian Tyler Cohen
Liberal Redneck – On Gutting Medicaid and