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
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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
Modern Medicare vs. Single Payer
Bridging the Medicare Cost Gap: Knowing Your Options, The New York Times, Feb. 15, 2025, by Mark Miller
Medicare can cover most of your health care
USAID Attacked
U.S. Agency for International Development, Accessed Feb. 3, 2025
“This site can’t be reached”
U.S. Agency for International Development: An Overview, Congressional Research Service, Jan. 6, 2025
The
Trump Cripples US Foreign Health Aid
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid, The New York Times, Feb. 1, 2025, by Stephanie Nolen
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs
Ambitious Reforms of Current System: A Path to Single Payer?
From Laggard To Leader: Why Health Care In The United States Is Failing, And How To Fix It, Health Affairs, Jan. 22, 2025, by Donald