Right now in the US, more than a million mothers are pouring energy and money into trying to care for incarcerated sons.
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Mothers of Imprisoned Sons Struggle Emotionally and Financially With No Support Read Post »
Last week, Max, a trans man in North Carolina in his twenties—and my childhood friend—got top surgery. “I didn’t cry when I saw the results because it just looks like how I feel it should,” Max wrote in an email. He cried later, he said—when he realized he’d been able to “build a body I […]
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For Trans People on Medicaid, Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” Is Anything But Read Post »
The former Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra said the Trump administration’s explanations of how fake studies wound up cited in Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s “Make America Health Again (MAHA)” report is “BS.” “We have an obligation to protect the health of the American people, and to be silent […]
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“BS”: Former HHS Secretary Blasts White House Defense of False Citations in MAHA Report Read Post »
In the months since Trump was reelected, US doctors have shown skyrocketing interest in becoming licensed in Canada.
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Canada Sees Record Numbers of US Doctors Crossing the Border Read Post »
The family received a letter last month stating that their legal status had been terminated.
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Trump Admin Wants to Deport 4-Year-Old Who May Die If She Loses Medical Care Read Post »
In 2022, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox was the rare Republican governor who seemed to truly care about the well-being of transgender kids. “I don’t understand what they are going through or why they feel the way they do. But I want them to live,” he wrote in a letter that year, explaining why he was […]
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Utah Study on Trans Youth Care Extremely Inconvenient for Politicians Who Ordered It Read Post »
In the early morning hours on Thursday, after an all-night session of tense negotiations, House Republicans narrowly passed President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic policy package. In addition to the largest cuts to Medicaid in US history, the bill contains provisions that have alarmed health care advocates since they first showed up in earlier versions of […]
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Republicans Snuck Two Devastating Health Care Measures Into Trump’s Megabill Read Post »
On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration announced that Covid booster shots will be limited to people over 65 and those with pre-existing health conditions that would put them at higher risk of acute complications. The FDA’s move is not surprising, given that Trump-appointed Covid contrarians Vinay Prasad, the director of the Center for Biologics […]
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FDA to Cut Covid Booster Access, Excluding In-Home Carers Read Post »
GOP hardliners are reportedly pursuing an end to states’ Medicaid expansions and an earlier start to work requirements.
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Proposed Budget Bill Boasts Historic Medicaid Cuts. Some Republicans Want More. Read Post »
Earlier this month, the Trump administration scored seemingly positive headlines when it asked a federal court to dismiss a case brought by three Republican states seeking to restrict telehealth access to mifepristone, the first of two drugs used in a medication abortion. Several news outlets claimed in headlines that the administration would “defend” access to […]
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RFK Jr. Is Coming for Abortion Pills Read Post »
The contentious plan to defund Planned Parenthood, included in the Republican-backed reconciliation bill that would slash millions in Medicaid funding, would cost taxpayers $300 million over the next decade, according to a leaked preliminary estimate compiled by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The news comes as House Republicans have doubled down on the proposal […]
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The GOP’s Plan to Defund Planned Parenthood Would Add $300 Million to the Deficit Read Post »
Within the first few minutes of Tuesday’s House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on planned Republican Medicaid cuts—which would render more than 8 million Americans uninsured—a contingent of protesters entered the room in Washington, DC’s Rayburn Building where members of Congress had gathered. The protesters, shouting “No cuts to Medicaid!” represented groups including the […]
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25 Arrested While Protesting GOP Medicaid Cuts Read Post »
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