“Trump’s war on science is an attack against anyone who has ever loved someone with cancer,” the Vermont senator said.
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Sanders Warns Trump’s $13.5 Billion Funding Cuts Will Imperil Public Health Read Post »
Sungida Rashid had no intention of taking an Uber to the birth of her first child. She’d never been one to take the easy route, and besides, she wanted to get things moving—and walking seemed the best way to do it. So on an overcast Sunday in October 2023, Sungida and her husband, Nabil Haque, […]
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Wall Street Gutted Steward Health Care. Patients Paid the Price. Read Post »
On Sunday, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) released budget reconciliation text that outlined extensive cuts to Medicaid planned by the Republican Party—which the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office promptly estimated “would reduce the number of people with health insurance by at least 8.6 million” nationwide. At least $715 billion would be cut […]
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GOP Unveils Sweeping, Brutal Medicaid Cuts Read Post »
The bill text is a section of the budget reconciliation package that the GOP hopes to complete as soon as Memorial Day.
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House Republicans Unveil Legislation to Kick Millions Off Medicaid Read Post »
On Wednesday, following controversy about inconsistencies in her résumé, President Trump withdrew his nomination of Dr. Janette Nesheiwat to become Surgeon General, and gave the nod to alternative medicine practitioner and author Dr. Casey Means. “Her academic achievements, together with her life’s work, are absolutely outstanding,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “Dr. […]
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Trump’s New Surgeon General Pick Wants to “Raise the Vibration of Humanity” Read Post »
For decades, American hospitals have been subject to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and to the Americans with Disabilities Act, landmark federal disability civil rights laws that guarantee equal access to health care. But Hickson v. St. David’s Healthcare Partnership, a case before the conservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, could upend those protections—giving […]
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The Case That Could Gut Disabled People’s Right to Equal Health Care Read Post »
Congress mandates expanded care for veterans, but tests of treatments for cancer, opioid addiction, and more are at risk.
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Internal VA Emails Reveal How Trump and DOGE Cuts Jeopardize Veterans’ Care Read Post »
PDF metadata revealed a letter circulated in the House was written by Paragon Health Institute President Brian Blase.
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Koch-Funded Group Authored House GOP Letter Demanding Medicaid Cuts Read Post »
Three months ago, Donald Trump’s administration issued an executive order attempting to stamp out standard-of-care medical treatments for transgender children. Doctors who provided such treatments would be prosecuted, it promised; hospitals would lose all federal funding. Buried in that order was a clause directing the top federal health agency to publish, within 90 days, a […]
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“An Anti-Trans Fever Dream”: HHS Publishes Attack on Gender-Affirming Youth Care Read Post »
Republicans are also considering cuts to and work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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3 in 4 Americans Oppose GOP Gutting Medicaid to Fund Tax Cuts for the Rich Read Post »
A Blue Cross Blue Shield policy will force some patients to self-inject medicine, with potentially dangerous results.
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One of the Largest Health Insurers Is Making It Harder to Get Asthma Medicine Read Post »
Sarah Kendzior discusses the Trump administration’s politics of disposability and the movement towards authoritarianism.
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By Refusing to Surrender Our Humanity, We Are Still Able to Fight Back Read Post »
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