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Trump Administration's New Healthcare Plans Could Slap Families With $31,000 Deductibles
4+ hour, 55+ min ago (389+ words) Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz speaks as US President Donald Trump and US Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. in Washington, DC, on October 10, 2025. "Nobody wants that product," said one healthcare expert of the Trump administration's proposed plans. For perspective,…...
A $1.2 Trillion ‘Rip Off’: Report Spotlights Massive Scale of Medicare Advantage Fraud
4+ week, 1+ day ago (434+ words) Advocates hold signs during a news conference on Medicare Advantage plans in front of the U.S. Capitol on July 25, 2023 in Washington, DC. "These private insurer-run plans are more expensive AND lead to worse outcomes for patients," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal. "It's time…...
As Trump Claims He's Slashing Costs, Big Pharma Jacks Up Prices on 350 Drugs
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (354+ words) One critic charged that Trump's earlier deals with pharmaceutical companies "just nibble around the margins in terms of what is really driving high prices for prescription drugs in the US." Citing data from healthcare research firm 3 Axis Advisors, Reuters wrote…...
ACA Marketplace Previews Show Staggering Premium Spikes Due to GOP Subsidy Cuts
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (893+ words) US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) points to a display during a news conference following a weekly Democratic policy luncheon on Capitol Hill on October 15, 2025, in Washington, DC. "I might die if I stop going to the doctor," said one…...
Trump DOJ Gives Monopolist UnitedHealth a Green Light to Swallow Yet Another Competitor
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (522+ words) U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies at a Senate hearing on June 25, 2025. "As a result, Big Medicine will profit at the expense of vulnerable hospice patients, some of whom will pay with their lives, and the workers who care for them....
Trump's Health Cabal Will Worsen US Healthcare, Risk Millions of Patient Lives
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (1514+ words) Only six months into his second presidential term, Donald Trump has managed to disrupt, deplete and desecrate our nation's already broken health care system, risking millions of lives. A new report authored by Public Citizen Health Care Policy Advocate Eagan…...
The Fed Can Give States and Cities Money Power to Fund Essential Social Programs
8+ mon, 4+ day ago (472+ words) Just as it offers credit to banks at policy-dictated interest rates, the Fed can create credit facilities for states and cities at a policy rate that will further its mandate of price stability and maximum employment....