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 »
For over a decade, Americans with private health insurance have enjoyed free access to dozens of types of preventive health care: cholesterol medication, prenatal care, and many types of cancer screenings, as well as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), the “miracle drug” that prevents HIV infection. But on Monday, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in […]
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The Latest Supreme Court Case Targeting the ACA Comes from a Longtime Anti-Gay Activist Read Post »
On Wednesday, a leaked draft Health and Human Services budget document revealed, among other sweeping cuts to health- and disability-related services, that Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s department plans to defund protection and advocacy services for people with developmental disabilities—including autistic people, about whom Kennedy also spreads harmful disinformation. The budget document is a proposal, […]
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HHS Plans to Cut Funds Used to Investigate Abuse at Group Homes Read Post »
The US faces a critical gap in the health care workforce, below the projected need for an aging population.
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Doctor, Nurse Shortages Persist in Rural Areas Years After COVID Read Post »
For millions of disabled people, essential health devices known as durable medical equipment, or DME—think of CPAP machines or in-home dialysis equipment—help them both remain at home and stay alive. Donald Trump’s recent wave of tariffs, extremely broad in both the imports and countries they target, are still at a new 10 percent baseline in […]
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Tariffs Are About to Hit Lifesaving Medical Equipment Read Post »
For millions of disabled people, essential health devices known as durable medical equipment, or DME—think of CPAP machines or in-home dialysis equipment—help them both remain at home and stay alive. Donald Trump’s recent wave of tariffs, extremely broad in both the imports and countries they target, are still at a new 10 percent baseline in […]
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Tariffs Are About to Hit Lifesaving Medical Equipment Read Post »
“The options for health care — especially emergency care — for the people of Gaza are reduced to zero,” the expert said.
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UN Expert: Israel Has “Decimated” Gaza Health System, Leaving “Zero” Options Read Post »
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