Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Tag: Healthcare Access

Trump rule narrows Medicaid exemptions as work requirements move toward nationwide...

A new CMS rule implementing Republican-backed Medicaid work requirements adopts a stricter definition of medical frailty, raising concerns that millions of low-income Americans could face new bureaucratic hurdles to maintaining health coverage.

Senators probe Equifax over plans to profit from Medicaid and SNAP...

Warren, Wyden, and Sanders are demanding disclosures from Equifax as new federal work requirements threaten to strip healthcare and food assistance from millions while expanding the company’s already dominant income verification business.

New poll shows Medicaid cuts could cost GOP senators support—even from...

As Republicans push a bill that could strip healthcare from millions, new polling reveals deep concern among GOP voters, including Trump supporters, about slashing Medicaid to fund tax breaks.

House Republicans advance massive budget bill with Medicaid cuts and tax...

GOP lawmakers pushed a sweeping bill forward in a rare Sunday vote after cutting a backroom deal with far-right Republicans to fast-track deeper Medicaid cuts and slash food aid—while offering permanent tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations.

GOP Medicaid cuts would drop millions from coverage while boosting tax...

New Republican plan could strip 8.6 million Americans of healthcare while permanently enriching the ultra-wealthy through revived 2017 tax breaks.

A murder on the streets has fear rising in the suites

A gunman murdered the chief executive of a corporate insurance powerhouse that regularly registers hefty profits denying health help to sick people who desperately need it.

GOP’s federal trifecta and the looming threat to U.S. healthcare

What’s next for healthcare? GOP’s agenda signals cuts and higher costs.

GOP states reject USDA’s summer food aid for children

USDA's summer food aid meets political resistance, risking nutrition for over a million children.

Historic ruling in Wisconsin: a beacon of hope for abortion rights...

Wisconsin judge's ruling against 1849 anti-abortion statute marks a pivotal moment in state's reproductive rights debate.

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Demolition of the White House East Wing. Photo: Sizzlipedia / CC BY-SA 4.0

Trump conned by his own worst enemy: himself – and the fixated lunacy of...

Thus do clear MAGA victims of an unjust economic system make themselves double marks from an even worse, more costly betrayer.
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington. Photo: Daderot

Supreme Court opens term with Boulder climate case against Exxon and Suncor

Justice Samuel Alito recused himself, which leaves open a 4-4 split that would let the Colorado ruling stand.
A pregnant woman. Photo: Elvis Huang / CC BY 3.0

Climate Change Is Becoming a Pregnancy Hazard Worldwide, Survey Finds

Extreme heat is increasingly threatening pregnant women and newborn babies, with it affecting the health of both women and infants.
Pigs in gestation crates. Photo: Humane Society of the United States / CC BY 3.0

Trump’s ‘New Era of Animal Welfare’ Excludes Almost All Farm Animals

The administration’s agenda expands protections for some, but still excludes almost all of the 10 billion land animals farmed for food in the U.S. each year.
A community health center in Lytle, Texas. Photo: USDA

Refugees and asylum seekers lose Medicaid eligibility as 2025 law provision takes effect

The Congressional Budget Office estimates the immigrant eligibility limits will leave 100,000 more people uninsured by 2034.