Tag: Medicaid
Medicaid purge has now impacted at least 2.1 million people—including many...
"States like Florida and Arkansas are weaponizing the bureaucracy against the poor and revoking healthcare for millions, the vast majority for incomplete paperwork."
‘Enormous policy failure’: states throw hundreds of thousands—including many children—off Medicaid
"We knew this was coming," wrote one policy expert. "But we still treat these burdens like they're unavoidable natural disasters."
Medicaid Cutoffs: an America horror story
Some 15 million Americans on Medicaid are now being thrown off the program. No elected official should stand for this.
15 million people could lose coverage as nightmarish Medicaid ‘purge’ begins
"I feel sick," said one physician. "Medicaid is not enough: we need seamless, lifelong universal care now."
Despite coronavirus threat, Americans for Prosperity still leads fight against Medicaid...
Coronavirus or not, AFP’s opposition to health care for the poor and working poor remains resolute.
Former healthcare executive pleads guilty to bribing state senator
“Raveendran’s plea based on his egregious criminal conduct underscores our decision to charge him initially for Medicaid fraud following our extensive investigation involving millions of documents.”
Why Trump’s goon in charge of Medicare and Medicaid should resign...
Seema Verma’s attacks on Medicare and Medicaid, along with her close involvement in the Trump administration’s efforts to weaken and destroy the Affordable Care Act, have hurt Verma’s public image.
Supreme Court denies cert in Planned Parenthood case, lower court rulings...
Planned Parenthood was pleased with the Supreme Court's ruling and called it a "win for patients in Louisiana and Kansas."
Trump admin targets immigrants using food stamps & Medicaid & puts...
The draft regulation was unveiled Saturday and has been widely condemned for its cruelty and potential impact on millions of U.S.-born children of immigrant parents.
Bernie slams McConnell’s efforts to end defense and non-defense spending parity
“When history looks back on this period, I do not want people to see a U.S. Congress which worked overtime to protect billionaires and large corporations but turned its back on providing health care to vulnerable children.”
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Trump fights court order to fully fund SNAP for 42 million Americans
A federal judge ordered the administration to fully fund November SNAP benefits for 42 million people as the Justice Department appealed, while analysis shows the partial-payment plan would cut average aid by 61 percent and leave millions with nothing.
Utah’s 1,300-bed homelessness “accountability center” tests Trump-era crackdown
Planned for 16 acres on the edge of Salt Lake City, Utah’s new homelessness campus would combine mass shelter, court-ordered treatment, and “work-conditioned housing.” Supporters call it a model of reform, while advocates warn it mirrors forced labor and internment.
Trump is running for a third term. SCOTUS will let him. Democrats have to...
How far the Democrats ultimately go in providing justice and accountability depends entirely on how much the American people push them.
The truth about kratom and its safety problems
"Depending on the amount of active ingredient in the product…taking kratom can be harmful," the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned people not to use kratom because of possible harm it can cause.
Only the ugliest American alone pulverizes domestic and overseas stability, the rarest of doomed...
As long as politics remains tawdry, brain-numbing entertainment, infected by hateful racist bugs, today’s already darkened age will grow darker before en-light-enment may return.