Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any size. Senate Republicans are under mounting pressure from doctors and medical associations to reject massive cuts to health care and food assistance as they rush to complete a...
Today’s decision by the Supreme Court is a big and potentially fatal loss for Planned Parenthood, America’s largest abortion provider. Scanning the headlines about this decision, Axios’ gets it right: “Supreme Court ruling on patients rights’ could devastate Planned Parenthood.” The case decided today is called Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and it arose...
Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. Republican efforts to restrict taxes on hospitals, health plans, and other providers that states use to help fund their Medicaid programs could strip them of tens of billions of dollars. The move could shrink access to health care...
New survey data out Friday shows that Republicans are wrong if they remain unconcerned about public sentiment as it relates to the evisceration of Medicaid or healthcare support systems that would result from passage of their colossal legislation now making its way through Congress — a bill that, if passed, would see coverage stripped from...
Er, excuse me, “undocumented citizens.” Because that oxymoron is the latest edition of Newspeak from the open-borders elite who desperately cling to the belief that people want entitlements drained for illegal aliens. Bakari Sellers sent out the memo on this Ministry of Truth terminology change on CNN last night, right after scolding Scott Jennings over...
Part of the Series Fighting for Our Lives: The Movement for Medicare for All As congressional Republicans muscle forward a budget bill that would strip health care away from millions of Americans, Democrats have been united in their formal opposition: No cuts to Medicaid, no cuts to SNAP, and no work eligibility requirements. “Our message...
Democrats keep screaming about the cuts to Medicaid in the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill,” and the Pravda Media tends to present very little concrete information on exactly where the cuts are coming from. Sure, we hear that 7-8 million people will lose their Medicaid benefits, but aside from that sounding pretty bad, what exactly does...
Mike Johnson said that people raising alarm about Medicaid cuts are “complaining.” Republicans are mocking and belittling Americans who have expressed concerns that they are going to lose Medicaid coverage under the party’s major legislative push that puts tens of millions of people at risk of losing that crucial lifeline. In recent statements, Republicans have...
The GOP’s reconciliation bill includes cuts to anti-poverty programs that help save tens of thousands of lives yearly. A Republican senator has dismissed her constituents’ concerns that the GOP’s sweeping cuts to Medicaid could kill people by saying that “we all are going to die” in a comment on Friday. As Iowa Republican Sen. Joni...
Trump also touted his push for an annual $1 trillion military budget during a West Point commencement address. U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday bragged to West Point’s graduating class that he has refused to cut Pentagon spending and touted his push for an annual military budget of $1 trillion, arguing that other programs should...
The reconciliation bill is a “redistribution of resources from struggling Americans to the Pentagon,” an expert said. The over $150 billion allocated for boosting militarization in the U.S. in Republicans’ reconciliation bill could, instead, be used to keep millions of people enrolled in Medicaid and food assistance programs, a new report finds. According to a...
Democrats are having screaming fits about Republicans cutting Medicaid benefits for illegal aliens, who are costing tens of billions of dollars. Also: Democrat governors are cutting millions of illegal aliens off of state Medicaid and other health insurance programs because they are costing tens of billions of dollars and thus making providing healthcare for citizens...
Roughly 36 percent of Americans are enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid, meaning their sensitive data could be targeted. This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced plans to develop a “real-world data platform” using Medicare and Medicaid records to investigate “the root causes of autism.” The announcement comes after officials previously...
PDF metadata revealed a letter circulated in the House was written by Paragon Health Institute President Brian Blase. A letter that a group of 20 far-right House Republicans released earlier this week as part of a campaign in support of slashing Medicaid appears to have been authored by the head of a research institute with...
As congressional Republicans consider slashing the federal safety net to fund tax giveaways for the wealthy, polling published Thursday by KFF shows that a large majority of Americans oppose cuts to health programs, including Medicaid. The research group asked respondents about potential funding cuts for various programs, and found that 84% oppose cuts to Social...