Healthcare Costs & Affordability - The high cost of housing and raising a family are major economic concerns for constituents [1] - Americans are struggling with everyday kitchen table issues, and politicians should address both these and issues like corruption [2] - Republicans voted to take away doctors and basic healthcare services from Americans, especially those in rural states, and are slashing food assistance for children [4][5] - These cuts are going to tax cuts for billionaires and corporate welfare for multinational corporations, particularly oil companies [6] - The current system represents the single largest transfer of wealth in American history from the middle and working class to the top 1% and billionaires [7] - Removing a trillion dollars from the healthcare system will impact everyone, leading to hospital closures and healthcare practitioners leaving the profession [7][8][9] - Healthcare is in a crisis state, and additional cuts for tax cuts will lead to longer wait times and delays [11][12] - Private insurance companies are denying coverage, causing delays similar to single-payer systems like Canada's, while making billions of dollars [13][14][15] - The Biden administration made progress in negotiating lower pharmaceutical prices in Medicare, while a potential Trump administration tariff could increase drug costs by 15% [22][23] - The Inflation Reduction Act fixed the price of insulin at $35 a month and allowed the government to negotiate with big pharma [25] Healthcare System Reform - The current healthcare system is vastly inefficient, with the US spending more per person for worse outcomes than other countries [19][20] - Reform is needed to provide access for everybody, potentially through a single-payer system [21] - The Democratic party stands for quality affordable healthcare [19] Gaza Humanitarian Crisis - There needs to be a massive surge of food aid to Gaza immediately [28] - The food aid distribution system is failing terribly and needs to change, relying on independent humanitarian organizations instead of military and paid contractors [31]

Dr. Mehmet Oz, now head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, lays it out plain: healthcare isn’t just a cost, it’s an investment to win the future. Want to fix Medicare, Medicaid, and save America trillions? Dr Oz says get people healthy, working, and off government dependency. On Decoding Retirement, Dr. Oz tells host Bob Powell that he is cutting waste within Medicare and Medicaid - and demanding results. He backs work requirements as common sense and insists medical debt must be tackled throu ...

There are more than 18 million Americans over the age of 65. Most of them have low income. Most of them are threatened by illness and medical expenses that they cannot afford.And through this new law, Mr. . President, every citizen will be able in his productive years when he's earning to ensure himself against the ravages of illness in his old age. This insurance will help pay for care in hospitals, in skilled nursing homes, or in the home.That was President Lyndon B. Johnson speaking at the signing ceremo ...

UnitedHealth Group is responding to criminal and civil requests from the US Department of Justice about its Medicare practices, the company said, confirming reports of probes that surfaced over the last two years https://t.co/c8EbITweAE ...

Morning everyone. Honored to be joined today by Whip Katherine Clark and caucus chair Pete Aguilar as we prepare to depart for the August district work period. The Trump administration and House Republicans have been a complete and total failure.These MAGA extremists promised that they were going to lower costs in the United States of America. In fact, they promised the American people that costs would go down on day one. But costs haven't gone down.They are on the way up. Inflation is up. It's the quality ...

From @WSJopinion: Medicare and Medicaid fail a basic scientific test. The programs don’t do what they claim to. If they were drugs, regulators would pull them from the market, writes @mfcannon. https://t.co/nmTZxMBQMF ...

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Welcome back to the exchange. It's been rough and rougher for the health care sector lately. It's down 11% over the past year, while the S&P has gained 14.That's 25 points of underperformance. And my next guest says this is the worst the sector has traded ever. And it's time to joining me now is Jared Holtz.He's the healthc care sector strategist at Missou. I love the honesty, Jared, because you must be frustrated more than anyone. What has been the latest in this cascade of bad news.For sure. Um, very frus ...

Humana lost its lawsuit seeking to reverse cuts to its Medicare bonus payments, a blow for the insurer that had hoped the court would restore billions in revenue https://t.co/ODzGjwKMcT ...

Medicaid Overview - Medicaid covers nearly a quarter (25%) of Americans and costs over $800 billion [1] - Medicaid initially started small but has expanded significantly over time [1][5] - Medicaid's funding logic, involving federal assistance to states, has made it both contentious and prone to expansion [6] - Each state's Medicaid program is unique, tailored to its population [7] Healthcare Coverage in the US - Most working-age adults obtain insurance through employers, while others rely on public programs like Medicaid and Medicare [9] - The Affordable Care Act (ACA) created the healthcaregov marketplace, offering tax credits to make insurance affordable for those ineligible for Medicaid but lacking employer coverage [10] - The US healthcare system is described as "patchwork," with recent years seeing record lows in the number of uninsured individuals [10] Potential Impact of Policy Changes - Proposed changes are estimated to cause 87 million (8700000) people to become uninsured due to work requirements and administrative barriers [11] - An estimated 42 million (4200000) people could lose coverage because tax credits for the marketplace are not being extended, making it unaffordable [11] - Medicaid has grown to fill gaps in employer-based coverage, but this gap is now expected to widen [12]