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![Complaints about unauthorized enrollment or plan-switching are not new but accelerated during the last open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-453041979-1-400x300.jpg)
Biden Administration’s New Rule Aims to Thwart Rogue ACA Sign-Ups
The changes are effective immediately, an unusually rapid move that may reflect the urgency of the problem.
![Medicare card over hundred dollar bill](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0718-medicare-400x300.jpg)
Project 2025 Takes Aim at Medicare and Medicaid
The plan instead pushes Medicare Advantage, which turns tax dollars into profits for private health insurers.
![Rep Sylvia Garcia holds a sign reading "REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM NOW" while speaking quietly to Teresa Leger Fernandez, standing beside her](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0710-texas-abortion-400x300.jpg)
TX Officials Don’t Know How Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers Spend Tax Dollars
But that hasn’t stopped the cash from flowing, as Texas leads the nation in funding for “crisis pregnancy centers.”
![A medical worker prepares medical equipment for surgery](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0703-medical-worker-400x300.jpg)
SCOTUS Ruling on Federal Power May Have Major Ramifications for Health Care
Experts say patients and providers should brace for more uncertainty and less stability in the health care system.
![Student protest against Katy ISD's transgender policy outside the school districts educational support complex on August 30, 2023 in Katy, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0629-Trans-Rights-texas-400x300.jpg)
Texas Supreme Court Says Parental Rights Don’t Extend to Gender-Affirming Care
The court ruled that parents only have the right to seek medical care for their children that is “legally available.”
![DiJuana Davis, with daughter Treasure Woodard, at home in Nashville, Tennessee. Davis is a plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit contesting the state’s Medicaid eligibility process. She and her children lost their coverage in 2019 after Tennessee launched a Deloitte-built eligibility system.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0628-m-400x300.jpg)
Error-Ridden Tech Plagues Millions of US Medicaid Recipients
Deloitte systems have generated incorrect notices to beneficiaries, sent paperwork to the wrong addresses, and more.
![Medical personnel inspect the wreckage of an ambulance after the Israeli army's attack in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on January 11, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0627-gaza-ambulance-400x300.jpg)
Israel Is Killing Gaza’s Medical Workers. This Doctor Saw the Results Firsthand.
The silence of the US medical establishment amid the genocide is manifest hypocrisy, says Yassar Arain.
![A medical worker prepares a patient for a leg x-ray](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0624-xray-hospital-400x300.jpg)
Los Angeles County Approves Medical Debt Relief for Thousands of Residents
The $5 million public health investment is estimated to help 150,000 residents and eliminate $500 million in debt.
![A clinic bed with various medical items is seen in an abortion clinic exam room](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0624-abortion-clinic-400x300.jpg)
US Saw Record Abortions in Year After Fall of “Roe” — But They’re Harder to Get
More people are opting for telehealth and abortion pills, but both are under fire in the courts and state legislatures.
![People hold signs reading "KEEP ABORTION LEGAL" and "SAFE ABORTION IS A HUMAN RIGHT" during a protest on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Cort building](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0624-scotus-protest-400x300.jpg)
2 Years After the End of “Roe,” We Must Demand More Than Its Restoration
The struggle for reproductive justice is about more than legal rights — it’s about bodily autonomy and access to care.