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Doctors Warn Medicaid Cuts in Senate Budget Bill Will Kill Their Patients
Protests against Medicaid cuts continued on June 25, which led to the arrests of 60 activists at the Senate.
Senate Parliamentarian Rejects GOP Reconciliation Bill’s Anti-Abortion Provision
The provision violates the Byrd Rule, which restricts non-budgetary items from appearing in reconciliation bills.
SCOTUS Allows South Carolina to Block Planned Parenthood From Accepting Medicaid
The decision threatens health care access for hundreds of thousands and sets a dangerous precedent in other states.
GOP Proposals for Tax Restrictions May Defund States’ Medicaid Programs
The loss of revenue could shrink access to health care for some of the nation’s poorest and most vulnerable people.
RFK Jr. Poses a Threat to Vaccine Policy. Here’s How Doctors Are Preparing.
Physicians are taking joint actions and figuring out how to give patients reliable information amid the uncertainty.
Critics Decry SCOTUS Ruling Upholding Tennessee’s Ban on Gender-Affirming Care
The ruling will likely have widespread implications, affecting similar bans in over two dozen states nationwide.
The FDA Allowed Contaminated Factories to Send Drugs to the US
Medications that otherwise would’ve been banned went to unsuspecting patients across the US, including some with cancer.
Senate GOP Budget Draft Proposes Even Bigger Cuts to Medicaid Funding
The Senate Finance Committee text goes even further than the House version in its attacks on the program.
New Rules Let Veterans Affairs Doctors Refuse to Treat Democrats, Unmarried Vets
Doctors can also be barred from working at VA hospitals based on marital status, party affiliation, or union activity.
GOP Budget Puts at Least 200 Planned Parenthood Clinics Nationwide at Risk
People who use Medicaid make up half of the total patient volume nationwide for the clinics’ health care services.