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Idaho Legislature Moves Toward Restricting Gender-Affirming Care Funds
“This bill seeks to discriminate further against my trans and non-binary siblings,” one LGBTQ rights advocate said.
16 Million Americans Have Lost Health Care Coverage Since March 2023
We’re only halfway through the largest ever Medicaid purge, and medical debt is now the biggest source of bankruptcy.
Critics Say GOP’s Budget Blueprint Is a Thinly Veiled Ploy to Slash Key Programs
“A vote for the GOP budget is a vote to cut Social Security and Medicare,” Social Security Works said.
PA Supreme Court Expresses Doubts Over State’s Anti-Abortion Medicaid Law
The state's high court ordered a lower court to re-examine the legality of a 1982 anti-abortion statute.
Health Care “Denial by Delay” Can Be a Matter of Life and Death
Patients are forced to navigate a prior authorization system marked by roadblocks, red tape and appeals.
Citing “Dobbs” Ruling, 19 Republican AGs Sign Letter Targeting Trans Adult Care
A new GOP target is emerging: health insurance coverage for transgender adults and their essential medical needs.
Medicare Is in Desperate Need of Modernization and Expansion — Not Privatization
Monetizing Medicare and Medicaid undermines coverage for those who need it most.
Medicaid “Unwinding” Is Largest Loss of Health Coverage in US History
After the U.S. uninsured rate hit a record low in 2022, millions are now losing health coverage simultaneously.
Unveiled House GOP Budget Targets Medicaid, Food Benefits With Trillions in Cuts
It also calls for the establishment of a “bipartisan debt commission” to crack down on Social Security and Medicare.
Republicans Aim to Sneak Hundreds of Pro-Corporate Riders Into Must-Pass Bills
The sheer number of riders means that they truly run the gamut of the right-wing imagination.