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New Trump Executive Order Will Further Criminalize Homelessness, Mental Illness
"Pushing people into locked institutions and forcing treatment won't solve homelessness,” said an ACLU attorney.
Trump Admin to Restrict Waivers That Let States Help Kids Stay on Medicaid
This comes less than two weeks after Trump signed into law the largest Medicaid cuts in US history.
Trump’s New Tax Law Could Create Insurmountable Hurdles for LGBTQ Health Care
Roughly 1.8 million LGBTQ adults in the US use Medicaid as their primary health insurance.
Medicaid Is Giving ICE Access to Data of 79M Enrollees, Including Ethnicity
Undocumented immigrants are ineligible for Medicaid, but DHS says the data will aid their immigration crackdown.
Trump’s Funding Cuts Force Food Banks to Ration Meals for Texas Flood Survivors
Texas already leads the nation in hunger rates with more than 5 million residents facing food insecurity.
Dr. Oz Tells Americans Who Are Concerned About Medicaid Cuts to Eat Less Cake
Millions of Americans will lose health care coverage due to the Medicaid cuts in Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill.”
The Trump Administration Is Planning to Use AI to Deny Medicare Authorizations
The government plans to partner with private companies to automate prior authorizations.
Decades of Neoliberalism Entrenched US Inequality. Trump’s Budget Made It Worse.
Factoring in tariffs, the lowest 20 percent of income earners may lose $300; the top 1 percent will be $58,000 richer.
Federal Judge Blocks Attack on Planned Parenthood in Trump-GOP Budget Law
Planned Parenthood welcomed the decision to issue a temporary injunction but stressed that the legal battle is not over.
Trump Falsely Calls “Big Beautiful Bill” the “Most Popular” Law Ever Signed
One poll published in June found that nearly 6 in 10 Americans were opposed to the bill.