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This Decades-Old Legal Loophole Allows Billionaires to Avoid Medicare Taxes
Most working Americans have to pay Medicare taxes, but some of Wall Street’s richest figures found a way to opt out.
Disabled Seniors Living Alone Often Have Trouble Getting Care
Only 12 percent of older US adults who rarely or never leave home have access to home-based primary care.
What Could We Lose With Dr. Oz and RFK Jr. in Charge of Our Health?
The modest protections of the Affordable Care Act never went far enough, but even those could be weakened under Trump.
Trump Picks Medicare Privatization Proponent Dr. Oz to Oversee Medicare Agency
Critics point out that Mehmet Oz also peddles baseless health advice and “profits from fringe medical ideas.”
After Industry Uproar, Feds Killed Plan to Curb Medicare Advantage Overbilling
The issue is at the center of a DOJ civil fraud case against UnitedHealth Group pending in federal court.
Big Pharma Exploited Patent Laws to Keep Medicare Drug Prices High, Report Finds
The companies bent patent law to maintain a monopoly on certain drugs and prevent competition from entering the market.
Project 2025 Takes Aim at Medicare and Medicaid
The plan instead pushes Medicare Advantage, which turns tax dollars into profits for private health insurers.
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.
US Health Care Spending Expected to Outpace Economic Growth Over Next Decade
Studies repeatedly show that Medicare for All would save countless lives and hundreds of billions of dollars a year.
Clinics That Serve Medicaid Patients Cut Staff and Services Amid “Unwinding”
Nearly a quarter of community health center patients who rely on Medicaid were cut from the program.