How can we save Medicare money? Deliver free meals to the chronically ill, study says

July 25, 2019 News

Medicare could save $1.57 for every dollar spent delivering free healthy meals to frail seniors after a hospitalization, according to a new study.

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Sanders campaign accuses Biden of ‘continued lies’ about ‘Medicare for All’

July 24, 2019 News

Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) presidential campaign slammed former Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday for "continued lies" about Medicare for All."Thank you, Joe Biden, for crediting our campaign for honesty," se...

Exclusive: White House preparing order that would cut drug prices for Medicare: sources

July 24, 2019July 25, 2019 News, topNews

U.S. President Donald Trump is considering a sweeping executive order that would cut prices on virtually all branded prescription drugs sold to Medicare and other government programs, according to two industry sources who had discussions with the White House.
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Critics of the congressional budget deal are ignoring the really big deal

July 24, 2019 congress, Medicare, News, politics, rand-paul

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Is Trump cutting Medicare to give tax breaks to billionaires?

July 24, 2019 News

A new Democratic attack ad offers this Four Pinocchio whopper.

Centrist Democrats worry that Medicare-for-all imperils control of the House

July 23, 2019 News

While Bernie Sanders and others tout government-run health care, Democrats from swing districts say that could endanger their seats.

Missouri Firm With Silicon Valley Ties Faces Medicare Billing Scrutiny

July 23, 2019 News

A federal audit and a whistleblower lawsuit allege Medicare Advantage plans from the St. Louis-based Essence Group Holdings Corporation have significantly overcharged taxpayers.
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Bernie Sanders’ ideas are shaping the 2020 debate – but is he still a force?

July 23, 2019July 23, 2019 Democrats, News, US healthcare, US news, US politics

The diverse Democratic field is a contrast from 2016 but the leftwing firebrand believes Medicare for All can dent his rivals’ hopes
Gruff, iconoclastic and relentlessly on-message, Bernie Sanders thrilled the progressive left when he ran for president in 2016 and came within striking distance of capturing the Democratic nomination.
Related: Al Franken: senators say they regret calling for his resignation
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Three million working-class people will lose food stamps under new Trump regulatory assault

July 23, 2019 News, politics

Three million poor people could be booted from the food stamps system under a Trump administration regulatory proposal issued Tuesday.

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is aware the proposal will shrink grocery budgets for that massive share of people. It just cares more about making a conservative millionaire in Minnesota happy.

That was the message on a brief press call Monday evening, as USDA Acting Deputy Undersecretary Brandon Lipps described the agency’s propos...

A U.S. senator just laid out his blueprint for theocratic segregationism

July 22, 2019 News, politics, religion

The frustrating thing about Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), is that he so often walks right up to the edge of an excellent idea, presenting a compelling case that he’s identified a problem that demands a solution — and then suddenly offers a completely ridiculous solution or nothing at all.

Such was the case at the “National Conservatism” conference, which took place in Washington, DC last week. Railing against the impact of globalization on many American workers, H...