Nominee for Ambassador to Hungary Co-Owns a Nursing Home That’s Suing the Trump Administration Over Medicare Payments

A month after Benjamin Landa’s nomination, the Health and Human Services inspector general said a nursing home Landa co-owns received at least $31.2 million in Medicare overpayments. Now the facility is suing to stop collection.

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Therapy What It Is.What It Isn’t.Is It Even What It Is?If It Isn’t, Then What Is It? I’m lucky. I have Medicaid and I so I’m able to get into therapy easier, because the ins…

Oz Escalates Medicaid Fraud Claims Against States After Focus on Minnesota - KFF Health News

The Trump administration’s unprecedented actions targeting Medicaid funding in Minnesota are part of what could become a playbook as officials turn pressure toward California, Florida, Maine, and New York.

If states ban fluoride, kids with cavities and Medicaid costs could spike, study finds

If five states ban fluoride in drinking water, the costs to Medicaid for a significant increase in kids with cavities could top $40 million within three years, a new analysis finds.

House GOP welcomes $200B Pentagon request to jump-start reconciliation 2.0

Expect to hear lots of talk about "offsets" from fiscal hawks.

Judge rules the government overreached with transgender health care declaration

A federal judge has ruled that the government overreached when it declared certain types of gender-affirming care unsafe for young people. The judge’s ruling Thursday in Oregon is part of multistate lawsuit filed against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, its secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and its inspector general. The judge says Kennedy did not follow administrative procedures when he issued the declaration in December. The declaration warns doctors that they could be excluded from federal health programs if they provide treatments like gender-affirming surgery and puberty blockers. The judge’s ruling grants preliminary relief to health professionals who provide the treatment. It was at the end of a roughly 6-hour hearing and will be followed by a written decision.

Trump Asks for Taxpayers to Shell Out $200B to Fund His Deadly, Cost-Raising War – The USA Potato

If states ban fluoride, kids with cavities and Medicaid costs could spike, study finds

If five states ban fluoride in drinking water, the costs to Medicaid for a significant increase in kids with cavities could top $40 million within three years, a new analysis finds.