Advocate.comActivists protest HHS rules against gender-affirming care; 24 arrested
Steve's PlaceSometimes I think I might be too blunt. Am I too blunt? I'm pretty sure I have been recently. What on earth might cause me to be more blunt than usual?
#Epstein #EpsteinFiles #fascism #billionaires #Trump #Bondi #ICE #CBP #DHS #Congress #WhiteHouse #SCOTUS #Senate #House #Musk #Kushner #Thiel #Maxwell #Miller #Bannon #Minnesota #Pentagon #Nazis #Republicans #Democrats #MSM #Sinclair #FoxNews #Newsmax #science #medicine #vaccines #shootings #elections #traitors #treason #ACA #Medicare #Medicaid #SocialSecurity #tariffs #CostOfLiving #inflation #ConcentrationCamps
955_36Yesterday I received my first Social Security payment and had a discrepancy in the amount withheld for Medicare. Called and was pleasantly surprised it only took 5 minutes to resolve in my favor. I figured it would be more like dealing with Blue Shield that took over a year to get a refund check.
Day's off to a good start.
Bich Nguyen 
"Hospitals and insurers regularly renegotiate rates, but those discussions are usually handled behind closed doors and are typically resolved before patients feel an impact.
But in recent years, many negotiations have become more fraught, often spilling out into public view as both sides put out statements defending their position. When that happens, it’s usually a bad sign for patients."
#healthcare #insurance #hospitals #networks #medicare #business #contracts
Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSDo not want, do not want, DO NOT WANT! Headline in The New York Times: “3 Policy Moves Likely to Change Health Care for Older People.” Subhead: “Medicare’s A.I. Referee.” #Medicare #AI https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/health/nursing-homes-health-aides-medicare.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LFA.NNtl.nq67vgd2sKCi&smid=nytcore-ios-share
DoomsdaysCWMills: Oz's fraud allegations pull from 'malicious playbook' for targeting #Trump's political foes
Maine Public | By Steve Mistler
Published February 9, 2026
"Gov. #JanetMills says the #Trump administration is using findings from a routine social services audit to drum up allegations of fraud for political purposes. The governor's comments follow threats from a top #Medicaid official to cut off the state's federal funding.
"In the past several days, Centers for #Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator #MehmetOz has made allegations of widespread fraud in Maine's social services programs, at one point drawing comparisons to the scandal unfolding in #Minnesota.
"In a recently posted social media video, the former celebrity TV doctor suggested that Maine could lose its federal Medicaid funding.
" 'If we don't like what we see, CMS will work with Maine to put their house in order. And if we're not satisfied with their progress, we reserve the right to cut off their payments entirely,' he said.
"Those threats follow a recent audit by the Office of Inspector General that found the state made $45.6 million in improper payments to providers for #autism services. That review, initiated during the Biden administration, did not allege fraud, which is different than improper payments. However, the state may have to pay back $28.7 million to the federal government.
"Mills, a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate, said in a statement Monday that Oz's statements mark another example of the Trump administration's 'malicious playbook' of targeting its political opponents.
" 'Let’s be clear about what this is: Maine is facing a political attack from a president who uses allegations of fraud as a pretense to send (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and other weaponized federal agents into states led by Democrats with devastating consequences,' she said in a statement."
cc: @autistics
Mills: Oz's fraud allegations pull from 'malicious playbook' for targeting Trump's political foes
Mehmet Oz, the former TV celebrity doctor heading the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has compared fraud in Maine's social services program to the scandal unfolding in Minnesota. Gov. Janet Mills says the Trump administration is using a routine audit to punish anyone who dares to stand up to the president.
Sharing bits of Canada 'eh🇨🇦Tommy Douglas: The Father of Canadian Medicare 🇨🇦
Tommy Douglas, a former Premier of Saskatchewan, is widely regarded as the father of Medicare in Canada. He introduced universal, publicly funded healthcare in Saskatchewan in 1962, a model that was later adopted nationwide. Douglas's vision of accessible healthcare for Canadians has had a profound and lasting impact on Canadian society. 🧑⚕️ 🇨🇦 #Canada #TommyDouglas #Medicare #Politics
WHNMany people worried about disruptions to telehealth, hospital-at-home care, and essential services — but key protections are staying in place.
Telehealth access through Medicare continues through 2027, hospital-at-home programs extend through 2030, and safety-net hospital funding is protected through 2028. Together, these measures help ensure continuity of care, especially for people with chronic or complex health needs, while reducing unnecessary exposure to illness.
Dave á JusThe #healthcare plan already funded by the Public has been scuttled with NO replacement. The tax credits to states - also already paid for by the Public - funding hundreds of me marketplace programs that provide #health & #medical services to tens of thousands of people, were taken and given away by #Congress - largely by donors to the Senate Minority Leader and House Speaker, with a few vague promises to negotiate some scraps back, all now evidently broken. At the end of 2025 the so-called Private #Insurance Industry was greenlighted massive increases to premiums and the associated payments of co-insurance & deductibles. The 2026 budget will scrap virtually all of #Medicaid and most of #Medicare right after this year's midterm #elections. Particularly in rural areas, upward of 40% of hospital revenues come from Medicaid reimbursements which will abruptly cease. HUNDREDS OF HOSPITALS NATIONWIDE are likely to shut down and, in some areas, nearly all will sharply reduce critical services like primary care, emergency rooms, OB/GYN, pharmacy, dialysis, and pediatrics. Many of these particular services will be consolidated to other #hospitals far away with no transportation provided. Thousands will die, tens of thousands will be impoverished, as a direct result. A national #economic failure is more than merely likely. And without good cause; only to crush the Public and to transfer away the remains of its #wealth - our #savings, our #investments - for #redistribution to the untaxed parasites who create nothing, to further ensure that their next six generations will be exempted from the Social Compact.
TrumpRx Denounced as Corrupt Scheme to Line Pockets of Big Pharma—and Don Jr.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trumprx-prescription-drugs
> "Trump has dressed up yet another corporate giveaway as a boon to #patients," said one watchdog. "Real drug price reform doesn’t look like a website."
ahimsaGood news from #MEAction
https://www.meaction.net/post/more-great-news-telemedicine-has-been-extended
Telehealth flexibilities for Medicare extended until Dec. 31, 2027. And some geographic restrictions have been removed.
#MEAction says they will continue to push to make this extension permanent.
More details can be found here:
https://telehealth.hhs.gov/providers/telehealth-policy/telehealth-policy-updates
#USPol #Medicare #Healthcare #Telehealth #Telemedicine #MEcfs #LongCovid #Disability #Accessibility
