If you think the big health insurers are bad news, it could get worse! #DOGE begins to freeze government health-care payments for extra review - #Medicaid #Medicare #PublicHealth #Coup #AmericanCoup #ElonMusk #RepublicansDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis #HHS
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"WOW. The Trump admin's efforts to punish #immigrants by abusing the #SocialSecurity database ended up leading to a US citizen being kicked off of SS bc they accused him of being undocumented!"
-A Reichlin-Melnick
"A prominent author reached out to me about how the Trump admin tried to denaturalize her father-in-law & end his social security benefits & #Medicare
Her family speaks English & was able advocate for him. But what about those that can’t?"
-A Carasquillo
#DOGE #Musk #Fascism #USPol
On this Day in Social Security History:
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4/18/1935 During House debate on the Social security Act, Mr. Monaghan (D-MT) offered an amendment based on the Townsend Plan. https://www.ssa.gov/history/pdf/h418.pdf & https://www.ssa.gov/history/towns5.html
4/18/1942 The War Manpower Commission was established https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v8n8/v8n8p6.pdf
4/18/1974 Commissioner Robert M. Ball participates in "National Health Insurance", Meeting The 1970s are described as a "Policy Watershed" decade.
"After 1972 Social Security insiders such as Robert Ball saw national health insurance as the next big thing in America’s welfare state. This issue had been a contentious one, almost from the time that it arose during the New Deal. Reformers thought that the government should bring the costs of health care within people's financial reach by starting a national program of public health insurance..." - Edward D. Berkowitz, Ph.D., George Washington University
https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/health-nutrition/the-1970s-as-policy-watershed
4/18/2005 George W. Bush Discusses Strengthening Social Security in South Carolina. https://www.ssa.gov/history/gwbushstmts5b.html#04182005
More Social Security history: https://www.ssa.gov/history/ & #SSAHistGWC
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On this Day in Social Security History:
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"This bill exempts the farmer, exempts casuals, and exempts domestics, because the amount of the tax would be inconsiderable and its collection would be such a nuisance and cause such a clamor ..." - Rep. Fred Vinson (D-KY) during House floor during debate on the Social Security Act April 17, 1935 https://www.ssa.gov/history/hquotes2.html
4/17/1952 Supervision fees paid by Federal credit unions increased under the terms of Public Law 322. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-66/pdf/STATUTE-66-Pg62.pdf
4/17/1962 Robert M. Ball was sworn in as Commissioner of Social Security. https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v68n3/v68n3p67.html
4/17/1996 H.R. 3266, "Bipartisan Welfare Reform Act of 1996" was introduced. Although the bill was not enacted into law, similar goals and themes were enacted in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA). https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/house-bill/3266
More Social Security history: https://www.ssa.gov/history/ & #SSAHistGWC
#SocialSecurity #History #Disability #Retirement #Medicare #Unemployment #insurance #healthcare #heatlhcare #NewDeal #OTD #SSDI #OASDI #equity #justice Social Security Administration
EA on Al Arabiya: #Trump Assault on #SocialSecurity and Other Programs
Looks like Medicare Advantage plans are hurting the parasites at United Healthcare.
The Age & The Sydney Morning Herald launched an investigative series in Dec into medical misogyny to explore the effects of systemic gender bias in the healthcare system.
More than 1800 women shared their experiences. Now, we’re calling on the Federal Government to boost Medicare funding for GP appointments that last more than 20 minutes to improve care for women & others with complex health conditions.
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"One in six visits to the emergency department in 2022 that resulted in hospital admission had a wait of four or more hours, according to an Associated Press and Side Effects Public Media data analysis. Fifty percent of the patients who were boarded for any length of time were 65 and older, the analysis showed."
https://apnews.com/article/er-wait-boarding-hospital-dementia-daf48acf11631cffdaeb5de4abe3722e
#healthcare #emergency #EmergencyMed #hospitals #ER #aging #dementia #Medicare #CMS
An Associated Press and Side Effects Public Media data analysis shows one in six visits to the emergency department in 2022 that resulted in hospital admission had a wait of four or more hours. The analysis also showed 50% of the patients who were boarded for any length of time were 65 and older. Health care experts say some people who aren’t in the middle of a life-threatening emergency might even wait weeks to be admitted to the hospital. ER boarding is a symptom of the U.S. health care system’s struggles. Experts also warn the boarding issue will worsen as the number of people 65 and older in the U.S. with dementia grows in the coming decades.
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