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Trump’s new budget ignores dying Americans and gives away record sums to the US military https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/12/trump-budget-healthcare-military #TrumpAdministration #UsHealthcare #DonaldTrump #UsMilitary #Medicaid #UsMedicare #Childcare #UsEconomy #Business #Economics #UsisraelWarOnIran #UsPolitics #UsNews #WorldNews
Trump’s new budget ignores dying Americans and gives away record sums to the US military

President’s proposed budget slashes health department by 12% while throwing $1.5tn – a 42% increase – to the military

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Business | The Guardian USDec 17
UnitedHealth reduced hospitalizations for nursing home seniors. Now it faces wrongful death claims https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/dec/17/unitedhealth-nursing-homes #Healthinsurance #UShealthcare #Olderpeople #USMedicare #USpolitics #USnews
UnitedHealth reduced hospitalizations for nursing home seniors. Now it faces wrongful death claims

The company says it is protecting nursing home residents by curbing unnecessary hospital transfers. Whistleblowers allege cost-cutting tactics have endangered the elderly

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US news | The GuardianDec 17
UnitedHealth reduced hospitalizations for nursing home seniors. Now it faces wrongful death claims https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/dec/17/unitedhealth-nursing-homes #Healthinsurance #UShealthcare #Olderpeople #USMedicare #USpolitics #USnews
UnitedHealth reduced hospitalizations for nursing home seniors. Now it faces wrongful death claims

The company says it is protecting nursing home residents by curbing unnecessary hospital transfers. Whistleblowers allege cost-cutting tactics have endangered the elderly

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US news | The GuardianDec 1
I’m part of the triple-decker sandwich generation. You probably are as well https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/dec/01/sandwich-generation-trump-parent-caregivers #Trumpadministration #Parentsandparenting #USimmigration #UShealthcare #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #USMedicare #Childcare #Children #Medicaid #Family #USnews
I’m part of the triple-decker sandwich generation. You probably are as well

You’ve heard of caregivers in the sandwich generation. In this anti-compassion Trump 2.0 era, it’s more like a triple-decker sandwich. Alissa Quart has experienced this first-hand

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US news | The GuardianNov 10
Medicaid head falsely claims $1bn is being spent on healthcare for ‘illegal immigrants’, say experts https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/10/medicaid-head-mispending-claims #Trumpadministration #USimmigration #USMedicare #USpolitics #Medicaid #Health #USnews
Medicaid chief’s claim $1bn is spent on healthcare for ‘illegal immigrants’ is false, say experts

Mehmet Oz made claim about audits, but experts say he misidentified routine administrative errors

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Opinion | The Guardian USNov 6
Trump is weaponizing the welfare state to attack healthcare | Moira Donegan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/06/trump-weaponizing-welfare-state-trans-healthcare #Trumpadministration #USsupremecourt #UShealthcare #Transgender #USMedicare #Medicaid #Abortion #USnews #Gender
Trump is weaponizing the welfare state to attack healthcare

The proposed withholding of Medicaid and Medicare to restrict gender-affirming care follows the same logic as attacks on abortion care

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US news | The GuardianOct 14
Private equity takeover of hospitals led to rise in Medicare emergency patient deaths, says study https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/14/private-equity-hospitals-medicare-patient-deaths #Trumpadministration #Privateequity #UShealthcare #USMedicare #USpolitics #USnews
Private equity takeover of hospitals led to rise in Medicare emergency patient deaths, says study

Study found seven more deaths per 10,000 patients in private equity hospitals’ versus non-private equity hospitals

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US news | The GuardianAug 7, 2025
Senators seek UnitedHealth records on push to curb nursing home hospitalizations https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/07/unitedhealth-nursing-home-hospitalizations #ElizabethWarren #Healthinsurance #UShealthcare #USMedicare #USCongress #USSenate #USnews
Senators seek UnitedHealth records on push to curb nursing home hospitalizations

Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to the healthcare conglomerate on Thursday citing a Guardian investigation

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US news | The GuardianAug 1, 2025
Trump officials plan coverage for weight loss drugs under Medicare and Medicaid https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/01/trump-weight-loss-drug-medicare-medicaid #Trumpadministration #UShealthcare #USMedicare #USpolitics #Medicaid #Obesity #USnews #Health #Drugs
Trump officials plan coverage for weight loss drugs under Medicare and Medicaid

Pilot program, first pitched under Biden, will cover GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic to address chronic obesity in US

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US news | The GuardianJul 30, 2025
Trump’s ‘unconscionable cuts’ to Medicaid and Medicare were decades in the making https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/30/medicaid-medicare-cuts-trump-republicans-history #Trumpadministration #USMedicare #USpolitics #Medicaid #USnews
Medicare and Medicaid turn 60 – and face historic cuts decades in the making

Republicans enacted the largest cuts to healthcare in US history, and fulfilled decades of conservative rhetoric

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