The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, under the direction of Dr. Oz, launched a database with incomplete and erroneous provider information, leaving Medicare beneficiaries in the lurch. Ranking Member @merkley.senate.gov is demanding answers and calling for changes.
Trump’s Beautiful for Billionaires Bill isn’t cutting any deficits.
The truth is he’s adding TRILLIONS to our national debt.
All to give the wealthy another massive tax giveaway.
🚨BREAKING: Cuts to NIH and FDA will lead to 53 fewer new prescription drugs and the full scope of Trump's proposed cuts suggest the harms could be far greater.
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🚨NEW THIS MORNING: Byrd Rule Violations Continue to Mount on the Republicans’ “One Big, Beautiful Bill”
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NEW ANALYSIS: Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” would force 5.4 million more Americans into medical debt—piling on $50 BILLION in new debt for hardworking families and creating financial chaos.
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Sen. Warren and others suggest that here www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
Not to mention, Medicaid has relatively low payment rates for providers and low administrative costs, so it'd be a pretty strange place to start when looking at "waste." And I don't think they mean "more program integrity funding."
#Medicaid cuts have consistently made up much of the total cuts House GOP leaders have been considering. If new goal is $1.5T in spending cuts up from $300B, moderate Rs must push back against it and Freedom Caucus or #Medicaid will face even more draconian cuts. The $1.5T target is also a minimum.
