So programs that were implemented to be a backstop for us (Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP, WIC, welfare) those are being gutted so that we can backstop billionaires? Sounds par for the course for this corrupt regime.

So many of the "deals" are the prices that the drugs have always been if you bought them directly from pharma. Example zepbound - those are the same prices that everyone who used their Lilly Direct program has been getting. So... TrumpRx is just ANOTHER advertisement for his buddies in Big Pharma.

I think they just clinched the house and senate for Democrats in 2026. Not much of a consolation for the people who will suffer because it is more important to Republicans to bow to Trump than to stand up for their constituents.

Stoking Trump's man-child ego is more important to them than standing up for their constituents. Sheep!

Republican sheep...

Republican sheep... they epitomize old saying, when you stand for nothing, you fall for anything.

Wtf

Haunted by hopelessness: 12 Zambians share their stories as HIV drugs run out Mothers and children, husbands and wives, doctors, truck drivers and religious leaders are all grappling with the fallout from the sudden U.S. cuts in aid.

I don't have the words to say how I feel about this.

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History will not look kindly on these law firms.

So... we cancel research funding and call it bad science because it targets real health issues... then, we fund research (which will in all likelihood use dubious methods and twisted analyses) to prove debunked, fraudulent research. Got it.

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These people are clueless. Seniors who don't get their SS checks and complain are fraudsters. No one with a 401k watches the stock market. And those who do and are concerned are weak and stupid. How the hell are we supposed to get through 4 years of this crap? They need to go now.

Wtf!

Wtf

Thank you for standing up for common sense.

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Seriously, wtf. As lawyers, you would think they would have the balls and skills to fight back - if not for themselves, then for others. But no... I guess they are ok with being decorative doormats...

54.8% to 45.2% so far... that qualifies as a mandate by Trump's standards!

Let's not forget significantly closing the gaps in Florida - seems to me that maybe these Republican sychophants ought to start taking notice. They won't, of course, but they should.

Absolutely, dictators going to dictate.

I would also like to see ideas about what we as health professionals and researchers can do to educate the MAGA public about how these policy changes are not in their best interest and why these programs weren't wasteful spending.

The CDC Has Been Gutted Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.

Let's call this what it is... murder. Countless people are going to die because of the abject cruelty of this administration.

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Trump team revokes $11 billion in funding for addiction, mental health care The Trump administration says it hopes to save $11.4 billion by freezing and revoking COVID-era grants. Addiction experts say clawing back the federal funding is risky and could put patients at risk.

So... we're levying tariffs on our friends and neighbors because... fentanyl... but we are cutting funding for addiction care and research.... make it make sense....

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Sen. Sanders: Why Do Working People Die Younger Than the Wealthy? | Opinion Everyone wants to live a long, happy, and productive life. If you're working class in America, that's tough to do.

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And they all felt the need to mansplain for us why what they did was correct. Do they realize how informed and educated independents and Democrats are? Their lame rationalizations aren't going to cut it. They knew what we wanted and expected and thought they knew better than us what was best.

I think he's a part of the ole boys club who thinks they know better than their constituents (and government workers) what is best for them. We the American people wanted the Democrats to stand up and do what is right. We can see now that they are as spineless as RFK's brain worm.

This was gutless. Absolutely gutless.

Thank you!

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Voting for this bill also gives them carte blanche. So do you want to fight and be on the right side of history or be complicit in Trump's march toward a dictatorship? Fight!

Where would we be now if our founding fathers had said, well, fighting this war is hard, let's stop... c'mon!