A memo leaked to the Associated Press reveals that the White House has told the U.S. CDC to stop working with the WHO immediately.
This breaks protocol which requires the approval of Congress and a one-year notice to leave the WHO.
As Trump offers an absurd defense of his purge of inspectors general that makes it look more corrupt, commentator Jennifer Rubin explains why it’s illegal and will abet more corruption—and suggests ways to fight back.
https://newrepublic.com/article/190703/trumps-illegal-late-night-purge-suddenly-…
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There are differences between pardoning and commuting of sentences.
These republicans are truly sick
LET'S GO BRANDON!
#CTA
Time to make some calls - suggested wording below
These are the best chances:
Susan Collins…..……..202-224-2523
Lisa Murkowski……… 202-224-6665
Joni Ernst……………. 202-224-3254
Mitch McConnell…… 202-224-2541
John Thune…………… 202-224-2321
Is this true? Thank goodness.
Repeal Biden Administration Finalized Medicaid/CHIP ACCESS Rule $121 billion in 10-year savings VIABILITY: HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW In May 2024,the Biden Administration finalized a rule focused primarily on expanding access to Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) in both fee for service (FFS) Medicaid and in managed care plans, including by instituting worker compensation requirements. Repeal Biden Administration Finalized Medicaid Eligibility Rule $164 billion in 10-year savings VIABILITY: HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW In September 2023 and April 2024, CMS finalized two parts of a rule that governs protocols for states verifying Medicaid and CHIP eligibility. Among other things, the proposed rule imposed a prohibition on conducting eligibility checks more frequently than once every 12 months, elimination of the requirement for inperson interviews for some populations, and minimum time allowances for enrollees to provide documentation needed.
Another wonky one, but important: these rules remove red tape for families, people with disabilities, and seniors trying to get Medicaid coverage. Repealing it adds all that red tape back into the program, making it harder to enroll and increasing premiums for nearly 1 million seniors in Medicare.
Reform IRA’s Drug Policies Up to $20 billion in 10-year costs VIABILITY: HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW Reform the Inflation Reduction Act’s prescription drug policies to discourage price setting on innovative drugs treating rare patient populations.
It’s no secret Republicans hate Democrats’ policies in the IRA that lower drug prices. It’s light on details but this will be a handout to Big Pharma that undermines Medicare’s ability to negotiate lower drug prices with pharma companies.
Eliminate Nonprofit Status for Hospitals $260 billion in 10-year savings VIABILITY: HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW More than half of all income by 501(c)(3) nonprofits is generated by nonprofit hospitals and healthcare firms. This option would tax hospitals as ordinary forprofit businesses. This is a CRFB score.
In addition to taking away health insurance from tens of millions, Republicans also want to cut payments to hospitals who treat people without insurance. Translation: hospitals in rural and high-need urban communities will be at risk of closure and ER wait times will skyrocket.
Establish Medicaid Work Requirements $100 billion in 10-year savings VIABILITY: HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW The policy would restore the dignity of work by implementing work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents to qualify for Medicaid coverage, as included in the House-passed Limit, Save, Grow Act (H.R. 2811). Certain populations would be exempted, such as pregnant women, primary caregivers of dependents, individuals with disabilities or health-related barriers to employment, and full-time students.
Work reporting is just a roundabout way for Republicans to kick people off their health insurance. Nearly all adults with Medicaid are already working, in school, sick, disabled, or taking care of a loved one. Work reporting sets up a bureaucratic mouse trap designed to stop them from enrolling.
Repeal CMS Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Final Rule Up to $22 billion in 10-year savings VIABILITY: HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW This option would repeal the final rule, “Minimum Staffing Standards for LongTerm Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting.” The rule was finalized in May 2024 and would impose minimum staffing standards on long-term care facilities, creating an unfunded mandate on critical health care facilities across the country, threatening provider facility closures and patient access to care.
Republicans want to end requirements that make sure there’s always a nurse in a nursing home, making your aging grandparents and parents less safe, all so they can pay for their corporate tax handout.
Medicaid Per Capita Caps Up to $900 billion in 10-year savings VIABILITY: HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW Currently, states receive open-ended Federal Medicaid matching funds based on the costs of providing services to enrollees. Under Medicaid today, for every dollar a state spends on Medicaid services, it gets $1 to $3 of Federal support (richer states get $1, poorer states get $3). States are guaranteed continued federal support for actual spending, even if those costs go up or do not achieve desired outcomes. With a per capita cap, the federal government makes a limited payment to the state based on a preset formula, which does not increase based on actual costs. States exceeding the “cap” for enrollees would thus need to find other revenues to maintain spending levels or explore innovative ways to reduce excessive costs. This policy would establish a per capita cap for each of the different enrollment populations set to grow at medical inflation.
This is their plan to starve Medicaid. Gutting Medicaid by hundreds of billions of dollars will rip health care away from kids, veterans, seniors in nursing homes, Americans with disabilities, and working families. You don’t cut a TRILLION dollars from Medicaid without hurting millions of people.
The PHONES are RINGING in DC. It took me SEVERAL tries to get through to my 2 NY Senator's office, I kept trying and asked them to vote no on Pete Hegseth, Pam Bondi & Kristi Noem (that's all you have to say when you call).
Please keep calling, it DOES matter, it DOES make a difference. Thank you!🙏
Sen. Tammy Duckworth is the bomb! She's killing it.
If you are reporting on Pete Hegseth without digging into Doug Wilson, then you are doing it wrong. 👇
