Wyden: "We have the CBO, which is really the gold standard of objectivity, saying that 100% of the cost savings in the Republican proposal come from terminating coverage, cutting benefits like home care, or reducing payments to providers. I don't think that's a prescription for much good in America"
DOGE’s efforts to dismantle Social Security could leave at least 6 million Americans unable to cover basic living expenses.
Trump's Social Security nominee just lied to the Finance Committee, claiming he hasn't been involved in any DOGE plans to gut Social Security. My office has a whistleblower that says otherwise. We brought the receipts.
WYDEN: Do you believe in a nursing home there should be a registered nurse available around the clock?
DR OZ: As you know, that's a complicated question
WYDEN: No it's not. We need a nurse in a nursing home. Not too complicated.
There is a great conversation happening here with real Oregonians talking about the issues that actually matter to them youtube.com/watch?v=kcVP...
They’re cutting Medicaid
“A total fabrication.” That’s what Samoa’s top health official has to say about RFK Jr. denying his role in the measles outbreak that killed 83 people there, mostly children, in 2019. apnews.com/article/rfk-...
It’s back up now. But this kind of chaos has real consequences for doctors and Americans trying to make decisions about their family’s health care.
NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
Thanks for the feedback! Still getting the hang of using this medium.
Buried in the casualties of Trump’s Friday evening purge: CDC’s vaccine recommendations. RFK Jr. refused to say he’d maintain the childhood vaccine schedule. Now we know why. www.cdc.gov/acip/vaccine...
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
WATCH: Republican Senator Bill Cassidy says the quiet part out loud: Republicans are gearing up to rip health care away from millions of Americans to pay for Trump's tax handout to Elon Musk.
WATCH LIVE: The Finance Committee is meeting to consider the nomination of RFK Jr. to serve as HHS Secretary. Livestream can be found here: www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/hea...
Just in: the Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, January 29th at 10am to debate RFK Jr.'s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. There's going to be a lot to talk about.
China burning more coal doesn’t change the fact that they also want to dominate clean energy -- specifically by ripping off American jobs and innovations. They’ve done it before in solar manufacturing.
If you aren't at the table, you're on the menu. Republicans are considering health care cuts to pay for tax breaks for the rich. Finance staff break down what that means for everyday Americans. Spoiler alert, it's not great 👇
