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Health Insurers Call Out Trump On Promise To Not Cut Seniors’ Medicare

Health Insurers Call Out Trump On Promise To Not Cut Seniors’ Medicare

The nation’s health insurance companies are up in arms over proposed legislation in Congress that they say would…

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9 Fiber-Rich Foods to Improve Your Gut Health and Longevity

9 Fiber-Rich Foods to Improve Your Gut Health and Longevity

Breakfast is often referred to as the most important meal of the day, and for good reason. Dr.…

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RFK Jr. vs. The Medical Deep State: How Trump’s Health Secretary is Draining the Healthcare Swamp |

RFK Jr. vs. The Medical Deep State: How Trump’s Health Secretary is Draining the Healthcare Swamp |

Photo courtesy of The Times of India   The Medical Establishment on the Defensive: RFK Jr. Takes Charge…

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RFK Jr. Will Shrink The Substance Abuse And Mental Health Services Administration. Here’s What That Means For Public Health

RFK Jr. Will Shrink The Substance Abuse And Mental Health Services Administration. Here’s What That Means For Public Health

The recent appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services has sparked controversy…

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Justin Bieber Cryptic Posts Reference Ketamine and Mental Health

Justin Bieber Cryptic Posts Reference Ketamine and Mental Health

Justin Bieber recently took to Instagram to express his frustrations about being told he needs to "work hard"…

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Is Hims & Hers Health a Smart Buy Right Now?

Is Hims & Hers Health a Smart Buy Right Now?

Hims & Hers: The Telemedicine Disruptor Making Waves Hims & Hers is making a big splash in the…

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Omada Health IPO signals healthier market, avoids ‘down-round’ trend

Omada Health IPO signals healthier market, avoids ‘down-round’ trend

Omada Health Sees Successful IPO and Continues to Innovate in Digital Health Space The IPO market is starting…

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Willie Robertson: Mom Kay’s Health Declines After Phil Robertson’s Death

Willie Robertson: Mom Kay’s Health Declines After Phil Robertson’s Death

Willie Robertson, from the popular show Duck Dynasty, recently provided an update on his mother Kay's health following…

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Eliminating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Medicaid My Administration has been relentlessly committed to rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse in Government programs to preserve and protect them for those who rely most on them. The Medicaid program was designed to be a program to compassionately provide taxpayer dollars to healthcare providers who offer care to the most vulnerable Americans. To keep payments reasonable, billable costs for such care were historically capped at the same level that healthcare providers could receive from Medicare. The State and Federal Governments jointly shared this cost burden to ensure those of lesser means did not go untreated. Under the Biden Administration, States and healthcare providers were permitted to game the system. For example, States “taxed” healthcare providers, but sent the same money back to them in the form of a “Medicaid payment,” which automatically unlocked for healthcare providers an additional “burden-sharing” payment from the Federal Government. Through this gimmick, the State could avoid contributing money toward Medicaid services, meaning the State no longer had a reason to be prudent in the amount of reimbursement provided. Instead of paying Medicare rates, many States that utilize these arrangements now pay the same healthcare providers almost three times the Medicare amount, a practice encouraged by the Biden Administration. These State Directed Payments have rapidly accelerated, quadrupling in magnitude over the last 4 years and reaching 0 billion in 2024 alone. This trajectory threatens the Federal Treasury and Medicaid’s long-term stability, and the imbalance between Medicaid and Medicare patients threatens to jeopardize access to care for our seniors. I pledged to protect and improve these important Government healthcare programs for those that rely on them. Seniors on Medicare and Medicaid recipients both deserve access to quality care in a system free from the fraud, waste, and abuse, that enriches the unscrupulous and jeopardizes the programs themselves. We will take action to continue to love and cherish the Medicare and Medicaid programs to ensure they are preserved for those who need them most. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall therefore take appropriate action to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid, including by ensuring Medicaid payments rates are not higher than Medicare, to the extent permitted by applicable law. This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. DONALD J. TRUMP

Eliminating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Medicaid My Administration has been relentlessly committed to rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse in Government programs to preserve and protect them for those who rely most on them. The Medicaid program was designed to be a program to compassionately provide taxpayer dollars to healthcare providers who offer care to the most vulnerable Americans. To keep payments reasonable, billable costs for such care were historically capped at the same level that healthcare providers could receive from Medicare. The State and Federal Governments jointly shared this cost burden to ensure those of lesser means did not go untreated. Under the Biden Administration, States and healthcare providers were permitted to game the system. For example, States “taxed” healthcare providers, but sent the same money back to them in the form of a “Medicaid payment,” which automatically unlocked for healthcare providers an additional “burden-sharing” payment from the Federal Government. Through this gimmick, the State could avoid contributing money toward Medicaid services, meaning the State no longer had a reason to be prudent in the amount of reimbursement provided. Instead of paying Medicare rates, many States that utilize these arrangements now pay the same healthcare providers almost three times the Medicare amount, a practice encouraged by the Biden Administration. These State Directed Payments have rapidly accelerated, quadrupling in magnitude over the last 4 years and reaching $110 billion in 2024 alone. This trajectory threatens the Federal Treasury and Medicaid’s long-term stability, and the imbalance between Medicaid and Medicare patients threatens to jeopardize access to care for our seniors. I pledged to protect and improve these important Government healthcare programs for those that rely on them. Seniors on Medicare and Medicaid recipients both deserve access to quality care in a system free from the fraud, waste, and abuse, that enriches the unscrupulous and jeopardizes the programs themselves. We will take action to continue to love and cherish the Medicare and Medicaid programs to ensure they are preserved for those who need them most. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall therefore take appropriate action to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid, including by ensuring Medicaid payments rates are not higher than Medicare, to the extent permitted by applicable law. This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. DONALD J. TRUMP

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID…

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Promising treatment or potential health risk?

Promising treatment or potential health risk?

Fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) have long been considered a potential treatment for a range of conditions, including inflammatory…

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Health insurance coverage losses under House GOP tax, spending bill

Health insurance coverage losses under House GOP tax, spending bill

The House tax and spending bill has sparked controversy as it aims to push millions of Americans off…

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ABLECHILD: Connecticut Summer Committee Targets Homeschoolers that Outperform Public Schools in Mental Health & Academics as DCF Dodges Accountability

ABLECHILD: Connecticut Summer Committee Targets Homeschoolers that Outperform Public Schools in Mental Health & Academics as DCF Dodges Accountability

(Photo HartBeat Homeschoolers & Sheila Matthews of AbleChild – Breaking the Narrative, the Real Faces of Homeschoolers)Connecticut's Summer…

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