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Donald Trump lashes out at Israel and Iran in push to preserve ceasefire

Donald Trump lashes out at Israel and Iran in push to preserve ceasefire

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Homeland Security Announces New Self-Deport Plan for Illegal Aliens – All Applicants Will Receive ,000, Forgiveness of Fines, Cost-Free Travel and Preserve the Opportunity to Return |

Homeland Security Announces New Self-Deport Plan for Illegal Aliens – All Applicants Will Receive $1,000, Forgiveness of Fines, Cost-Free Travel and Preserve the Opportunity to Return |

The DHS self-deport app allows undocumented individuals cost-free travel home, a $1,000 bonus, and a pathway to return…

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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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Clare McCann Asks for 0K to Cryogenically Preserve Her Son

Clare McCann Asks for $200K to Cryogenically Preserve Her Son

Australian actress Clare McCann is seeking to raise nearly $200,000 to "cryogenically preserve" her son's body after his…

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Earth911 Podcast: Cool Earth’s Hannah Peck Collaborates With Indigenous Communities To Preserve The Planet’s Remaining Rainforests

Earth911 Podcast: Cool Earth’s Hannah Peck Collaborates With Indigenous Communities To Preserve The Planet’s Remaining Rainforests

Cool Earth is revolutionizing rainforest conservation with a groundbreaking approach that prioritizes direct support over traditional carbon offset…

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Earth Day 2025: Meet 4 Communities of Women Across Mexico Fighting to Preserve the Natural World Around Them

Earth Day 2025: Meet 4 Communities of Women Across Mexico Fighting to Preserve the Natural World Around Them

Oaxaca: The Fight to Save Laguna de ChacahuaIn the tranquil Laguna de Chacahua in Oaxaca, Cirila Martinez navigates…

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Practice Your Cursive as a Citizen Archivist and Preserve Thousands of Historic Documents — Colossal

Practice Your Cursive as a Citizen Archivist and Preserve Thousands of Historic Documents — Colossal

The decline of cursive handwriting in schools has left many young people unable to read or write in…

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Three Efforts to Preserve Government Data as a New Trump Administration Approaches

Three Efforts to Preserve Government Data as a New Trump Administration Approaches

In the lead-up to Inauguration Day, the transition teams of the current administration and the incoming President are…

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Top Senate Democrat Tells House Ethics Committee To Preserve Matt Gaetz Report

Top Senate Democrat Tells House Ethics Committee To Preserve Matt Gaetz Report

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) has taken a bold step by urging the House Ethics…

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We Earthlings: Shop Deforestation-Free To Preserve the Planet’s Carbon Sinks

We Earthlings: Shop Deforestation-Free To Preserve the Planet’s Carbon Sinks

The planet's carbon sinks, which are natural repositories of atmospheric CO2 crucial for maintaining the world's climate balance,…

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Lawmakers move to preserve telehealth addiction treatment options

Lawmakers move to preserve telehealth addiction treatment options

Two Democratic lawmakers, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.), are currently working on a new…

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As Banksy’s Animal Art Series Ends, Caretakers Grapple With How to Preserve His Murals

As Banksy’s Animal Art Series Ends, Caretakers Grapple With How to Preserve His Murals

Banksy's Animal-Themed Murals in London: A Whimsical Series Comes to an End The streets of London were buzzing…

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