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Brittany Trang

Oz is chummy with senators at hearing, says that "There's a new sheriff in town" re: fraud in #Medicare Advantage

It remains to be seen whether #DrOz will be tougher on Medicare Advantage (where there's rampant documented overspending) or on #Medicaid.

Oz also nods to using #AI to reduce prior auths and incentivize doctors to "optimize care" and focus on patients

via @STAT
statnews.com/2025/03/14/dr-oz-

STAT · Dr. Oz pledges Medicare Advantage scrutiny: 'There is a new sheriff in town'Oz mentioned risk coding and prior authorizations as areas he plans to examine in Medicare Advantage.
#cms#health#healthcare
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UC Access Now

"To cover a budget gap in Medi-Cal — which provides health insurance for roughly 15 million disabled and low-income Californians — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration is borrowing $3.4 billion from the state’s general fund."

calmatters.org/newsletter/medi #Medicaid #Healthcare #California #USpol

CalMatters · CA borrows $3.4B to cover Medi-Cal budget gapGov. Gavin Newsom said California needs money from its general fund to cover a Medi-Cal budget shortfall. Critics are blaming immigrants.
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

Elon Musk's social insecurity

The billionaire's reckless claims seem intended to manufacture outrage to justify an end to what he refers to as an “entitlement program.”
contrarian.substack.com/p/elon

"Ronald Reagan called #SocialSecurity “a secure & stable base so that older #Americans may live in dignity.”

#ElonMusk calls it a “Ponzi scheme.”
...
differences of opinion between #Musk & #Trump, the White House... pledging not to cut Social Security, #Medicare or #Medicaid benefits"

Headline from The Contrarian: Elon Musk's social insecurity The billionaire's reckless claims seem intended to manufacture outrage to justify an end to what he refers to as an “entitlement program.” Mar 13, 2025
#USPol#News#US
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Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:

"...the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released a report last week indicating that it was impossible for House Republicans to meet their goal of eliminating $880 billion in spending over the next 10 years from the committee that oversees Medicaid and Medicare without cutting from either of the social safety net programs. Medicaid provides health insurance for disabled and low-income people. Medicare insures seniors over 65."

calmatters.org/health/2025/03/

CalMatters · They live in California’s Republican districts. They feel betrayed by looming health care cutsSome of the state’s most conservative areas benefit disproportionately from Medicaid.
#healthcare#medicaid#USPol
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GailWaldby@bsky.social

Tell your Senators to vote No on Dr. Oz for the head of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid.

Please join me and sign the UltraViolet Action petition today! act.weareultraviolet.org/sign/

UltraVioletSIGN: A snake-oil salesman like Dr. Oz shouldn't be leading the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDonald Trump has nominated a celebrity TV doctor who has peddled fake cures for his own financial gain to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). By now, we shouldn't be surprised, but it's still appalling! It's bad enough that Dr. Mehmet Oz has a history of using his celebrity status to promote unproven treatments for weight loss and COVID-19. But did you know that Oz also supports privatizing Medicare and Medicaid? He has long been a cheerleader for Medicare Advantage, a federal program that lets seniors buy private health insurance for lower premiums instead of enrolling in traditional Medicare. At face value, the program appears to give seniors more coverage options, but because there is no requirement for these private health plans to cover all patients' needs, many seniors remain underinsured. In fact, a Wall Street Journal exposé last year found that the patients on Medicare Advantage who required the most care were forced to enroll in traditional Medicare after their private insurance refused to cover essential services. The result? Private insurance companies that provide Medicare Advantage plans are raking in billions of taxpayer dollars to diagnose these patients without fully treating them. To make matters worse, taxpayers pay 22% more per person who enrolls in Medicare Advantage compared to traditional Medicare. Oz is a champion of Medicare Advantage. In fact, he often hosted segments on his hit TV show, "The Dr. Oz Show," that were sponsored by MedicareAdvantage.com. And there was certainly an incentive for him to do so. According to his disclosures in 2022 when he ran for office in Pennsylvania (and lost!), Oz owned up to $33.7 million in stock in companies that do business with CMS, including between $280,000 and $600,000 in shares of UnitedHealth Group and between $50,000 and $100,000 in shares of CVS Health. Both companies offer Medicare Advantage plans. If his stock portfolio is even a fraction of what it was in 2022, Oz could make millions of dollars should he take charge of CMS and privatize Medicare and Medicaid. That sounds like a potential conflict of interest to us. Nearly 160 million people get their health-care coverage through Medicare or Medicaid--most of them women and elderly individuals living in poverty. Privatization would put these successful programs in the hands of health insurance fat cats who care more about profits than the well-being of the American people. We can't sit by and let Oz take charge of CMS. Sign the UltraViolet Action petition today to tell the Senate to vote NO on Dr. Oz to lead CMS!
#Medicare#Medicaid
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

Elon Musk Finally Admits Social Security Is on the Chopping Block

The #DOGE chief has revealed his true goals in a #FoxNews interview.
newrepublic.com/post/192579/el

"Trump has said he won’t touch #SocialSecurity or #Medicare, but Musk’s entitlement math makes it clear that both those programs, as well as #Medicaid, are on the chopping block. Millions of older #Americans—many of them red-state #Republicans—will lose the vital benefits"

Headline: Elon Musk Finally Admits Social Security Is on the Chopping Block The DOGE chief has revealed his true goals in a Fox News interview. by Malcolm Ferguson March 11, 2025 / 9:24 a.m. ET
#Musk#Coup#Corruption
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MikeF

Elon Musk Says DOGE Is Coming for Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and More

[It should be masses of working people who block DOGE from setting foot in SSA and other agencies born out of historic struggles, even if they are flawed]

democracynow.org/2025/3/11/hea

Democracy Now!Elon Musk Says DOGE Is Coming for Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and MoreElon Musk has proposed slashing up to $700 billion from Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and programs for the poor, including unemployment insurance and food stamps. Musk proposed the sweeping cuts during an interview with Fox Business Network on Monday. Elon Musk: “Most of the federal spending is entitlements. So, that’s like the big one to eliminate. You know, that’s the sort of half-trillion, maybe six, seven hundred billion a year.” Musk has repeatedly used his social media site X to promote false and baseless claims alleging widespread fraud and abuse in federal benefit programs. This comes after Tiffany Flick, a 30-year veteran of the Social Security Administration who resigned in February, submitted a declaration to a federal court in Maryland alleging that efforts by Musk’s DOGE operation to undermine the agency “could result in benefits payments not being paid out or delays in payments.”
#musk#maga#fascism
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ahimsa

🚨 Take action today! (USA)

"Join #MEAction on March 12th to make calls to our Senators together as a community, and fight back to protect Medicaid.

We will have call scripts and easy-to-access numbers for contacting your Senator"

RSVP for call at Noon PDT / 3 PM EDT:

us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist

RSVP for call at 3 PM PDT / 6 PM EDT:

us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist

All are welcome! 😊

See links for details

ZoomWelcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Defend Medicaid Call Party. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. We have two weeks to convince the Senate to protect Medicaid and reject a House budget bill that could cut up to $880 billion in Medicaid funding over the next ten years. It is urgent that we take action together to lobby our senators to oppose these massive cuts to Medicaid. Medicaid affects 72 million Americans – 40 percent of children in the U.S. and 60 percent of adults in nursing homes,, including many in our ME community. It is a lifeline for individuals to receive the care they need for mobility aids, medication and hospital visits. Many people do not realize they are covered by Medicaid as it goes by other names, such as Medi-Cal in California, Health First Colorado or Health Care in Arkansas. Without it, millions of Americans will be left vulnerable to inadequate or no health care services, and we fear people will die without it. We are asking you to help us protect it. Join #MEAction on March 12th to make calls to our Senators together as a community, and fight back to protect Medicaid. We will have call scripts and easy-to-access numbers for contacting your Senator. It won’t be scary! We encourage everyone to join. It will be an opportunity to meet others in the community, practice a call script, mute yourself to make a call, and talk about how it went. If you cannot join, please don’t worry. There are many ways to be a part of this community effort. You can look at this guide for ways to take action from home. Also, you are enough just as you are and you never have to take a single action to be a valued member of our community.
#USPol#Medicaid#Disability
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Charles Gaba

📣 NEW STATE ADDED: I've completed pie charts breaking out total population enrollment in #MEDICAID, #CHIP, #MEDICARE & #ACA exchange plans for every Congressional District in #NEWYORK:

acasignups.net/cd-pie-charts/ny

ACA Signups · Congressional District Enrollment: New YorkNOTE: THIS IS AN ONGOING PROJECT; IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL DAYS TO ADD EVERY STATE. CHECK BACK SOON. Over the past couple of months I've compiled a master spreadsheet breaking out enrollment in ACA plans (Qualified Health Plans & Basic Health Plans), Medicaid/CHIP coverage (both traditional & via ACA expansion) and Medicare (both Fee-for-Services & Advantage) at the Congressional District levels. With the pending dire threat to several of these programs (primarily Medicaid & the ACA) from the House Republican Budget Proposal which recently passed, I'm going a step further and am generating pie charts which visualize just how much of every Congressional District's total population is at risk of losing healthcare coverage. USE THE DROP-DOWN MENU ABOVE TO FIND YOUR STATE & DISTRICT. You can find the data sources & methodology explanation links here. ​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​
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