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@stopthatgirl7 Hope this finds its way to that Republican operative, and to all Republican politicians and everyone who voted for them...
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"Former television personality Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, may have significantly underpaid his Medicare and Social Security taxes from 2021 to 2023, according to a memo obtained by POLITICO."
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/13/oz-medicare-social-security-taxes-00228953
"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."
https://calmatters.org/newsletter/medi-cal-budget-gap-newsletter/ #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.
"Still, 'the majority of use is not necessary to improve or maintain health,' and due to only light regulations, supplement makers may make claims about their benefits without sufficient evidence, Cohen said. 'No supplement needs to get tested or vetted by the FDA before it’s sold.'"
KFF Health NewsIn Trump’s Team, Supplement Fans Find Kindred Spirits in Search of Better Health - KFF Health NewsPresident Donald Trump’s health team has deep financial ties to the supplements industry. Now they’re poised to boost its growth and remake the government’s approach to health.
"...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."
https://calmatters.org/health/2025/03/medicaid-cuts-republican-districts/
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.
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! https://act.weareultraviolet.org/sign/No_DrOz/?referring_akid=57277.4126296.gaxfOJ&source=taf
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!
They live in California’s Republican districts. They feel betrayed by looming health care cuts
https://calmatters.org/health/2025/03/medicaid-cuts-republican-districts/ #USpol #California #Medicaid #Medicare
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.
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Here's an update on the first Defend Medicaid Call from #MEAction (posted on Bluesky)
https://bsky.app/profile/meactnet.bsky.social/post/3lk7f5ys4us2r
Bluesky Social · #MEAction Network (@meactnet.bsky.social)Our first Defend Medicaid Call party went well! Join our second one today at 6 pm. https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/egOkyoYQRJaafkOvGNR8aw
We asked permission before the video!
#ProtectMedicaid #pwME #MECFS #LongCovid
video description: Video pans across a computer showing a zoom call happening
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 #NORTHCAROLINA:
ACA Signups · Congressional District Enrollment: North CarolinaNOTE: 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.
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:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/YxI7GGE5SA6xoVkf2WQsFw#/registration
RSVP for call at 3 PM PDT / 6 PM EDT:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/egOkyoYQRJaafkOvGNR8aw#/registration
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.
"Eight years later, two industry groups have been notably restrained as GOP lawmakers consider sweeping new Medicaid cuts: the American Medical Association and the American Health Care Association, which represents nursing homes.
At the same time, the two groups are lobbying Republicans, seeking support on other priorities."
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/medicaid-defenders-nursing-homes-ama-silent-gop-cuts/
KFF Health NewsNursing Homes and the AMA, Once Medicaid Defenders, Hang Back as GOP Mulls Big Cuts - KFF Health NewsThe American Medical Association and the leading nursing home trade group both are lobbying Republicans in Congress on other priorities.
I'm almost 69yo, retired on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. This subject is a measurable part of my anxiety.
You gotta read this
You are about to get screwed
Cutting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid is much worse than you realize
#SocialSecurity #Medicare #Medicaid #ElonMusk
https://fpwellman.substack.com/p/you-are-about-to-get-screwed
On Democracy with FPWellman Substack Community · You are about to get screwed
Rep. Mike Thompson Calls Out Republicans for Threats to Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev5DbXk1BwU #Medicaid #USpol
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Everyone is invited to join!
Folks with chronic illness, caregivers, healthy allies -- anyone who cares about protecting Medicaid can join one of these two calls.
If you're unable to join the call here's a link listing other actions (e.g., sharing posts, calling your senators and representatives) that you can take:
https://www.meactions.org/medicaid
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@CaribenxMarciaX it definitely takes a little more effort to find stuff on masto, maybe check out various #followfriday threads? there are tons out there on all kinds of diff topics. there are also the #disability #socialsecurity #ssi #ssdi #medicaid #medicare tags if you haven't already seen those. they're not always super active but you might find some worthwhile follows/conversations there.
Rep Alford on CNN today: "It's true that the Medicare, Medicaid, & Social Security make up about 75% of our budget. We've got to find the savings there.We will do that."
Most Republican Reps agree with Musk, they'll defund the social safety net for tax cuts. Those funds will go to the oligarchs, like Musk & Trump's donors. They're no longer hiding their views bc #Musk, through #DOGE, has emboldened them. #Trump has always lied about not touching SS.
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 #NEWJERSEY:
ACA Signups · Congressional District Enrollment: New JerseyNOTE: 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.
"REPUBLICANS OPPOSE MEDICAID CUTS — A majority of President Donald Trump’s voters don’t want Congress to cut Medicaid, a new poll has found, underscoring the politically sensitive decision GOP lawmakers face as their leaders explore proposals to slash spending on the health insurance program for low-income Americans."